Supplemented. Madam chair, i yield time to the gentleman from texas. The chair the gentleman from texas is recognized. I thank the gentleman from maryland. I appreciate my friend from new yorks concern about this important issue thats obviously paramount for the nation, her state, and the union is touched by the tragedy of the opioid abuse. Mr. Roy i do want to i do want to point out, as i ourk has been made clear by continued lack of dealing with the crisis at our border, that the impact on the opioid problem by the trafficking going on at our southern boarder is significant. And i think we all agree on that. We all recognize that. My colleague from new york and i have sat in oversight hearings where weve had witnesses there where we talk about the massive increase over the last several years in the amount of narcotics that are coming through our southern border. And this is just something that i hope we can have a bipartisan understanding and agreement on about addressing. And actually dealing with the concern. According to border patrols most recent data, they have seized 144 pounds of fentanyl between ports of entry since october. 98 was seized on our southwest border. Fentanyl in a pack of sugar is enough to kill everybody in this room. It is a very dangerous narcotic. 144 pounds between ports of entry. In 2018 u. S. Border patrol seized 388 pounds of fentanyl. Thats 6,162 ounces of heroin have been seized between the ports of entry in f. Y. 2019 alone. 444 pounds of cocaine in may of this year between the ports of entry. Office of Field Operations has seized 241,000 pounds of drugs total. 70,000 americans died from Drug Overdose in 2017 and fent until played a large role in that fentanyl played a large role in that. I could go through the stats and we can keep talking about it. But i would hope that on an issue like this, where i believe very much in the heart of my colleague of what shes trying to accomplish with this amendment, that we could come to an agreement that the vast quantities of these narcotics, so much of it is coming across our southern border, in addition to obviously the Prescription Drug problems weve had and weve been dealing with and were trying to deal with. Weve got to address this problem. The cartels literally have operational control of our border. And the consequences are arent just the profit on the back of people and children and what were dealing with in the inability to house them. But it is in this. In the Opioid Crisis that were all trying to deal with that is being supplied so much from both china and then through mexico. I would yield back to my colleague from maryland. Mr. Harris i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Oakland as thank you. I think its important oklahoma thank you. I think its important that we ms. Ocasiocortez thank you. I think its important that we recognize that this is a health and Human Services. Theres no denying that this is a crisis on our door step. And there are multiple levers and multiple solutions that we can approach in order to treat the amounts of pain thats being experienced across the country. With that being said, what we really need to focus on is what those levers are and one of these is the fact that infectious diseases, the rates of hepatitis b, hepatitis c, are exploding due to the injection use of injection methods in the Opioid Crisis and administering selfadministering opioids. That being said, we have to address this issue. We are not even asking for an increased appropriation, were asking for a transfer of funds. So the same amount of funding, but were transferring it from a place to a place where its going to be most effective. With that, i yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. The gentleman from maryland is recognized. Mr. Harris thank you. I yield to the gentleman from texas. The chair the gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Roy i appreciate that. I would only point out, in response to my friend from new york, is that, recognizing that this is an h. H. S. Related matter, i would point out that one of the issues were trying to deal with, with respect to h. H. S. , is the office of o. O. R. In dealing o. R. R. In dealing with the children and dealing with the unaccompanied children that we dont have anyplace to house and that were looking for 4. 5 billion to deal with the problem at our border, including dealing with o. R. R. And the children being housed at h. H. S. It is a very paramount issue and i think its relevant here in this particular moment. I yield back to the gentleman from maryland. Mr. Harris i reserve. The chair the gentleman has the only time. Mr. Harris thank you, madam chair madam chair. There are a lot of issues we can discuss on the floor. This is one of them. Clearly. But we should be discussing a much larger issue. The issue of Border Security and stopping the flow. 144 pounds of fentanyl seized. That could kill the entire population of the United States. Thats the amount we seized. This is unbelievable, that congress can act to control the flow of drugs across our southern border because were playing politics with our childrens lives now. Madam chair, we should bring the supplemental bill to the floor as soon as possible as the gentleman from South Carolina suggested. Were ready to go all night. Lets bring it to the floor. House leadership can bring it to the floor tonight. Lets go ahead. I yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from new york. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. Mr. Roy madam speaker madam speaker. The gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. I request a recorded vote. The chair pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from the gentlewoman from new york will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment number 58 printed in 109. B of house report 116 for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition . Court court to offer cort court to offer an amendment courtcourt ms. Ocasiocortez to offer an amendment at the desk. The clerk amendment number 58 offered by ms. Ocasiocortez of new york. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 431, the gentlewoman from new york, ms. Ocasiocortez, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new york. Ms. Ocasiocortez thank you. Madam chair, i rise today to offer this critical, bipartisan amendment that will allow United States researchers to study and examine the extraordinary promise shown by several schedule one drugs that have been shown in treating critical diseases such as m. D. A. Success in veteran ptsd, treatment resistant depression or effectiveness in opioid and other drug addiction. Additionally, this will allow research into marijuanas impact in cancer relief, seizure treatment, and more. This amendment strikes a war on drugs provision that prohibits any activity, quote, promoting the legalization of any drug included in schedule one of the controlled substance act. The problem with this provision is that it is so vague and broadly interrupted that it prevents interpreted that it prevents scientists from researching, examining and exploring avenues of treatment that could alleviate an enormous amount of suffering from medical conditions. With that, i would like to yield one minute of my time to the gentleman. The chair the gentleman i thank the gentlelady for yielding. Im proud to join my colleague, congresswoman ocasiocortez of new york, to support this life saving amendment. We need legitimate, Reliable Research by universities and other institutions into the Health Benefits of cannabis and other substances. This amendment will allow Credible Research institutions to conduct research by removing layers of paperwork that serve as hurdles meant to block such research. As more americans, including veterans, use cannabis and socalled magic mushrooms to imagine or treat their pain or other health conditions, its important that doctors have the necessary information on the possible benefits or not of these substances. Mr. Correa our brave men and women who served in iraq and afghanistan return home with many wounds, many of them invisible. Sadly, the current use of opioids to treat ptsd and other chronic pain has been effective and many times has led to addiction and even death. Ive listened to veterans both in california and in my office here in washington, d. C. , who have called for Additional Research into cannabis. According to an iraqafghanistan veterans of mercosur visa, more than 80 of their membership agree that cannabis should be legal for medical purposes. While 90 also support medical Cannabis Research. As a result i introduced a bill to promote Cannabis Research, the v. A. Medical Cannabis Research act. My partisan bill requires Clinical Research on the safety and effectiveness of medical cannabis in treating veterans. Likewise, this amendment will reduce barriers to researching cannabis and psychedelics. Since denver and oakland have decriminalized the use of certain psychedelics, this amendment is both timely and very necessary. And i urge my colleagues to pass this amendment and with that i yield back to the gentlelady. Ms. Ocasiocortez id like to reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. The gentleman from maryland is recognized. Mr. Harris i rise to claim time in opposition to the amendment. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Harris thank you, madam chair. The bottom line is, this is not the place and this wont do what the author in support of the amendment say its going to do. The fact of the matter is that the d. E. A. Is the one that enforces the classification of schedule one. This bill does nothing to do with the d. E. A. In fact, the problem with research and the problem with the difficulty in doing research does not lie in h. H. S. The problem lies in the fact that it is a schedule one drug and the appropriate way to deal with this is through app authorizing committee, as through an authorizing committee, as the gentleman scuggetsuggetted. I will yield a minute to the gentleman from pennsylvania. I thank the gentleman from maryland and i just wonder about the responsibility of this legislation. To have the government promote these items that ron the schedule, things like mdma. The pure form of molly and meth. Is that what we want our we want the federal government telling our families and our children, take this, its good for you. Mr. Perry maybe it is. I sure dont think it is. I certainly dont want my kids taking it. I dont want the government promoting it. , my wholeife we spent life was Smoking Cessation of tobacco. Now were finally at a place where weve reduced that dramatically and now were going to tell the rest of the country, lets all start smoking marijuana instead. I dont think this is what the government should be promoting and i think we should have a lot more research before we tell our kids that this is what they should be doing. I yield the balance. Mr. Harris i thank the gentleman from pennsylvania. Hes right. We do need more research. But the current restriction that is struck, section 509 says that his limitation shall not apply or that federally sponsored Clinical Trials are being conducted. Thats what we need. We need federally sponsored Clinical Trials. The current section 509 does not stop. Now, look, i get it. There are people who want the legalization of marijuana. I get it. But its as a physician i will tell you, i urge the people who suggest that there are broad applicabilities that are proven medical uses of marijuana, go back to the journal of the American Medical Association who did a review last year that indicated that of the over 50 suggested uses for medical marijuana, only four are proven through rigorous scientific trials. Four. Ptsd is not one of them. Its not. Treatment for opioid abuse is not one of them. In fact, the head of the National Institute of drug abuse, who i think knows more than probably anyone in this room about the subject, says that marijuana is an addictive drug that is dangerous and recent Research Says that it induces psycho cease in young people psychosis in young people. Serious major psychotic conditions. And we want to remove all the restrictions in the health part of the law . I reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Ms. Ocasiocortez thank you very much. My colleague across the aisle says we need to research this more and i agree and that is why this amendment is being introduced, madam chair. The note was brought up that there is a rider provision saying there is an exception for those drugs that have been shown medical promise. But we cannot prove that medical promise unless we fund the research to actually have it in the first place. So we have a catch 22 and we have to get rid of it. There are war on drugs provisions in almost in so many federal statutes beyond just the one schedule the one scheduling of these drugs. Im a strong believer in evidencebased policymaking. And wherever there is evidence of good, we have a moral obligation to pursue and explore the parameters of that good. Even if it means challenging our past assumptions or admitting past wrongs. 30 of all military veterans have considered suicide. 30 . If a substance shows promise in treating ptsd, we have an obligation to study it. The leading cause one of the leading causes of death in America Today is suicide. So if a schedule one drug shows clinical promise in treating and in treatment resistant depression, perhaps it is not the drug we should say morally wrong, but perhaps it is the law, the schedule, the statute. Moreover, im proud to say that this is a bipartisan amendment. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle often bemoan the role of government and promote ideas of choice. And here i am happy in that spirit to agree. To say, we should get government and political opinion out of Scientific Research when we have seen and shown promise in a way that can help people and their medical needs. Lastly, i understand that the politics of this bill may make it difficult for some to support right now. But i propose this amendment and urge my colleagues to support it because politics isnt always about winning today, but it is about fighting for what is right in the future and for future generations. Thank you very much. Mr. Harris can i inquire how much time i have remaining . The chair the gentleman has two minutes remaining. Mr. Harris thank you very much, madam chair. The bottom line is, there is Scientific Evidence about the danger of marijuana. It is largely unstudied and to anyone, madam chair who understands how research is conducted here, should realize that the roadblock is not in h. H. S. Its not in the jurisdiction of this bill. Its with the d. E. A. Because this does nothing to remove the scheduling with regard to how the d. E. A. Views marijuana. One of thekow again, world experts on addiction, it was brought up maybe we can treat addiction with marijuana. She said absolutely not, this drug causes addiction. Marijuana is a gate way drug, it is dangerous. And this amendment does nothing to deal with the promote regular search because the problem is not in h. H. S. The problem is in d. E. A. Ma tam chair, ive dealt with this, tried to deal with this problem, i cosponsoord bill that promotes research by a more broad approach to involve all the federal agencies that could hinder research in any way. This amendment does nothing to do it. This sends a bad signal because the gentleman from pennsylvania suggested this isnt about marijuana. Its about every schedule 1 drug. And there are very dangerous schedule 1 drugs, madam chair. I yield back. The chair the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from new york. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The gentleman from pennsylvania. I request the yeas and nays. The chair pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from new york will e postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment number 59 printed in art b of house report 16109. For what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition . Mr. Mcadams i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 59, printed in part b of house report 116109, offered by mr. Mcadams of utah. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 431, the gentleman from utah, mr. Mcadams, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from utah. Mr. Mcadams thank you, madam chair. I yield myself such time as i may consume. I rise to offer my amendment to strengthen our National Efforts to address the Public Health crisis of suicide in our country. Id like to applaud chairwoman lowey and Ranking Member granger for their work on this bill as well as my colleague from utah on the committee, representative stewart who has been a champion of Suicide Prevention efforts in congress. For the first time, this leg specifically provides funding for research, outreach, an prevention measures on the concerning Public Health issue of suicide through the centers for disease controls injury prevention and control program. My amendment would build on this work by providing adecisional capacity as at the c. D. C. To ensure the agency can enhance outreach and prevention work for youth at risk of suicide. My ho