Can know and share the fruits of your spirit, especially in this time, virtue of tolerance and reconciliation, of justice and righteousness. Watch over this house and cause your blessing to be upon each member that they might serve all the people in their home districts, those who voted for them and those who did not. May all that is done within the peoples house this day be for your greater honor and glory amen. That we all the speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. For what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas rise . Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. The speaker the question is on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The journal stands approved. The gentleman from arkansas. Mr. Womack i object to the vote on the grounds a quorum is not present and make a point of order that a quorum is not present. The speaker further proceedings on this question are postponed. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlelady from new york, miss stephanie. Please join me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker the chair will the speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Entertain up to five requests requests for one minute on each smile. For what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas rise . Mr. Womack i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker without objection. Mr. Womack mr. Speaker, they say that great things come in small packages. That could not be more true of the reagan sisters of rogers, arkansas. I rise today in gratitude to them. Agnes, mary sue and betty were born and raised in northwest arkansas and attended the university of arkansas fayetteville. While agnes left arkansas to pursue a career in library science. Mary sue and betty lynn who stood about five feet tall, were giants in the classroom. Spendling a combined 94 years teaching history and government to students in the Rogers School district. Throughout their distinguished careers both were decorated with countless awards and accolades, and in 1989, the city of rogers named its newest school, reagan elementary, as a token of our appreciation for their dedication to our students and their faithful support of the community. As their former mayor, i can attest to both. Although these most respected members of our community have passed on, they wont soon be forgotten. And now their legacies will live on at the u. Of a as it was announced on monday that the sisters in a final tribute to northwest Arkansas Education designated a 1. 2 million estate gift to support the libraries of their alma mater. I can say without hesitation that the reagan sisters made northwest arkansas a better place and for that we are eternally grateful. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yield back. For what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Mr. Nadler i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Nadler madam speaker we must not display the confederate battle flag in any federal park or cemetery or building. Confederate flag represents racism, slavery, and treason. Waging war against the United States, killing american soldiers. We are told it represents the southern heritage. It does represent part of the southern of the american heritage, a shameful part. The defense of slavery of owning people body and soul, of the doctrine of racial superiority, and practice of racial oppression. Other countries and peoples have shameful parts of their heritages. Germany as a nazi heritage. The germans are properly ashamed of it. They prohibit by law the display of nazi imagery. The First Amendment wont let us go that far, but we should not honor the shameful parts of our history. As we continue the ongoing struggle to eradicate racism from american life, we must no longer honor racism and treason by allowing the Confederate Flag on any federal property. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Us go that far, but we should not honor the shameful parts of our history. As we continue the ongoing struggle to eradicate madam speaker, the 21st Century Cures Initiative has a lot of positive measures to help medical innovation reach its full potential. Id like to if he cuss on just one of the many reasons to support this legislation. I had the pleasure of meeting with the family of garrett coin, staunch advocates for cures for Rare Diseases. Garrett is a 5yearold resident of gill bertsville who 10 months ago was diagnosed with a rare degenerative disorder. Garrett was born and developed normally, but since september the disease has left him legally blind and greatly weakened his physical and mental ability. Unfortunately the disease has no treatment cure, and is not preventable. There is hope. Because of provisions in the 21st century bill that researchers will have the tools to work to developing medical advancement for batten disease. By modernizing innovation, and increasing funding, is in front of us. Im supporting the bill for many reasons but the main one is this effort to help children like 5yearold garrett and other children who are challenged daily with the struggles of a rare disease. I encourage my colleagues to join me and yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition . Unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Ms. Wasserman schultz thank you, madam speaker. I rise today to condemn House Republicans secret attempt in the dead of wednesday night. Permit the display of the racist Confederate Flag in National Parks and cemeteries. In the wake of the charleston murders, our nation is moving toward the removal of the flag from public places. Later today the state of South Carolina will remove the flag from the capitol grounds. While this is happening, the republican majority has thought to associate itself and the body with the racist legacy to the flag. To add insult to injury, yesterday when House Democrats tried to bring up resolution removing any state flag displaying the battle flag from the capital except in limited circumstances, the majority turned racist their backs and ignored the cries of millions of americans who are calling for its permanent ban. The Republican Leadership ought to be ashamed for associating themselves with this symbol of racism, hatred, and intolerance. This body should move swiftly to relegate the Confederate Flag to museums andish bin of history. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from nevada seek recognition . To address the house for one minute. Revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, madam speaker. What were you doing last night at midnight . If you were like me and most americans, you were probably asleep. Last night while america was sleeping, the white house was busy. The white house was busy notifying the public that literally in the dark of the night about the president s intentions to designate more than 700,000 acres of lincoln and nye counties as the National Monuments. Madam speaker, at 2 00 p. M. This afternoon, you wont see a debate on the floor of the thank you, madam speaker. What were you doing last night at midnight . If you were like me and most americans, you house, the peoples house, on the basin range monument. There will be no vote for nevadas eleched representatives. But there will be a photoop to capture exchange for political favor favor. It will be seen as having friends in high places is more important than popular will of the people. Mr. Hardy the legacy building in the twilight of ones career shouldnt be the driver of our nations public lands. According to press reports, the cries of millions it is said when asked about the heartfelt concerns of nevadans who oppose the monument, the president responded, i dont care. I want this done. Madam speaker, i can care and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Does the gentleman seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, madam speaker. I peoples am congressman ted lou from california. When it comes to the Highway Trust Fund, it feels like a movie groundhog day over and over again. Once again we are faced with an expiration of this important fund. We know from a recent department of transportation report that 54 of our roads and highways are deemed to be poor. One in four bridges are structurely deficient. We need to fund this Highway Trust Fund at its full capacity. We need to do it on a longterm basis. We cant continue to do it on a shortterm basis. Its not helpful to our state and local government. We cant get projects off the ground. I request that the republican majority put a bill on the floor that funds the Highway Trust Fund on a longterm basis. We know that this will help our nation because for every dollar we invest in infrastructure, we get over 2 back in economic output. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . Mr. Carter to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Carter i rise to address the house for one minute. And i have long opposed reductions in our military and i continue to believe that our nation should maintain a robust land force. The announcement to reduce the army by 40,000 troops sends the worst possible message to our nations adversaries. Cuts that extend into heavy armored combat units go even further to weaken our National Defense and put us at risk. Im especially disappointed about the armys plan to cut so heavily from fort hood and the state of texas. The armys decision to implement a roughly 9 reduction is outrageous. I have serious concerns about the logic and analysis that went into this decision to reduce so many troops from texas. Perhaps the most sickening part of the whole matter, however, is the damage these cuts will do to the soldiers and their families who will be asked to leave the army after decades of sacrifice and time of war. In the coming days, i will be pressing the army for clarification on their analysis and justification for their decisions. This nation can do better. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker here we are once again and i rise to ask my colleagues to pass a longterm, a longterm reauthorization to the Highway Trust Fund. Mr. Norcross before it crashes, dead ends to the very worst that can happen to america. This is about the dysfunction of washington. Its what everybody detests, a lack of predictibility. Well just kick the can down a road a little further. This is exactly what hurts our economy. Nobody can plan for whats going to happen in the next few months let alone the next few years. This is our country. Dont shut it down. Dont put a sign that says closed due to lack of construction. This is killing our economy. This is killing jobs in america. And i ask for us to pass a longterm i know in washington longterm might seem a day or two we are just asking for six years. To give predictibility so our highways are the best that they can be. That we can have our commerce. With that i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . Mr. Wilson unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Wilson madam speaker, yesterday Foreign AffairsCommittee Chairman ed royce with Ranking Member eliot engel conducted an informative hearing on the implication of the Nuclear Agreement with iran. The witnesses who provided enlightening testimony were the hop yorble steven radamaker, dr. Michael dorian, dr. Michael michael, and dr. Kenneth pollack. Their opinions confirm my concerns as expressed in a july 6 editorial in the Washington Post. I quote, if it is reached in the coming days a nuclear deal with iran well be at best an unsatisfying and risky compromise. Irans emergence as a Threshold Nuclear Power with the ability to produce a weapon quickly are not be prevented. It will be postponed by 10 to 15 years. In exchange tehran will reap hundreds of billions of dollars in sanctions relief it can use to revive its economy and fund the wars it is waging around the middle east, end of quote. The president needs to change course and recognize the moral relativism is dangerous with opponents who promote death to america, death to israel. The president can avoid a legacy of fanatics with Nuclear Warheads on icbms targeting american families. In conclusion, god bless our troops, and may the president by his actions never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition . Madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Mrs. Lawrence we are less than three weeks away from expiration of the national Highway Trust Fund. And once again talking about another extension. The michigan infrastructure and Transportation Association estimates that congress failure to come up with a longterm plan has cost my state, michigan taxpayers more than 350 million. We have ample time and multiple plans to fix this problem. Look, which plan do you like . We need to get to work. What about the grow america act which raises 478 billion over six years, or michigans getting beyond the gridlock plan that raises 410 billion over six years . The rrps dont want to raise taxes the republicans dont want to raise taxes. The democrats dont want to hurt the lowerincome families but we must make those choices. We must take the vote and we must keep our promise to america to fix our infrastructure. Its time to act and with that, madam speaker, i yield back my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleladys time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition . Mr. Upton mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material therein on h. R. 6. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Pursuant to House Resolution 350 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h. R. 6. Will the gentlewoman from North Carolina, ms. Foxx, kindly take the chair . The chair the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h. R. 6, which the clerk will report by title. The clerk a bill to accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century cures, and for other purposes. The chair when the committee of the whole rose on thursday, july 9 2015, all time for general debate had expired. Pursuant to the rule the bill shall be considered for amendment under the fiveminute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee of energy and commerce printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of text of rules Committee Print 11422 is adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the fiveminute rule and shall be considered as read. No further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed in house report 114193. Each such further amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report by a member designated in the report shall be considered as read shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, shall not be subject for demand for division of the question. It is now in order to consider amendment number 1 printed in house report 114193. For what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition . Mr. Brat madam chair, i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 1 printed in house report 114193 offered by mr. Brat of virginia. The chair pursuant to House Resolution