Committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h. R. 2936 which the clerk will report by title. The clerk a bill to expedite under the National Environmental policy act of 1969 improve Forest Management activity on National Forest system lands, on public lands under jurisdiction of the bureau of Land Management and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fireprone forested lands and for other purposes. The chair when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, a request for a recorded vote on amendment number 7 rinted in house report 115378 offered by the gentleman from new mexico, mr. Pearce, had een postponed. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in house report 115378 on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order. Amendment number 2, mr. Khanna of california. Amendment number 3, mr. Ohalleran of arizona. Amendment number 7 by mr. Pearce of new mexico. The chair
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Tart start. Ms. Collins madam president , i ask unanimous consent that the calling of the quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Collins and, madam president , i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Collins thank you, madam president. Madam president , last week the Senate Passed the National Womens History Museum commission act, a bill that i authored with the dean of the Democratic Women senators, senator mikulski of maryland. It passed finally as part of the National Defense authorization act. Our legislation will create a commission to evaluate and plan the establishment of a Museum Dedicated to womens history right here in our Nations Capital, and i know that the presiding officer shares my view that this is long overdue. I am, in fact, pleased to have had all of the women senators as cosponsors of this bill, and im thankful for the support of many of our other colleagues as well. Sen
We wait until kids get really really sick, and then we take them into the medicaid program. In the next few years, half the countrys going to have either diabetes or prediabetes. The issue is healthy food. And getting healthy food to our citizens. This is one piece of it. And we need to do a better job with the s. N. A. P. Program. But just to cut these benefits and just wait until they drive up costs because theyre eating bad food is not the right approach. I yield back the balance of my time. Thank you. Miss louhan grisham . I thank my colleague from wisconsin. My home state, you often hear me talk about this, is one of the hungriest states in the United States. And this budget only makes it worse. It will jeopardize the ability of veterans, seniors, the disabled and children to get the nutrition that they need to be healthy. Its estimated that approximately 900,000 veterans nationwide live in households that rely on s. N. A. P. In my district at Kirkland Air Force base, they have a
Slide, this is, again, is the graph of the switchover in 2008 or 09 for more businesses closing than starting. If you want to reverse that trend, youll adopt this republican budget. I yield back the balance of my time. I thank the gentleman, mr. Ryans recognized for a minute to close. First the slides that go to 2008 and say oh, the world collapsed are like that because the world collapsed. Its not, president obama wasnt even in office at that point. You cant cut taxes enough to keep labor here in the investment here in the United States when youre competing with a country that pays people 1 per hour. You can cut taxes all you want. Theres no way youre going to be able to compete with that. What im talking about here is how do we grow these new businesses, and its got to be a Public Private partnership. Those regulations youre talking about keep us safe. But when you look at a lot of the things that many people here mentioned, you cant build a railroad with a tax cut. You cant build a