That is the creation of wealth. Some time ago i was visiting one of the wineries in my district in california and i was talking about this make it in america agenda in manufacturing. And finally the owner got up from behind the desk and he said, come, i want to talk to you. He said, we walked outside, out to his winery, and he said, you know what this is . I said, yeah, its a winery. He said, no, this is a manufacturing facility. I take grapes and i turn them into some of the finest wine in the world. So when you talk about make it in america, guess what, im making it in america. So it includes all of these things. Putting a tomato into a can, into a bottle of ketch up. Or what were going to talk about tonight is something far more than that. I want to really not so much talk about these gentlemen and ladies, but to use them as an example of what america used to make. These gentlemen, three of them, are world war ii merchant mariners. This was an effort we had now under way to provide these mariners who had the highest death rate of any unit in the Armed Services during world war ii. To get them a gold medal. A congressional gold medal. We now have nearly 300 members of this house that are signed on to that so that theyll get a congressional gold medal. But this is not about their gold medal. Its about what they were able to do. America during the world war ii period was the Manufacturing Center of the world. And we made ships. Literally thousands and thousands of ships that these gentlemen and so many like them sailed the oceans, provided the material, the personnel to fight that war. When we met and took this , why is hey asked me it that america doesnt build ships anymore . And i said, oh, but we build anywayville ships, we mr. Aircraft naval ships we build aircraft carriers, we build destroyers, we build many kinds of naval ships. They said, no, thats not what were talking about. Were talking about the ships that sail the high seas. Why doesnt america make those ships . D i said, we can we can. If we write the laws in the proper way. To encourage the ship building industry, and just as important, the cargo, toorg on those ships. Now, to go on those ships. Now it happens that america is in the midst of a great energy revolution. The green energy, no doubt about it. Were talking about every kind of green energy from wind to solar, biofuel and biomass and on and on. And were doing that. But simultaneously america over the last decade has become a major developer and supplier of petroleum products. Oil, as a result of fracking, and the balkan area, and texas, california, onshore, offshore. We are a major oil producer. And simultaneously were also a major producer of natural gas. All of these energy supplies, whether they are the green energy or the petroleum energy, are a Strategic National asset. And as these gentlemen told me, they said, our ships during world war ii were a Strategic National asset. We had oil tankers, we had cargo vessels. All of them built in america. And with american mariners. We, the mariners, we were a strategic asset. And a lot of us died. Our ships were a strategic asset. And the oil that we sent around the world was also a strategic asset. So where are we today . Are we making ships . Nope. Were not. But we could. Senator s last week, wicker, my colleague on the senate, a republican from the gulf coast, and i introduced for the Second Congress the energizing the American Ship building act. Taking a Strategic National asset, petroleum and lick which natural gas, and welding it together with the ship building industry. Which gives us this strategic the strategic ships that we need to move our military around the world and to provide the energy that they need. So the energizing the American Ship building act is now introduced in the senate for the second session. Last year and again this time around with the new session of congress. And what we will do is to this problem. We could buy ships that are made in china, japan and korea. Or we can make them in america. If we make the ships in america, we will provide thousands of jobs. Not only in the shipyards and the Steel Industry and the aluminum industry, but also the maritime suppliers, the men, the factories here in the United States that build the pumps, build the engines, the electrical engines, the big diesel engines that are in these ships or the other engines that are in these ships and all of the electronics. That entire array of equipment that goes into a ship could be built in america if the energizing the American Ship building act were to become law. So how does it work . Pretty simple it. Simply requires that our strategic simple. It simply requires that our rategic asset be exported on american built ships with american mariners. Not all of it. Just a small percentage of it. 10 of the oil and 15 of the oiand 10 of the Natural Gas Oil and 10 of the natural gas. Which will be liquefied natural gas on american built ships. What does that mean . That means that American Shipyards that are now producing and commercial oil tankers zero l. N. G. Carriers would over the next 13 to 15 years build upwards of 40 ships. 25 to 30 l. N. G. Tankers and 10 to 15 oil tankers. Thousands of jobs would be created in American Shipyards and that Strategic National asset, the shipyards themselves, would be able to continue to operate here in the United States, they would continue to be able to have the skilled work force and, simultaneously, be better prepared to compete for the u. S. Naval ships, giving the american taxpayer a strategic advantage. More competition in the shipyards, more competition when it comes time to build our naval vessels. Theres another aspect of this that i want to bring to your attention. Beyond the ship building and the energizing the American Ship building act, there is the rest of the manufacturing here in the United States. About eight years ago, when i first came to congress, we were looking at this issue based upon my time in california and we decided, together with steny hoyer, who is now our majority leader, that we should establish the make it in america program. Weve been working on this for eight years now. And were looking at different pieces of legislation over time to encourage the manufacturing here in the United States. One of the ways we can do this, and were not going to go into the president s tariffs right now, but were going to go at it a little different way. Heres just an example of about what happened almost a decade ago. In california, it was time to build the new San Francisco bay bridge. The bid went out, state of california went out to bid on this thing for the steel and the bridge. And at that time a Chinese Company decided that they wanted to enter the market. Very specialized steel in this bridge in the San Francisco area. So they wanted to enter the market and they produced a bid that was 10 lower than an American Steel company. China got the bid. What did they get . Not only did they get the job, they got a new steel mill, one of the most advanced in the rld, and they also had some, over 3,000 jobs in china. At the very tame time, new york was building at the very same time, new york was building a bridge. They said, no, were only going to buy American Steel. So they did. Total cost, 3. 9 billion. In california, total cost, 3. 9 billion. Over the estimated billion over the estimated cost. Why . Because the chinese steel had problems. The welds and other problems with the steel. Not in new york. They came in on the bid and there was 7,700 american jobs in the Steel Industry and in the manufacturing and engineering. Just an example, not current today, it was certainly current nearly a decade ago. But this is what happens when our laws or our governments decide that were going to make it in america. Were going to produce the steel, were going to build the bridges here in the United States. And so, building on this idea, weve now introduced, in both the senate and the house, another major it make it in america piece of legislation. This legislation is authored in the senate by senator a. M. T. Y baldwin and here in the house Tammy Baldwin and here in the house by myself and it basically says that all of this talk about infrastructure, which is critically important, that that infrastructure, if its an american taxpayer dollars thats being used to build that infrastructure dollar thats being used to build that infrastructure, whether its a power line or a highway or a sanitation system or a water system or an airport, that if theres a federal dollar involved, that we make it in america. It simply applies to all types of infrastructure when american taxpayer dollars are being used, that that infrastructure, the steel, the pipe, the electronics, the other elements that are in that infrastructure, that they be made in america. So its part of our make it in america agenda that weve been working on all these years. Were going to apply it wherever we see an opportunity. If its in the Steel Industry for bridges, and infrastructure, you bet. You bet. Were going to make sure that its made in america. Many of these laws already exist. A couple years ago we were able to raise the percentage of american content by a couple of percentage to about, if i recall, 65 on certain infrastructure projects. But we want to extend that beyond. And why not go the whole way . Lets make it all in america. If its a taxpayer dollar, 100 American Made. Thats our goal. And so our make it in america agenda goes forward from here. And im going to end with putting this one back up again. Because this has an opportunity to be a very, very important part. The steel in the ships, the pumps, the pipes, the electronics, the propelers, the drive shafts, the engines. All of those things can be made in america. If we have a National Policy that simply says, the export of a Strategic National asset, oil and gas, that that be on american built ships. Not all of it. 10 , 15 , 40 ships over the next 15 years or so, when the energizing American Ship building act becomes law. So were looking for support. We have broad support right now. Both republican, senator wicker on the senate side, senator kasey, the democrat from pennsylvania on this side, about 30 of my colleagues, democrat and republican, have signed up in support of this legislation. So it has Great Potential. It has Great Potential for these not so much for these mariners. Theyre all in their 90s right now. And hopefully well be able to get them a congressional gold medal. But for tomorrows mariners. For those men and women that will be on the ships, that will supply the necessary material and oil, gas, whatever, for our military around the world, and participate in the annual commerce of goods and services that are being transported in and out of america, that the next generation of mariners will have the ships, theyll have the jobs, and theyll have the cargo. So for the people, for the people once again, we are constantly looking for different law, different ways in which we can advance the well being of the american public. If its health care, were looking to lower costs. If its education, were we want to make sure that the cost of College Education is affordable. If it has to do with jobs, were looking for ways to make that happen. By requiring that your tax dollars be spent on American Made equipment. By requiring that a small percentage of the export of a precious National Resource be on american built ships with american sailors. And so, i want all of us to keep in mind that there are things that Public Policy can do to improve the well being of every american. And so our for the people policy includes all of these elements and we draw your attention to that, looking at my colleagues for continued support on these two pieces of legislation that well be working on in this session. With that, madam speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. Under the speakers announced policy of january 3, 2019, the gentleman from South Carolina, mr. Duncan is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. Mr. Duncan thank you, madam speaker. Were here tonight as the House Energy Action team to discuss the numerous economic, National Security and environmental benefits of the American Energy renaissance. The heat team will never be supportive of mollcies that increase electricity prices for consumers, favor foreignbased production over domestic and deter the development and construction of energy infrastructure. Ue to policies that prioritize this has given us thal to export energy to our friends, allies and countries who want to import u. S. Energy. Energy secretary rick perry recently said that the United States is not just exporting energy, were exporting freedom. I couldnt agree more. There is no National Security without Energy Security. We understand that in the House Energy Action team. If youll look at this graph in 2018, u. S. Crude Oil Production exceeded 11 Million Barrels a day, surpassing russia as the Worlds Largest crude oil producer. U. S. Produced 12. 16 Million Barrels a day of crude in april of 2019. I was just out in north dakota and i am amazed at the production going on in that Little Corner of the world. I say little, but its huge. Tremendous resource for the nation. In fact, were producing more oil and gas in that area in north dakota and montana than they are in the country of venezuela, known for its natural resources, known for its Oil Production, theyre produeting more here. Robust Domestic Energy production is essential to Global Leadership of the United States. According to information institute, natural gas and oil supplied about 2 3 of American Energy used in 2016. Oil and gas will continue to be a primary source of energy and the Energy Information institute believes it will account for nearly 70 of the countrys energy use by 2050. The goal should not be to produce, develop, or make fossil fuels available cleaner through private Sector Innovation, not regulation. That should be the coal. Private Sector Innovation. Not the heavy boot of government telling innovators what they should or should not do because innovateors are actually making things cleaner. Were producing a lot and were exporting a lot. One thing ill applaud President Trump for doing is challenging chancellor merkel and germany to lessen their dependence on a foreign source of energy, in this case not the arab state, saudi arabia or others, but lessen their dependence on russia. Because a lot of europe, Eastern Europe and western europe, get their energy from russia. Gazprom. Those support Vladimir Putin by lessening europes dependence on russia for energy, russia is no longer an influencer. They cant turn the spigot on and off and influence political policy in europe. Europe still has to meet their energy needs. Toy can do that looking west the United States. Through our export of l. N. G. , natural gas, lick fied, put on ships, offloaded to provide the natural gas and Energy Security for our friends and allies overseas to lessen their dependence on russia. Exports of u. S. L. N. G. Set to se 72 this year compared to 2018. Russia is just masquerading as a country, theyre providing natural gas to europe. They use their levers of influence turning that spigot on and off. Not only Eastern Europe but western europe. Those policies and those pipelines continue to be built and provide that natural gas. We need to provide that from this country. We have an abundance. Got an abundance of oil too. Were now an exporter of oil. If you look at what the u. S. Energy sector has been able to do during this American Energy renaissance it will show you that we are a leader in energy production, Energy Technology and we can help other countries around the globe with our technology to meet the energy needs as well. Weve got a great group of House Energy Action team members. They want to talk about whats going on, maybe in their states, maybe things they know about in this nation. I know rick allen wants to talk about Nuclear Power and whats going on in georgia. Bruce westerman wants to talk about whats going on in arkansas. Weve got some others. I want to yield to mr. Westerman of arkansas to talk about whats going on in his part of the world. Mr. Westerman i appreciate my friend from South Carolina for yielding time and mr. Speaker, i want to madam speaker, i apologize, madam speaker, i want us to take a moment and reflect tonight, reflect where our country has been and where our country is going. You know, i think about my grandparents who grew up in a home that didnt even have electricity, didnt have running water. Even my parents were young when they got electricity in their home. Madam speaker, it was just 150 years ago when the main source of energy in this country was wood fuel. We have come a long way in this country. Weve seen a better way of life. Weve seen nicer things. Because of the Tech Knowledge technology and innovation weve had in this country. Our Energy Policy should be the same Energy Policy that got us to where we are today because weve got a Bright Future ahead. And that Energy Policy is simply to provide the Cleanest Energy possible for the lowest cost possible. We shouldnt discriminate against Energy Sources. Energy is energy. Its carbon atom. Its hydrogen. Its the energy that we have that we convert to things like electrical energy. And just because one energy is viewed as dirtier than another energy doesnt mean that someday that energy cant be clean energy. If we look at recent developments, it wasnt long ago that natural gas was an was an expensive form of energy. It wasnt an a wasnt in abundant supply but through technology weve been able to release vast amount of natural gas across our country. As a matter of fact, were seeing a lot of coal plants converted to natural gas, not because of regulatory requirement bus because of economic benefits of burning natural gas. Clean natural gas. That we know the control technology to get very high combustion rates and also the nox, the capture the nitrous oxide, released from burning natural gas. It wasnt that long ago we didnt think we had enough natural gas. But because of great technology, we can experience an environment here in the United States where our Carbon Emissions are actually dropping. And we shouldnt punish one Energy Source over another Energy Source but we should strive to use technology to make energy as low cost and as clean as possible. And we can do this. Whether its renewable, solar, wind, biomass. All of those are valid sources of energy. Energy that we can hopefully learn learn how to capture it, to distribute it, in a manner that people can enjoy all across the country, and in a way that gives consumers reliable supplies at a low cost. With this, we will see our economy continue to grow. We will see our quality of life improve. And its really not something that should be partisan or that we should argue about. Simply to provide clean energy at a low cost. Lets look at Transportation Fuel. Some are in favor of doing away with all fossil fuels and transportation. So what would that do to our environment . If we looked at global emissions across the world, the United States is responsible for 15 of Carbon Emissions throughout the world. If we looked at look at that a little closer and break it down on Transportation Fuels, Transportation Fuels account for 27 of Carbon Emissions in the United States. So 27 of 15 is only about 4 . So if we did away with all gas lean, all diesel fuel, got rid of all combustion engines, if we did away with jet fuel with ships, if we took fossil fuels out of every form of transportation in the United States, it would wreak havoc on our economy. It would wreak havoc on our way of life and it would only reduce global Carbon Emissions by around 4 . Theres a better, smarter way to do that. Lets take the Abundant Energy that we have, lets apply our wonderful research facility, great minds and innovators that we have in america, we can figure out how to use all our Energy Sources in a low cost, clean way and we can a we can all continue to experience a Brighter Future ahead. I want to thank my colleagues for hosting this time tonight where we can hopefully get some of the commonsense and facts about energy out on the table. And just remember, low cost and as clean as possible. And thats a winning formula for American Energy. Yield back. Mr. Duncan gas utilities added over 730,000 miles of pipeline to serve 220 million more customers, at the same time meethain emissions have fallen 72 , emigs at the lowest level since 1985678 pipelines are the safest way to transport natural gas. But some parts of the country refuse to accept this reality. For example, new england has moratoriums on natural gas extraction, inability to construct the pipeline caused an increase in electricity prices. These policies are asinine and need to change. I want to recognize the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. Hearn is a freshman member of congress, a leader on the Energy Action team, i want to hear about whats going on in the mr. State of oklahoma learn theres a lot to be debated and argued on but the crux of the matter is, Energy Independence, Energy Dominance is the only pathway to a stable, fruitful, successful american economy. We use energy every day to power our homes, our offices, our cars, our phones and devices. All of this uses energy in a different way. Since energy is pervasive in our society it should be a top priority in congress. Completely cutting out Energy Sources like clean coal that we have relied on for other purposes for centuries is simply not the answer. Making drastic aft nom cat changes to our way of life is similar drastic, astronomical changes to our way of life is not feesble feasible. One in five jobs in oklahoma are supported by the oil and natural gas industry. Every new direct oil job support morse than two jobs statewide. A gas worker makes more than 94,000 per year. Not only is oklahomas energy ctor a major job creator and economic stimulater, but is also an innovator in the industry. In 2017 oklahoma was the nations sixth Largest Crude Oil producing state. As of last year we had five operable refineries with a combined capacity of over a half a Million Barrels a day, accounting for almost 3 of the u. S. Total. More than a dozen of the countrys 100 largest gas fields are located in oklahoma. These are things to be celebrated, not criticized. If you were to listen to some of our colleagues across the aisle, youd think oil and gas are the enemy. Thats not the case at all. Oil and gas are the foundation to foundations to build on. Renewable energy like wind and solar are great and i agree we need to continue investing in them and researching how to improve them, but theyre not a replacement for oil and gas. The future of energy in our country is dependent on alloftheabove priche. All of these Energy Sources approach. All of these Energy Sources can and should Work Together to make america successful and energydominant on the world stage. I look forward to working with my colleagues to find Energy Solutions that play to our to our countrys strength, as well as incorporate the innovation that new technologies provide. I thank again my friend here and i yield back my time. Mr. Duncan i tell you, in oklahoma they know energy. I think one of the first wells ever drilled in the United States of america was over in oklahoma. And another place this know a lot about energy is down on the gulf coast, and my adopted state of louisiana. The gentleman from louisiana, mr. Graves, knows energy. And theyve got a lot going on in the great state of louisiana. The pelican state. So with that i yield time to the gentleman from louisiana. Mr. Graves thank you very much. I want to thank the gentleman from South Carolina for hosting this event tonight. Madam speaker, this is really important because it impacts every single american. Energy is one of those pervasive issues that if you drive a car, if you ride in a taxi, if you take public transit, if you have a house or you have an apartment, you have to pay the energy bills, it effects every single one of us. Madam speaker, we have an option or we have options before us. We can choose to go down this path of ignoring the Energy Abundance that the United States has. We can pivot in this direction of blindly seeking these lofty goals or ambitions without any technological basis, without any basis in infrastructure or reality. Or we can move in a direction where we can produce American Energy, we can produce it safely, we can produce it affordably. Madam speaker, lets go down the paths of what these options look like. If you look back in 2011, madam speaker, one half of this nations trade deficit, one half of it was atrntable to us importing attributable to us importing energy from other countries. One half. That means were sending hundreds of billions of dollars, hundreds of thousands of jobs, were sending them, were empowering them in countries like iran, in countries like venezuela, in other middle eastern and african nations. In many cases, madam speaker, places that dont share our values. Theyre taking those dollars and coming back and directly challenging american interests around the globe. This doesnt make sense. You dont arm those who wish harm upon you. But thats what our Energy Policy was back in 2011. Again, one half of this nations trade deficit attributable to us importing energy. Now, more recently, madam speaker, youve seen folks that have come in and said, hey, we want to migrate to no fossil fuels whatsoever. Think about if you were running a business and if your greatest asset was this abundance of american natural gas, of oil, of coal. Think about if thats what your asset was. And if you had this objective of achieving environmental sensitivities or this objective of reducing our missions and providing more clean Energy Solutions, would you just go and say, look, were just going to ignore the fact that we have all these resources . No. You would develop technologies to on Carbon Capture and storage, on utilization, to where you can take that resource, and you can actually market it and make products from it. Or you could sequester it. That way you can continue to have a robust economy, you can continue to have affordable energy. You can continue to have american jobs without harming our economy. Now, madam speaker, when you look at the option that some ve chosen, were going on an aggressive renewable strategy. Lets look at the state of california where you have double or triple the cost of electricity that you have in my home state of louisiana. Double or triple. On top of that, madam speaker, look at what the state of californias done. Theyve increased, increased imports of oil from countries like saudi arabia and others. Increased their dependence upon foreign energy. Exporting jobs, exporting untold dollars to these other economies. Its fascinating. Lets go over to the northeast where recently youve seen them object to transmissions sitings, object to natural gas pipelines. Madam speaker, what theyve done there in doing so, theyve had to burn heating oil to warm the homes in the winter. One of the least efficient means of emissions. They had to import gas from russia, from russia. Putting who knows how many dollars in Vladimir Putins hands to challenge u. S. Interests around the globe. Madam speaker, these strategies are flawed, by rejecting some of these policies of the past, by pursuing the u. S. Energy dominance agenda, weve been able to reduce emissions in the United States more than the next 12 countries combined. While continuing to have a robust economy, some of the lowest unemployment rates weve seen in decades and ensuring that the United States can export energy like were doing to liquefied natural gas right now to 35 countries, rather than being dependent upon those other nations. We have two choices, madam speaker. I urge American Energy dominance. I want to thank, again, the gentleman from South Carolina, and i yield back. Mr. Duncan i thank the gentleman. You know, natural gas is being produced in this country in a tremendous amount. So much so that we can export it anywhere in the world. Those on the other side are refusing to accept the reality of the benefits of natural gas. In fact, berkeley, california, is the First American city to ban natural gas from being used in new homes and businesses. Being banned from being used in new homes and businesses to heat and cook in their homes. Probably banned in Transportation Fuels as well. Natural gas is affordable for so many americans. And i can tell you what, when americans go to the pump, theyre con yen shuss about the price. Because con yen shuss about the price cons yen us is concc co consciencious about the price. Folks in georgia understand electrical generation. In fact, theyre building the nations only Nuclear Power plant over in augusta, georgia. So id like to recognize the gentleman from savannah, georgia, to talk a little bit about that. Mr. Carter i thank the gentleman for yielding and i thank you for hoasting this here tonight. This is extreme hosting this here tonight. This is extremely important. The House Energy Action team and the members who have spoken here and the members who will continue to speak play an Important Role in making sure that wet get that we get this message out. Because, madam speaker, im here to join my colleagues in discussing Americas Energy resurgence. And to bring to light the many developments and advances that have been made in our nation. And there are many. Lots of developments. Lots of advances that have been made in our nation. Were in the midst of an economic boom. We all know that. We know our economy is booming. We know that weve seen record low unemployment rates and that weve seen growing incomes. Simply put, jobs are being created and people are going back to work. As we look to the Nations Energy needs and output, people will often forget about how energy costs impact both people and the economy. You know, ive always said that i subscribe to the alloftheabove type Energy Strategy and i do. I think its extremely important, extremely important for a number of different reasons. Not the least of which are to make sure that we in america have Energy Independence, to make sure that we have affordable energy, that we never put ourself in the position that i remember. I can remember us being in in the late 1970s where we were dependent and literally held over the barrel, if you will, by other nations for our energy needs. We as a nation benefit from lower energy costs. Meaning our monthly Home Energy Bills are lower and the costs to do business are lower. Lower costs translate into the ability of companies to invest in their businesses and in their employees. American Energy Independence has been crucial to the growth weve seen since the recession. Theres also significant investment by Companies Across the United States to be good stewarts of their stewards of their communities. Yes, it can be done. Yes, we can have Energy Independence. Yes, we can be good stewards of our communities. Were seeing significant investments in new, cleaner technologies, taking old and inefficient plants offline, looking to Energy Efficiency and actively managing emissions. As has been mentioned by other speakers, weve done a great job in america of decreasing our emissions and still keeping our economy growing. Theres a lot to be said for that. Carbon management has really caught on for a number of employers in the technology and the technology that can make it more effective is very promising. For instance, there are Companies Actively looking to pull carbon from the air to sequester it into the ground through direct air capture. This technology continues to develop and to mature. Theres also important Carbon Capture systems being developed in my home district. Were seeing incredibly efficient turbines being built that produce much lower emission numbers than similar products or plants. In addition, i have the honor of serving on the energy and Commerce Committee and weve done quite a bit of work addressing the regulatory issues that would prevent these innovative and new technologies from coming to market. Were doing everything that we can to get the government out of the way. You know, ive always said that the greatest innovators, the greatest scientists are right here in the United States of america, and they are. Thats why i look toward the future with great anticipation. Because i think this is going to be a great opportunity for us as americans. I look at renewable energy, i look at everything thats going to be done in the way of energy production, and i see america leading the way. And its important the federal government not be an obstacle, not be a barrier to that. As more regulatory hurdles are put up, the costs increase. Thats why we focused on innovation and technology, new ideas and making sure that the private sector has the ability to explore these opportunities. As i mentioned earlier, there are countless examples of employers seeking new options to duce their impact in their communities and look for ways to be good stewards. In manufacturing alone, companies are look to you who turn those challenges of reducing are looking to turn those challenges of reducing consumption into new opportunities. The Energy Sectors also investing in researching ways to become more efficient and effective when it comes to reducing emissions and expanding their energy mix. Madam speaker, if you want to see a country that can innovate, if you want to see a country that can lead, you look to the United States of america. Again, thats why im so excited about the future of our energy production. Just up the river from my district, plant vogel has the only two Nuclear Units under construction in the United States. For to a nation that once dominated the nuclear sector, we have lagged behind direct competitors. As the largest carbon he had free power source in the world, it makes sense to look forward to new technologies that can lower costs. Nuclear energy is an energy we can and should continue to once again have a leading role in the world. Whether its nuclear, more efficient equipment, Carbon Capture or some other form of energy, now, now is our chance to really drill down and focus on the innovation and Technology Development that is needed. I join my colleagues here on the heat team as we continue to work towards policy solutions to these issues facing our country. Thank you, madam chair, and i yield back. Mr. Duncan i thank the gentleman from georgia. He was one of the first members of the House Energy Action team. Comes from the energy and Commerce Committee, working with me, alongside some others on the heat team. But i want to applaud whip scalise for allowing the House Energy Action team to be reformulated. Give us a chance to talk, communicate directly with the American People about American Energy renaissance and American Energy issues. Id like to recognize the gentleman from texas. Before i do, ill say that one of the biggest honors ive had in my life came this year with Governor Abbott made me an honorary texan. So im proud to stand alongside my fellow texan, pete olson from texas, talk about whats going on in the great state there. Mr. Olson thank you my dear friend from South Carolina and those great words about being honorary texans. Texan take no offense about your comments to louisiana the gentleman from louisiana about that being your home away from home. With all the connections between South Carolina and texas. William bayer rhett travis came from South Carolina two. Football players who took our Houston Texans to the super bowl, javon cloudy and watkins are from South Carolina. Im happy to join my friends on the heat team tonight to talk about the American Energy renaissance. Texans like to call this the era of america crush opecs monopoly wall of g down the control over four soviet union tates. Nations likest tone yasm my wife and i went there two years ago on a battler cruise. We saw happy, happy people. Like people in that picture. As my friend knows, thats a merchant vessel called ndependence. Its been loaded with lick fied natural with liquefied natural gas from sabine pass. Two years ago that ship pulled up in the capital of estonia. As you can see, thousands and thousands of people waved flags and said welcome, welcome, lcome to estonia, american liquefied natural gas they know thats not just a product that is their freedom. From mr. Putins brutality. They know we export liquid freedom to estonia. In contrast, our port in houston s 52 miles long. If i got five people to walk out to see a tanker ship that would be huge. Our battleship. The battleship texas, is over 100 years old. Shes about to move to be repaired down to be moored permanently on galveston island. If i got 10 people, maybe 20, to watch our battleship be moved, thad be awesome. Those people came out in droves because they know their control by mr. Putin is over. Lets talk about a great new ally called india. Their Prime Minister is coming to houston september 22. I met the man four times. Theyre a growing economy, 1. 4 billion people, they have our values. They have a problem with their energy. They have none that they can use in a clean, efficient manner. Theyve got a lot of coal but coal is dirty. They have no natural gas. They have no oil. West, coming from the the pipeline has to go through iran. And pakistan. Enemies. To the north, the himalaya mountains. You can build a pipeline over 18,000 feet elevation god bless you. Thats the eighth wonder of the world. To the east, bangladesh, their only solution is to have cleaner air and Energy Independence is american l. N. G. Coming via the sea. A ship. One showed up last year loaded with l. N. G. Again from sabine ass. We signed a contract, private sector to private sector, in india, to delive 14. 4 mega tons of l. N. G. To india for over 20 years. The means theres no way we government can get involved in that in america or india, private sector to private sector freedom. Finally, my friends, i have to rag about texas. Address riends want to Climate Change with Carbon Capture. Were ok with that, but it must be viable in our economy. Must be viable in the free market. Coming back home n. R. G. Has a power plant 10 miles from my house called the paris power plant. Paris generates energy from eight sources. Four sources of natural gas and four coal generators. Wanting to improve their business and make their air cleaner, help oout think world, on their own, they reached out to a Japanese Company to build a Carbon Capture system that grabs up in the coal stacks. But my friend that technology was very, very expensive. Over 1 billion. Our friends want energy to swallow that price, capture carbon in the ground. That means youll bury 1 billion in the ground. How can energy do that . By paying those rates on to the rate payer. Unacceptable. What do they do . They grabbed that co2 and have a pipeline that goes 85 miles southeast to an old, depleted oil field. Its like fracking fluid, that co2 puts more pressure, oil comes out, we sell to market. Its viable. Energy in america make mishome state of texas great and makes america greater and it makes the whole world the greatest it can be. Drill, baby, drill, frack, by by, frack, export, by by, export. I thank my friend and i yield back. Mr. Duncan we hear a lot about the Green New Deal and that proposal is based solely on solar, wind, and hydropowerened to the drastically cut emissions across the country. But in my state of South Carolina we have seven reactors hat produce 90 of the states emission frease electricity. Ill show a fwraff real quick this graphic shows the magnitude of one Nuclear Reactor and compares the capacity, onery actor created 150 mega watts, to match one reactor it takes 2,077 and yes there are 2,077 windmills on this graph. 2,077 would be needed. Think about the amount of acreage it would take just to put the windmills up to meet electricity generated from one nuclear reacted. I mentioned earlier, the state of georgia is building the only Nuclear Reactor being built in this country right now and thats down in augusta, georgia. Rick allen from georgia is from augusta, im sure hes going to talk about Nuclear Energy. Mr. Allen thanks to my friend from South Carolina, congressman duncan, for chairing this special order tonight. Madam speaker, im proud to be a member of this House Energy Action team. Its a special coalition of members of congress who are focused on Energy Policy. Its an honor to be selected as the nuclear subteam leader. This will allow me to d my part to advance our Nuclear Energy priorities through congress and allow america to remain a dominant player in the Global Nuclear industry. The theme for this special order is, america Energy Renaissance. And i have to tell you, after President Trump took office, the war on energy and the war on business was over. It was like flipping on a light switch. America was open for business again. And the American People responded. We have the best economy in the world. Since then, we have continued to invest in our own Energy Resources and have successfully made the United States energy independent. Who would have thought that . 10 years ago . Georgias 12th Congressional District is on the frontline of the American Energy renaissance. With the first two new Nuclear Reactors being built in the United States in the past 30 years at plant vogel. Just in march, i had the opportunity to be with secretary of Energy Rick Perry and see the placement of the top of the unite three containment vessel. Truly, a historic moment. Theres secretary perry, theres he setting of that top of that vessel. Finishing construction on these two units means that americans can still do big things. I look forward to units three and four coming online soon. Nuclear energy plays an Important Role in georgias Energy Portfolio as it accounts for more than a quarter of all power generated and is the only clean air source that can produce large amounts of lectricity around the clock. Two a 12 is also home to facilities. They employ almost 2,000 people year around, highskilled employees, and its the largest construction project in georgia with more than 8,000 workers on site. When we talk about clean energy need country, we dont out of touch, costly socialist policies like the Green New Deal that would devastate the best economy in the world. Were talking about unleashing private Sector Innovation like Nuclear Power. According to the Nuclear Energy institute, georgias Nuclear Energy facilities alone avoid more than 21 Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide emissions each year. The equivalent of more than 4. 4 million passenger cars. It is of the utmost importance that we ensure these Nuclear Plants continue to provide energy in a safe, reliable and affordable manner. Georgia has been selected six years in a row as the best state to locate your business. A big reason for that is our low energy cost. Overall, i believe we must continue to pursue a proactive, responsible, alloftheabove Energy Policy that will benefit hardworking americans and lower the cost of energy in this case. In this nation. The House Energy Action team will continue to be laser focused on continuing americas Energy Renaissance and i am so glad to be part of it and with hat, i yield back. Mr. Duncan appreciate that. Thanks for leading the group down to look at that Nuclear Reactor. It was cold this winter up in michiganful had it not been for fossil fuel, a lot of folks would have had a hard time. I want to recognize the gentleman from michigan, mr. Walberg, to talk about his role on energy and commerce and on the house energy and action team. Mr. Walberg i thank the gentleman from South Carolina, often in that polar vortex i thought of South Carolina and sometimes wished i could enjoy the warm breezes. But as a member of the House Energy Action team as well as a proud member of energy and Commerce Committee serving on the energy subcommittee, i rise today about an important subject weve been talking about here. Thats American Energy security and independence. Madam speaker, like many of my colleagues, i understand the importance of being a good steward of our environment. As an avid outdoorsman, a proud representative of the Energy District of the great lakes state, a district that has wind, solar, nuclear, hide roe, and coal power, along with natural gas. We have it all there. But i want my children and my grandchildren to experience the same beautiful world that i have experienced. In fact, madam speaker, i want them to experience even better. And we can do that. And use of our energy as well. But were not going to get there through socialist policies like the Green New Deal. That will cause Energy Prices to skyrocket and commit really a fraud on the American People. Instead, we should focus on solutions that spur innovation and encourage investments in new technologies that support these goals while keeping a reliable, resilient grid. These investments are happening now. But the transition needs to happen in an orderly way that doesnt hinder Economic Growth or the security of our country. One step we can take right now is to update our Energy Policies for the 21st century. The Energy Landscape looks totally different than it did 40 years ago. Energy resources are abundant instead of scarce. Its a more Diverse Market than ever before. And it will continue. With that in mind, i introduced prpa 502, the modernization act. The bill increases competition and reforms outdated regulations from the 1970s so that consumers are not burdened with unnecessary costs on their utility bills coming from stale, outdated, green energy regulations. We can utilize safe, clean nuclearbased power like that produced at the fermi plant in my district. Getting new technologies like Carbon Capture out of the lab and into the market is crucial. We saw the importance of base lode power when temperatures in michigan and other places in the north plummeted to lower than 40 degrees behe zero. The sing, madam speaker, American People sent us here to work on solutions that impact their pocketbooks and promote heir pursuit of happiness. Its certainly an important, crucial discussion to have. I thank the chairman tonight for leading this and i yield back. Mr. Duncan americans watching tonight will see weve got a lot of great leaders in congress. They come from a lot of different states. The state of arkansas produces oil, produces coal, produces a lot of biomass, produces hydroelectric, produce a lot of ducks. I enjoy going to arkansas and huventing. I recognize mr. Hill of arkansas to talk about whats going on in his great state. Mr. Hill i thank my friend from South Carolina. Hes welcome in the beautiful rice country of arkansas to hunt duck this is fall at any time. I appreciate his leadership of the sportsmans caucus, the largest bipartisan caucus we have here in the house and all the good work it does in wildlife conservation. So thank you my friend for that. Its true i appreciate also his work in this House Energy Action team and that of our whip, Steve Scalise of louisiana, and thats because we are talking tonight about the importance of energy to our economy, the importance of energy to our families, and how that has to be balanced in the world of Public Policy. Madam speaker, in 2018, crude oil was the worlds number one export product. Last year, the u. S. Accounted for 98 of Global Growth in Oil Production. Since the congress lifted the ban, u. S. Production continues to set records and just last month an alltime high of exporting 3. 3 Million Barrels of crude per day. Ifting the ban has filled pipelines in new shipping infrastructure around the u. S. Total crude imports have also dropped significantly as we rely now more on Domestic Production and that production produced by our friends in canada. Likewise, exporting Clean Natural gas is a leading export in the United States. Thats cleaning up their skies, lowering their carbon immissions and lowering their trade imbalance with the United States. Exporting more gas, exporting more oil, lifting the ban has allowed us to be an Energy Leader in the world. Were no longer second fiddle to the gulf, to saudi arabia, or to russia. This comes as the United States is the leading the world, also, madam speaker, in reducing global climate, our carbon immissions. Between 2000 and 2014, the u. S. Reduced more than 18 . On the contrary, the Worlds Largest carbon immitters like china and india continue to have no policy to reduce their emissions despite having the lowest marginal cost to do that. In the e. U. And United States, its very expensive for us to lower carbon immissions per unit, but when you are a major carbon commuter, such as india and china, the marginal cost to clean up their action is so much cheaper. Instead, china is building 300 new coal plants, and not a single country in the e. U. Is on target to meet chair carbon reduction goals. This country must do more to be competitive with us on the efforts were taking here in the u. S. Like my friends from georgia and South Carolina, i am a strong supporter of Nuclear Energy because its the cleanest, most green form of basepower generation. And i support the idea of better and more effective ways to store nuclear waste. Any discussion of eliminating Carbon Emissions must include Nuclear Energy. We also must invest in longer battery Life Technologies and lower the continue continually lower the barriers toward solar cell innovation. The future of clean energy rests with harnessing the power of the sun and storing that power cheaply and portably. No one, madam speaker, is doing more research on that than the United States. Were spending over 550 million a year on advanced Energy Research to make our country even more energy competitive. So like many of my colleagues, we need to pursue an alloftheabove Energy Strategy that will lead to a cleaner, less carbondependent world and forcing American Families and arkansas families to bear the burden of flawed policies like the Green New Deal and the paris climb a climate accord are the wrong direction. I thank my friend from South Carolina for this time, for his leadership, and i look forward to working with him on these issues in the years to come. Mr. Duncan i thank the gentleman from arkansas and i thank all of the members of the House Energy Action team for coming to the floor tonight and communicating with the American People about the American Energy renaissance. You know, when our constituents think about cost of energy, a lot of times their first thoughts are Transportation Fuel. How much is it going to cost them to fill up the tank . Is there going to be enough money left over after their Transportation Fuel costs to feed the family, buy groceries, maybe do improvements . Other things that American Families spend money on. But one of the factors in energy costs is what you pay for that electricity. And what do our manufacturing pay for that electricity . Where does that electricity get generated . And most importantly, will it be a 24 7 365 base load power supply, always on, available when they want to manufacture that next b. M. W. In grier, South Carolina, that next boeing aircraft in charleston . Or the next component that goes into one of those manufactured all over the country . We take for granted in this nation that we do have a 24 7 base load, 365, always on, base load power supply. And its transmitted over tremendous infrastructure, but that infrastructure needs to be improved. We need pipelines to transfer and transmit the natural gas thats being produced, the oil thats being produced in places like texas and louisiana and arkansas and oklahoma. But also the wind power thats generated wherever wind is generated. Solar power, wherever solar power is generated. There has to be transmission lines. To get that power to the grid so that it can be used. So as we had the conversation in america about all of the above, and one thing the House Energy Action team is about, is all of the above. We like wind and solar, hydro, its all groovy. But we know what works. Thats Nuclear Power, thats hydro, possibly fuels supplemented by the alternative fuels that are coming online. Weve got the gray matter, our innovators and entrepreneurs in this country, to meet some of the things that mr. Hill talked about. The Battery Capacity necessary to store that power to be usde when needed, when its generated by wind and solar, when its intermittent, to store that power. Generated when the sun is shining, generated when the wind is blowing, stored to be used at night or when the wind isnt blowing. Nuclear power always runs. Natural gas always runs. These are components of this debate that we need to talk about. So, madam speaker, i appreciate members of the House Energy Action team coming to the floor and talking with america, with so much passion about American Energy, to meet the needs of our constituents. But at an affordable price that helps our constituents meet their budgets. So i want to thank the members and i thank the speaker and i want to ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the topic of this special order. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Duncan with that, i appreciate the opportunity for this special order and i yield back the time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Under the speakers announced policy of january 3, 2019, the chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. Hill, for 30 minutes. Mr. Hill i thank the speaker. Madam speaker, today i rise to reflect on the recent acts of Speaker Pelosi and other members of the majority last week on the house floor as a clear and egregious violations of rules of the house transpired. House members were expected to speak respectfully of their fellow members of congress and of the president of the United States. Precedent that goes back to the very First Congress about the conduct of floor of the house. Citing jeffersons manual, the First American book on parliamentary procedure, i quote, references to racial or other discrimination on the part of the president are not in order. Closed quote. Last week Speaker Pelosi clearly violated chapter 29, section 65. 6 of jeffersons manual. The house parliamentary ruled that speech violated the rules for bidding personal attacks on the forbidding personal attacks on the house floor against the president. Sadly, the majority then voted to ignore the rules in order to justify the speakers breaking of our rules. Mr. Speaker, how do we expect the American People to follow the laws we pass in this chamber when we dont even follow the rules that we place on ourselves . I call on the majority to put partisanship and pointless attacks aside and to get back to the real work that will move our great country forward. Madam speaker, i rise today to once again speak out about the crisis in syria. The director general of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons recently reported that traces of a nerve agent or poisonous gas byproduct were discovered late last year at syrias scientific studies and research center. Even though we were assured by the Obama Administration that the russians would remove all the chemical weapons in syria, this report is not surprising. For some, photos of dead bodies in the streets, littered with children, victims of barrel bombing ors a fixated by or affixated by seren gas are just not enough. Now we have a United Nations report. It says that fighting has forced 300,000 syrians to flee their homes and news tos thousands more continue to die from assads butchry. Madam speaker when will this house final madam speaker, when will this house finally grow weary of eight years of assads treachindustry in more than 570,000 dead, 200,000 imprisoned, and nearly 12 million dislocated. The house must act. Speaker pelosi well knows this house under Republican Leadership passed the cesar syrian civilian protection act three times over the past three congresses. Only to have it bogged down in the senate. Now, madam speaker, the tables are turned. Leader mcconnell passed s. 1 in february and we in the house must finally act with expedition and pass the house version of s. Which is h. R. 336, to end this step back into darkness, stop the torture and murder of thousands, and move to convict assad and his heveragemen of war crimes. Henchmen of war crimes. Madam speaker, i rise today to talk about h. Res. 246, a resolution stating Congress Opposition to the ongoing efforts to delegitimatize the state of israel and the global boycott divest boycott, divestmentment and sanctions movement, or b. D. S. , targeting israel. H. Res. 246 passed this house today. Let me get one thing clear, though. B. D. S. Is antisemitic at its core and it seeks to delegitimatize and isolate our ally, israel. I cosponsored h. R. 246, but this is not the piece of b. D. S. Legislation that we should have considered on the house floor this week. We should not be letting the majority off the hook by passing a nonbinding house resolution. House resolution does not combat the b. D. S. Movement. Instead, we should be considering and passing h. R. 336, the strengthening American Security in the middle east act which is the house version of senate bill one. This legislation passed the senate in february by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 7723. R. 3 of 6 includes the combatting b. D. S. Act to divest acts against israel. This bill includes other important provisions for u. S. And Israel Security assist taps, why wont Speaker Pelosi bring this bill to the house floor . Well, the reason they are avoiding this bill is in favor of a toothless ressluge is because the Majority Party is divided on what should be a commonsense issue. Imagine, House Democrats divided about antisemitism. It serving an important purpose but we need legislative action. This time is for legislative action. We should no longer allow to use earl them. Tack the i rise in support of the united agreement. Cappeda i congratulate the agreement for upgrading the the freetrade agreement and enhancing the export sales and growth in jobs. Nafta andbalances the property, intellectual rights and crossdata flows. And it supports over 100,000 jobsp and this highlights the need to strengthen our trating relationship. It is a big win across the board. We will have stronger growth, more exports, more jobs and rising wamings. This agreement results in a more level Playing Field for farmers, ranchers and businesses. Candidate ave has approved it. Mexico has passed the enabling legislation for it and has apoffed this treaty. Now its time for Speaker Pelosi to bring it to the floor and seek approval of this house. Adam speaker, i rise to that i secretary of state and ambassadoratlarge Sam Brownback for hosting the 2019 minimum sterile to advance ligious freedom. Religious freedom. This makes the protection of religious freedom around the woled a priority for this administration. This will demonstrates that the United States proudly stands for religious liberty and toll raps so everyone with worship freely and without discrimination. President h former reagan when he addressed the United Nationses by saying respect for human rights is not social work and not an act of compassion, it is the first obligation of government and the source of its legitimacy. It is through this olingts of service that we can make our societies better for all our children and for all generations yet to be born. Dam speaker, i recognize the american tie do and 20,000 people that gathered in little ata for the 2019 world martial arts competition. Is celebrating its golden erm. This organization was founded in 1969 and relocated to little rock in 1977. Citing similar. My friend is chairman of the borled for martial arts and mmitted to and her philanthropy. Mrs. Lee embodies the motto of the Scholarship Foundation that has provided over 1 million. Mrs. Lee has made an impact on arkansas citizens and community and i would like to concxds con great on reaching this milestone i wish her much of continued success for the generations to come. Madam speaker, i rise today to concxds con deprat you late eagle bank and Trust Company on its 100 anniversary. Full has grown into 1 service bank locations. It was the vision of Harry Hastings who applied for a bank charter in 196 and becoming eagle bank and Trust Company. 2012, the bank merged which received its bank charter in 1919 and was known as Arkansas National bank. The bank survived the great depression, the 2008 recession, never closing its doors on its customers. Kathy Hastings Owens operates the company. In 2018 rpgs she became the 128th chairman and first woman who lead that important organization. I would like to extend pi congratulations and wish the company much success for generations to come. Madam speaker, i rise to recognize three three arkansas scouting units that helped sand bags for the floodings that occurred comm arkansas in the. Pack 444, troop 444. D troop 644 all of the first United Methodist church. This group filled sapped bags included schools up to high school. Think began filling sand bags and more than 65,000 sand bags have been filled. Sand bagging helped divert water from peoples homes and reduced the flood damage from these historic. I thank the scouting units and those who volunteered their time. Madam speaker, i want to rise and congratulate and thank my good friend fred overton for his service. I served on the game and Fish Commission for seven years including as chairman in his final year. His term just expired on july 1. As a graduate of the university of arkansas at fayetteville, his love of the outdoors in fishing and preservation of habitat. I worked with biologists and lawmakers to ensure that future generations will be able to continue to enjoy the populations that we are blessed. Hunting ad the great and fishing. His service will not be forgotten. And i join all of us in joining forward on his leadership throughout the state. Madam speaker, i rise to recognize the here ooveic of. Cts mr. Troy basewell senior troy grew up in lays and after graduating from high school, joined the navy to serve his country. He was only 17 years old and his role was that of a powder man. During his service, he served on the us smp mississippi and surviving an attack ap contracting t. B. And he was told by a doctor he had six months to live. After his military service he went to arkansas. In 1952, he graduated from the niversity of Central Arkansas. Troy turned 93 years old earlier this year and resides in hot springsvilleage. His sacrifice will not be forgotten and i thank him for his bravery and his dedication o our state and our country. Madam speaker, i rise to recognize grand opening and Ribbon Cutting in center ridge, arkansas. Victory Mission Training session is a Training Program catering to those who struggle with alcoholism and addiction. It is a donationbased and available to people of all ages who need this important assistance. I want to congratulate the resident director, herself, a graduate of the program. She was homeless and ugstrug 8d with alcohol and drug addiction. Since 1960. Over 24,000 people have been treated by mission team centers. 8 of their graduates report they are doing well and several have gone into the ministry or helped into the. Alcoholism and addiction are powerful diseases and im grateful for the opening of the ictory Bible Training Center and in the help of their citizens ar our community. Madam speaker, i rise to honor dr. Edith urban jones, a civil ights leader and first africanamerican graduate for medical sciences. She recently passed africanamerican away at the age of 91. She was on the National Stage nd accomplished many first for africanamericans and first interpped in the state of arkansas, first to intern at Baylor College of africanamericans and medicine first president. As a child, dr. Jones experienced the death of her ather and sister that left her unable to walk. Despite her hardships, she was the first i africanamerican and one of the founders of Baylor Hospital in houston. She was in the schools and churches advocating for arblee equality and advocated for underprivileged patients and earned an award by the American College of physicians and inducted in the university of Arkansas College of medicine all of fame and women inducted into the womens hall of fame. I honor her for her dedication and contribution to civil rights and enriching the lives. She was a role model and and i extend my respect, affection and prayers to her friend, family nd loved ones. I rise today to congratulate the gentlelady on becoming the first woman so appointed as a fullterm commissioner. I graduated a graduate of the university of arkansas at fayetteville, her interest in the outdoors has always been evident, especially duck hunting and bass fishing in southeast arkansas. Shes a Founding Member of the arkansas outdoor society, a group of young adults pags altidorcespedes passionate about conservation and the outdoors. The commissioner with her leadership and passion for Conservation Lab great asset to the commission over the next seven years. She embodies the talent of the next generation of leaders that will be protecting and promoting our great outdoors. I join all arkansas in congratulating ann marie and wish her much success throughout er term as a commissioner. Madam speaker, i rise today to congratulate arkansas camp rockefeller for being recognized once again as a nationally accredited camp by the boy scouts of America National camp Accreditation Program. The National CampAccreditation Program recognizes camps that provide a fun, highquality, safe Program Consistent with the boy scouts of america brand and what the public expects from scouting. Camp rockefeller successfully completed a review of over 200 standards related to safety and quality of their program. Including camp grounds, properties and the wellbeing of every camper, leader and visitor. Over the years, camp rockefeller has showed Continuous Improvement in all areas. Camp rockefeller is located within the gus blast scout reservation. Each year thousands of scouts from across the country enjoy this beautiful part of arkansas and are given the opportunity to participate in hiking, fishing, climbing, camping and other outdoor activities. As a fellow scout, im proud of these high standards that are being set at camp rockefeller. On behalf of all arkansans, congratulations, and we look forward to following your continued success in the years to come. Madam speaker, i rise today to congratulate the Conway Department of sanitation in the city of conway, arkansas, on being named 2019 recycling Education Program of the year by arkansas recycling coalition. This award honors an agency or association who has made significant contributions to the advancement of waste reduction, recycling and sustainability across our state in the past year. Conway was selected for this award as a result of their outstanding Public Education and Community Outreach effort. This involved talking with more than 2,700 Community Members of all ages from schools, daycares, churches, homeowner associations, universities and more. Recycling is a component of making the environment a cleaner place, conserving materials, saving energy and reducing the size of our landfills. Id like to extend my congratulations to the Conway Department of sanitation and the entire city of conway for its worthwhile commitment to our environment and our natural resources. Madam speaker, i rise today to ongratulate Fairfield Bay, arkansas, on being named best of the best. Top 100 planned communities in america by ideal living magazine. The best of the best honors those areas and communities that deserve special recognition for their outstanding qualities, facilities and programs. Fairfield bay began as a planned community 40 years ago and has grown into an ideal family recreation destination. It was chosen from hundreds of nominations from north america and central america. A huge congratulations to the community, to the residents of Fairfield Bay, and to the mayor on achieving this recognition. I look forward to following Fairfield Bay community as it continues to grow in the years to come. Madam speaker, i rise today to recognize two Central Arkansas journalists who received the golden 50 Service Awards from the Arkansas Press association for half a century in journalism. Larry miller from moralton, arkansas, is the editor of the Conway County pedestrian gene country highlight newspaper. Frank falone of little rock was also recognized and was a form Deputy Editor and now an independent journalist. I also congratulate david bailey, managing editor of the arkansas democrat gazette, on receiving the Arkansas PressAssociation Freedom of information award. I congratulate these men who exemplify and dead in dedication the mission of these awards, our first amendment, and i wish them continued success in the years to come. Thank you, madam speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Does the gentleman have a motion . Mr. Hill madam speaker, i move that the house adjourn. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the motion to adjourn. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The motion is adopted. Accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow for morning hour debate. Washington journal live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on wednesday morning. Watch our live coverage as the nations Governor Meets in salt lake city. Just recognizing america graham. At 11 30, a conversation about safer and smarter roads. After 3 00 p. M. , improving infrastructure with larry hogan. The National GovernorsAssociation Summer reading live friday at cspan2 and cspan. Org. Relisten with a free cspan radio app. Former special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies before the house judiciary and house intelligence committee. Coverage on cspan3 starting at 8 30 a. M. Eastern. And online at cspan. Org. Relisten on the free cspan radio app. Robert mueller delivered his first statement on his the 2016tion and on president ial campaign. Here is what he had to say at the time from Justice Department headquarters. Good morning, everyone and thank you for being here. Two years ago the acting attorney general asked me to service special