gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house. members will begin work on an bill.r trading live now to coverage of the u.s. house here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father con rye. chaplain conroy: let us pray. god of wisdom, we give you thanks for giving us another day. prior to the great compromise, benjamin franklin addressed the constitutional convention. quote, we indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom since we have been running about in search of it. this situation of this assembly, groping, as it were, in the dark, to find political truth and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, have we now forgotten our powerful friend? lord, you are the powerful friend referred to by franklin and we turn again to you to ask that your wisdom might break through the political discussions of these days. bless the members of the people's house and all of congress with the insight and foresight to construct a future of security in our nation's politics, economy, and society. may they as you be especially mindful of those who are poor and without power. may all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. keller. 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 pro tempore: the entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches aisle. side of the for what purpose does the entleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to my remarks.xtend the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman, mr. recognized for bun minute -- for one minute. trump son: president welcomed boris to the white ouse and reaffirmed the strong alliance between our two countries. based on this successful the u.s. and bulgaria announced a new framework to our bilateral relationship which spans over 100 years. ccording to a joint statement, to face the growing security situation in the black sea, a maritime vided convention for nato's initiative. this is so important and will be a welcomed step in the formation of an intelligence hub in the egion to counter destructive activity. the two also agreed to work more closely on energy enhance cation to bulgaria's energy sector, reduce allow for citizens and for bulgaria to be a true gas hub and source for regional security. these two measures underscore the important role that bulgaria play as an ally and a valuable nato member. i'm grateful that president prioritizing a relationship with a beloved ally like bulgaria. god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek ew jersey recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for revise and nd to extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is minute.ed for one van drew: today, i would like to express my gratitude for efforts of the naacp south c branch to make jersey a place of inclusion, equality., and in the past few years, this organization has worked to polls for ess to the marginalized voters, to protect infant health with the infant mortality task force, scholarships for the education of our vulnerable youth. naacp of atlantic city has also focused on tackling hatred community by organizing and s to call out hateful unacceptable actions. unacceptable actions against by addressing the nvironmental injustice disproportionately suffered by these groups. tirelessly has worked to support minority groups in our region is d safer, healthier, more inclusive because of it. city you to the atlantic commitment and south jersey and new jersey appreciates all the work that do. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rom pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. keller: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. withoutker pro tempore: objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. eller: thank you, speaker. after weeks of secret depositions, selective leaks and democrats ings, the tearing to tear down this country with impeachment shams those ortunately for americans who expect members to ork for their benefits, the members is obsessed for overturning the will of the eople expressed in the 2016 election. that caused substantive legislation to come to a standstill. while some have pointed to the number of bills passed as evidence of success, i would point out that just because people are busy, it does not mean they are working. bipartisan bills to address issues like lowering prescription drug prices, better funding our and national defense are ready to be oted on, speaker pelosi has instead chosen to focus on partisan messaging that she nows has no zero of ever becoming law. speaker pelosi's partisan legislating must come to n an must get back to work -- come to an end and we ust get back to work in the interest of the american people. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new jersey seek recognition? ms.: i -- sherrill: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. sherrill: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise on behalf of the taxpayers of new jersey. here are 12 days left in the legislative calendar, and i urge the house to close 2019 by on the state and local tax deduction cap, or salt. will be here on the floor every day this holiday season highlighting the impact of salt and on nstituents americans across the country for the 12 days of salt. first day of salt, my constituents have said to me hat salt is the number one concern they have. i meet teachers, firefighters, small business owners who owe thousands more on heir taxes this year as a result of the $10,000 deduction cap. an ing salt deductions is attack on new jersey residents, usiness owners, homeowners and unfairly puts a marriage penalty on those filing jointly. in investments in roads, libraries, schools, first responders and teachers, so i to pass salt gues legislation immediately and to hardworking axing americans. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent 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. you, mr. son: thank speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to iscuss h.r. 5249, the supporting healthy outcomes for mothers and infants act. co-sponsor this bill along with my colleague congressman david thrown. trone.david the opioid epidemic is a public health crisis. not discriminate. opioid abuse impacts all of our communities and, sadly, expected mothers and children are particularly vulnerable. this bill will help address the in is by properly investing opportunities to promote education and prevention. equally important, the bill to destigmatize addiction ightfully treated as an illness. instructs health and human services secretary and the developure secretary to evidence-based nutrition w.i.c.ls for eligible pregnant women and hose impacted by neo natal abstinence syndrome. it will have w.i.c. outreach impacted by substance abuse disorder. lastly, the bill makes any nutriti nutrition education and training materials available to state agencies through an online clearing-house. i'd like to urge my colleagues o co-sponsor and support h.r. 5249. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for the gentleman es from virginia seek recognition? >> to ask for unanimous consent to address the house for one to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. you, mr. speaker. right under your nose, a mexican turned this rural area into a hidden cocaine hub reads the headline from over the our newspaper in southern virginia. this article goes on to explain cartel has smuggled superpure meth, cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and other drugs throughout the southern virginia countryside. have spoken on this floor about the dangers our rural illicit es face from drug trafficking, and now tearing our communities to shred. helped leman: i co-sponsor a bill that will cut the heads off these drug cart tells. i pushed for drug trafficking designations in my district and worked to fund treatment help those battling addiction. we need to fight back against drug trafficking and take back communities we call home. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without the honorable gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize mr. murray poole who is retiring after 54 of covering local sports and the news in towns across georgia. the longtime sports editor of the brunswick news, mr. poole known throughout the golden isle as both fair and supportive local players and the teams. he simply never wrote a bad word about anyone. interviewed nearly every major sports star who came golden isle including mikell mantle, davis adam wainwright and only asked them feel-good questions. poole e importantly, mr. gave his undivided attention to local sporting events. he would highlight everyone, high school region championship golf team to the second string freshman football player. mr. poole's journalism in the olden isle is simply irreplaceable. enjoy your retirement, mr. poole. thank you for your service to our community. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman arkansas seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to honor dr. barbara jones on her south arkansas community college. dr. jones has served as the south arkansas community college for more than 10 years and has always been promoting higher education. dr. jones brought an impressive south arkansas with a background in health science and educational leadership. on the american association of community colleges board of directors as ell as several other professional educational organizations. prior to entering the collegiate sphere, she worked as a laboratory scientist in both and medical facilities. mr. westerman: young people in arkansas are becoming leaders in communities, and and dr. jones played a huge role in many of their lives. can ng in higher education often be a thankless job, but dr. jones was a tireless force over a decade. by encouraging students in both stem fields and others, she commitment to learning skills for a life-long career. jones will be greatly missed by the students and alumni of south arkansas community college. her family -- d we wish her and her family all the best as she retires. pride i honor dr. jones. back.eaker, i yield the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> good afternoon, mr. speaker. by the direction of the ommittee on rules, i call up house resolution 739 and ask for consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 56, house resolution 739. resolved, that at any time after adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill, h.r. 2534, to amend the securities exchange act of 1934 to prohibit certain securities trading and related communications by those who possess material, nonpublic information. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on financial services. after general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on financial services now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules committee print 116-39 shall be considered as adopted in the house and in the committee of the whole. the bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. no further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed in the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution. each such further amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only 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, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the house or in the committee of the whole. all points of order against such further amendments are waived. at the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the committee shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to the house with such further amendments as may have been adopted. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions. section 2, a, at any time on the legislative day of wednesday, december 11, 2019, it shall be in order without intervention of any point of order to consider in the house a motion to discharge the committee on foreign affairs from further consideration of the concurrent resolution, h. con. res. 77, directing the president pursuant to section 5-c of the war powers resolution to remove united states armed forces from hostilities in the syrian arab republic that have not been authorized by congress, if offered by representative gabbard of hawaii. the motion shall be considered as read. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion except 20 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled by representative gabbard of hawaii and an opponent. the question of adoption of the motion may be subject to postponement as though under clause 8 of rule 20. b, the provisions of section 7 of the war powers resolution, 50 u.s.c. 1546, shall not apply during the remainder of the one hundred sixteenth congress to ouse concurrent resolution 77. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado is recognized for one hour. >> thank you, mr. speaker. for purposes of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to my friend from georgia mr. woodall, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume and during consideration of this resolution all time yielded is for the purposes of debate only. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognize. mr. perlmutter: i ask unanimous consent that all members be given five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. perlmutter: mr. speaker, the rules committee met last night and reported house resolution 739, providing for consideration of h.r. 2534, the insider trading prohibition act. under a structured rule which makes in order two amendments. the rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on financial services and provides for one motion to recommit. lastly, the rule makes the motion to discharge house concurrent resolution 77, offered by representative gabard of hawaii, in order on december 11, and that the resolution be debatable for 20 minutes. mr. speaker, i'm pleased we're here today to provide for consideration of h.r. 2534, the insider trading prohibition act. which will establish a statutory prohibition on insider trading. for millions of hardworking americans, investing in the stock market is an important tool to save for retirement, send their kids to college, or save for a down payment on a home. the foundation of an efficient market is rooted in fairness and transparency. that all investors have access to the same information so they can make reasonable and prudent investment decisions. insider trading erodes the foundation of fairness and transparency. when company insiders or market participants with insider knowledge use nonpublic information to trade stocks, bonds, or other types of securities, not only do they unfairly gain a financial advantage over families saving for their future, but the insiders also erode trust in our nation's financial system. we cannot allow insiders to take advantage of the folks who play by the rules. current law on insider trading has been largely developed by the courts based on the anti-fraud statute in the securities exchange act of 1934, yet there's no specific law prohibiting insider trading. this lack of clarity in the law combined with recent court decisions limiting the ability of the s.e.c. to prosecute insider trading has opened the door for bad actors to profit at the expense of average investors. insider trading is wrong and undermined our economy. it is time for congress to act and provide a clear legal standard for insider trading. this bill passed the financial services committee on a voice vote in may. showcasing the importance of finally codifying a prohibition on insider trading. and since the markup, the sponsor of the legislation, representative jim himes of connecticut, has negotiated with ranking member mchenry to address any outstanding issues and incorporate feedback from the s.e.c. the text of the bill we are considering today incorporates many of the suggestions from mr. mchenry and other republicans. and discussions between mr. himes and mr. mchebbry which concluded late yesterday have resulted in the mchenry amendment which enjoys the full support of mr. himes and chairwoman maxine waters. i understand adoption of this amendment which makes further clarifying changes will bring the support of ranking member mchenry and many more of my republican colleagues. i want to commend mr. himes on his efforts over the years in coming to this bipartisan compromise. this bill will be a big step forward in reinstating trust now financial system and providing transparency for our markets. i urge all my colleagues to support the rule and the underlying bill and with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado reserves. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. woodall: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i want to thank my friend from colorado for yielding the time. we had to hustle over here today, mr. speaker. you were already here, i appreciate your timely beginning of the house. but this is a different kind of day. ordinarily we have more one-minutes, more folks celebrating high school teachers and local newspaper folks, local philanthropic efforts. but as you might imagine, there are other things going on on the hill today and that's unfortunate. because i come down here today, not with a heavy heart i often come down with from a rules committee perspective, mr. speaker, as you know, the rule committees is in charge of deciding whether or not to allow amendments, what to schedule for the floor. as a member of the minority, there are four of us there in the rule committees, nine members in the majority, so we lose a lot. the time for bipartisan partnership happens before a bill gets to the rules committee. and yet -- and yesterday, what we saw transpire in the rule committees was not at all unprecedented, it's just not as common as i wish it were. and that is that the committees of jurisdiction were working all the way up until the 11th hour to come together on a bipartisan solution so that we wouldn't have to jam something through the rules committee. i see my friend from connecticut has come down to the floor. represent -- representing the majority on the financial services committee, mr. huizenga, representing the minority, talked about the partnership that came together, not to create the perfect bill, not to create the bill i would have written an candidly not to create the bill that my friend from colorado would have written, but to have crafted a bill with give and take so that instead of spending time on this floor making statements, we're going to spend time on this floor making legislation. we're going to have an optional opportunity, mr. speaker. i don't want to upset anybody's apple cart here because so often we do spend more time trying to make a point than making a difference. this is a bill about making a difference today. all common, there were no democratic amendments made in order to this bill. the two republican amendments that were made in order are the perfecting amendments to seal that bipartisan compromise. i think we're going to end up with a big bipartisan vote on the board. the only thing that gives me a heavy heart today, mr. speaker, is that i offered an amendment last night to add suspension authority for the speaker of the house, speaker pelosi, to bring up a bill dealing with the widows of american service men and women killed in action. widows and widowers. and the benefits they're not receiving today. this is also a bipartisan bill. i offered an amendment to make that suspension authority in order. it was rejected on a party line vote. i'm going to be opposing the rule today because i'd like to be able to include those things. but we did get a motion to recommit that will be made in order today so i will have an portunity if we defeat the previous question, we will be able to bring up the ndaa bill, the national defense authorization act which does contain the widows tax repeal and give us an opportunity to do more things together. i see my friend from georgia, mr. scott, on the floor today. he serves on the financial services committee with my friend, mr. laudermilk from georgia. we have two georgians on the committee on jurisdiction for this billism enjoy the financial services committee because historically in my nine years here it has not been led by shrinking violates of any flavor on either side of the aisle. there are those milk toast committees, they never make the news, but not so with my friend on this committee. i like watching the vote tally. so often my friend mr. scott from georgia and my friend mr. loudermilk of georgia end up on the same side of the issue. the only financial services bills that make the headlines are those that highlight our strident differences here. but time and time again the financial services committee has had a record of producing bills that can go to the president's deck, they can go to president obama's desk for his signature or to president trump's desk for his signature. i hope this ends up being one of those exercises, not an exercise in making a point but an exercise in making a difference. i would like to share with my friend from colorado that his expertise on the financial services committee is valued by all of us on the minority side of the aisle and it is -- it's a special kind of pain being in the minority on the rules committee, mr. speaker. because you have wonderful ideas and your friends on the other side of the aisle are constrained from how many of those ideas they can support. but we always get a word of encouragement from our friend from colorado. i know he's, if he were sitting on the minority side i would be feeling his pain and he feels ours. he's always -- he's always a voice for encouragement on that committee and we see that come back from the witnesses who have a chance to serve the gentleman from colorado talk about how much they enjoy that partnership. that's why i'm particularly pleased i was assigned this rule today because it exemplifies the type of work we want out of all our committees, that we have gotten out of the financial services committee this day. and that my friend from colorado works each and every day to bring forward. sometimes with more success than others. but nonetheless, it's appreciated. with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. perlmutter: thank you, mr. speaker. i enjoy doing these rules with the gentleman from georgia. he's very kind with his compliments, he makes points that are well taken. one i would take some issue with that he raised was with respect to the widows tax, the bill that he brought up in committee last night. i would just say, that particular bill was incorporated in the national defense authorization act which the house passed months ago which like so many other things was caught up in a logjam over in the senate where at least 275 bills, bipartisan bills, are sitting on the senate majority mitch mcconnell's desk and have not seen any action being taken. but, you know, we are here today to talk about insider trading prohibition act. which really has come a long way, mr. himes from connecticut has been working on this piece of legislation for some time, and as mr. woodall said, there's been a lot of collaboration, which has resulted upon the passage of mr. mchenry's amendment will result in a pretty good bill. i'd like to offer two minutes to the gentleman from connecticut to speak on this rule and his bill. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from connecticut is recognized. mr. hymes: i want to thank the gentleman from georgia, mr. woodall, for acknowledging the bipartisan quality of this bill in hope thisi rise bill will support the rule. the rule in particular, least one, de at possibly two republican amendments in order. i just want to reflect for one on what my intention was in the underlying bill. this is a fix to a problem we have had in the services law for a long time which there is no specific statute prohibiting trading. yes, we have prosecuted insider trading for a very long time fraud provisions and other provisions of the security law. no result of there being explicit prohibition on insider trading, much of the law grown p around this is court-made law. i know i speak for everyone in this chamber when i say we are here to make the laws of the and hopefully guard that job jealously. this is a good fix. but to me it was important how it was done. by the te is controlled republican party. the house is controlled by the democratic party. to as very important to me get republican support for this bill, number one, because i is the way that that we get good resilient egislation done and, number two, because it afforded me the opportunity to work very closely ith people like ranking member mchenry and my republican olleagues on the financial services committee in a larger effort to build the trust and to that the relationships hopefully will open the app are ature for us doing more of apparture for us doing more of these bipartisan things. our and by the values that parties represent, but at the end of the day, we try to come together to get something done. honestly in the years i have been here, we've done way too much of the former and not latter.f the so i really am very pleased with the way this bill has turned out. has a shot of becoming law if we can get the senate to move on it. the bipartisanby support it has received, and i would just close by, again, republican colleagues, mr. perlmutter of body do, and hope this will support this rule. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from connecticut yields back. colorado man from reserves. mr. perlmutter: continues to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado reserves. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. you, mr. ll: thank speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i want to associate myself with my friend from connecticut. it has been true that we've spent fooch time making -- too policy e making statements and not enough time making policy. that's true under leadership of here.arties though, the truth is, mr. speaker, because i take great institution, i want to say it, we do spend more time making policy than we get credit for. can't see if we heined you, mr. speaker -- behind you, mr. speaker, but i'm looking at the press gallery today. all the folks who are covering us, reclaiming our article 1 responsibilities today. let the courts legislate in this area. we are going to legislate in this area. one -- e approximately there's approximatelily one approximatelily one outlet covering this. hour to til the 11th put something together, a bipartisan compromise between the chairman and ranking member the financial services committee, the collective highlight esence to that partnership is, again, one. know what we can do begeto try to let success success because so often these go right uccesses underneath the radar screen and, thus, it makes it harder to accomplish these things again. it clear to ke america that the tag team of mchenry can come together to get good things done, that certainly sends a there's hope for all of us in this space. i want to go back to what my friend from colorado said, though. he's absolutely right about the widow's tax. we did incorporate that into the ndaa. it has been sitting in the senate doing nothing. i wish we would have passed it stand-alone bill. it is a different thing for a .ifferent day the senate to work any faster. i can't get their conferees to work any harder. get the i can do is house to take up the sena senate-passed ndaa, and we can the authority in this institution to move the ndaa forward. it's important for the widow's tax. mr. speaker, it's important for so many other things absolutely essential to the defense of this country. it's been one of those bills that we've come together in a way to be successful on decade after decade after thede, and it is a stain on success of the house this cycle that we've not been able and the we've not been able to move forward in a bipartisan way. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous of myt to insert the text amendment and any extraneous material immediately prior to he vote on the previous question. in the same way i can't speak to insider trading in that than the n any better gentleman from connecticut does, as a member of jurisdiction, i lso cannot speak to the ndaa any finer -- any better words than my friend from wyoming, ms. former member of the rules committee, the conference the house r republicans here and an defender of providing the very best for our men and women in uniform. i'd like to yield five minutes to the gentlelady from wyoming, ms. cheney. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from wyoming is recognized. ms. cheney: thank you very speaker. i'd like to thank my friend and colleague, mr. woodall. miss our time together on the rules committee. a rules ok forward to committee under majority leadership in the near future we'd like to have you back, mr. woodall. so thank you for all of your reat service to our nation and to this institution. mr. speaker, if we defeat the question, we will amend the rule and begin immediate onsideration of the 2020 national defense authorization act. i urge the house to move forward on this measure and give our men and women in uniform the resources they need, the tools deserve to defend all of us. as matters stand, mr. speaker, facing a grave situation. combining the already delayed with the most recent continuing resolution is bad enough, but further delay on bill, combined with the potential of yet one more that, mr.g resolution, speaker, is a national security nightmare. adequate funding is a prerequisite for a strong military. towards first step ensuring the security of each and every american. is is why, mr. speaker, it vital that we as a body fulfill this, our most important duty, which is to provide for the common defense. nothing l to do so, else we do in this body will matter. to do so, mber fails mr. speaker, make no mistake. will be held to account. the partisan tactics and the impeachment exercises we have seen will be to blame. pelosi's leadership has cast a cloud over the defense authorization and appropriations processes in this body. in july, mr. speaker, the house hyperpartisan defense bill, on an unprecedented party basis. this legislation was loaded with poison pills, but it did not have to be this way. senate passed its bill on a bipartisan basis, carrying on a tradition.ng then, as if this partisanship in enough, se bill wasn't democrats decided to begin a inquiry,oor impeachment an inquiry which has served only the ndaa t and delay process further. not only that, mr. speaker, but hijacked the have intelligence committee, one of the single most important ommittees in this body responsible for the security of this nation. they have hijacked it with an that we haverocess now seen is an absolute and lear waste of valuable time with huge costs to the american people. think for a moment about the our men in uniform -- men and women in uniform are speak. right now as i our troops are hunting down isis terrorists, they are detore yor ating rogue deteriorating rogue regimes and working with allies around the world. ensuring their ability to do so not a matter for partisan tactics or delay. women on our men and the front lines should be priority.first unfortunately, our men and women n uniform are once again being held hostage in order for the democrats to chase an impeachment fantasy. the fact is that our adversaries are not pressing pause. russia are developing ypersonic stripe weapons, modernizing their nuclear and s, advancing their air defenses and also artificial intelligence. will not go away. in fact, the longer our national ecurity is subject to partisan distractions the harder it will become for america to match and these threats. when democrats choose partisanship over providing for nation's security, as they have since this congress was in, they are helping the chinese, the russians, rogue and terrorist groups. the american people will hold for emocrats accountable their gross neglect of our constitutional obligations. must act now to pass a bipartisan ndaa to and to our troops strengthen our security. thank you, mr. speaker, and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from wyoming yields back. the gentleman from georgia reserves. he gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. perlmutter: thank you, mr. speaker. the body that we're here to talk about insider prohibition and not specifically the national efense authorization act, but let's talk about some of the differences between the house and the senate that my colleague wyoming would apparently just give up. he doesn't apparently care or is recommending that we forget about the widow's tax, which the has eman from georgia really eloquently discussed the it, but obviously that's something that's in the not in thed bill and senate bill. secondly, in the house-passed parental leave for members of our military that certainly is not part of the bill. there is a whole section on upgrading and improving military for those that serve our nation and protect us. there's a specific provision in there to assist workers who have to all ick or ill due the toxicity and radiation that suffered in -- during, particularly, the cold war period, but since then in with our nuclear weapons arsenal. and i would suggest to the lady that she's just wrong on wanting to give up, and let the senate control all this. serious orities are priorities for the men and women of our military, for our nuclear workers, and for widows. i appreciate her comments. certainly want to see the national defense authorization ct passed as quickly as possible, but it, like so many other things, has gotten stuck republican majority senate, 275 bills, minimum, in nature, sitting on enate majority leader mitch mcconnell's desk. taken.on having been i would say there's a lot of that isan legislation certainly can be passed today if majority leader would actually take some action instead of just sitting there nothing. coming back to this particular legislation, this is a good bill. it is done in collaboration between democrats and it needs to be passed. nd i would urge, you know, we need to proceed with this process, move forward, get this ule passed, and so we can get on with this particular piece of legislation. yield -- i t i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado reserves time.alance of his the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. woodall: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. prepared to close after my friend yielded back all of his he's reclaimed it -- i was walking down the one day between the capitol and the budget committee room nd i was walking with the now chairman of the budget committee, mr. yarmuth from kentucky. and we were arguing because he's a committed budgeteer. i am a committed budgeteer. talking about how we were going to deliver the results that our constituents demanded and the nation expects about halfway down that tunnel past all that high ant artwork that schoolers send in when we realized we were saying exactly thing.e i was just saying it in republicans' terms. it in democrats' terms and we were arguing for about five minutes on what hould have been bringing us together. we end up in that space a lot here. and i want to -- because my does work colorado so hard to reach out and be collaborative, i want to make sure he didn't misunderstand my friend from wyoming. i could hear the frustration in her voice you didn't have the pleasure of serving with her on the committee, but when national security issues came up, she's been living this commitment as a member of the committee, when we do a continuing resolution for you and me it's about an extra two weeks to solve disagreements. for her, it's two weeks of lost ability to plan for national security. when we get things done by december 31, and a deadline, we think of this as a great success. for her it's an entire quarter that we couldn't plan for new threats and new challenges that are confronting the u.s. intelligence and defense establishment. it is not just personal, it is truly life and death in a national security way. if we defeat the previous question, what the gentlelady from wyoming was proposing is that we take up the senate bill and amend it with all of those ideas that our conferees have already gotten together on my friend is correct. the senate has some challenges. i would argue it's a challenge that nobody has 60 votes over there. so whether republicans are leading the senate or democrats are leading the senate, there's still no ability to move things past the filibuster threshold. but we can take up that bill because ill say democrats in the senate holding it uping, my friend might think others are holding it up, but we all agree it's critically important that we get it done. i don't want to slow down the insider trading bill, mr. speaker. i don't want to slow down the insider trading bill. that's not what i'm suggesting. what i'm suggesting if we defeat the previous question, we've already got section one and section two of the rule that cover the insider trading bill. let's add a section three to the rule that reclaims, in the same way the insider trading bill reclaims article 1 responsibility from article 3 court, section 3 is going to reclaim from the senate the house prerogative to move forward on legislation. we will bring up the senate bill, we will add in all of the amendments that the chair, the chairman, the democratic chairman of the armed services committee, and the republican ranking member, want to include and then we'll move that bill forward. mr. speaker, insider trading bill is important. and we're going to get that done. together. national security is even more important. and again, while it's not the subject of national news coverage, this is something we've gotten done in a bipartisan, collaborative way, no matter who runs the u.s. house, no mat who runs the u.s. senate no matter who sits in the white house, for almost 60 years. every single year. bills fail, bills succeed, presidents come, presidents go, we have gotten this done because it's important to 330 million americans. keep section 1 of the rules. keep section 2 of the rules. let's move forward on the bipartisan product of the financial services committee. let's add section 3. let's defeat the previous question. let's reclaim from the senate the ndaa papers. let's move forward with the house committee. and let's send the senate a bill that they can pass tomorrow. with that, mr. speaker, i don't see any other speakers and i am prepared to yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. perlmutter: thank you. i thank the gentleman from georgia. i don't have any other speakers as well. so i will close, i assume that was your closing? yes? mr. woodall: i've got my mars 2023 bumper sticker if we're prepared to talk about other collaborations. but i thank the gentleman for yielding time. mr. perlmutter: thanks, i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, along with mr. woodall i want to thank my colleagues for joining me here today to speak on the rule and the inside aer trading -- insider trading prohibition act. the insider trading prohibition act has been a long time coming. since passage of the securities and exchange act of 1934, s.e.c. has relied on it without explicit stra constitute -- statute prohibiting insider trading. this legislation provides the clarity our regulators need to do their job and ensure the fundamental foundation of fairness and transparency in our financial system. we owe it to our constituents to ensure that their savings in the stock market are on an equal footing with all investors. my friend from georgia and i have spent a lot of time talking about bipartisanship today and how we can work together across party lines to tackle the tough issues facing our constituents. that's what the house of representatives has been doing this year under the democratic majority. we passed over 275 bipartisan bills that are sitting on the senate majority leader's desk awaiting action in the senate. these 275 bipartisan bills represent progress that the democratic majority is delivering for the people to strengthen the health, the economic security and well being of every family and every community in america. the house has passed bipartisan and commonsense gun violence prevention bill, we strengthened background checks, passed re-authorization of the violence against women act, we passed dozens of bipartisan bills to care for our nation's veterans, we want to see those particular pieces of legislation moved from the senate to the white house and be passed into law for all americans. i hope the insider trading prohibition act doesn't get caught up in this graveyard over in the senate and is instead taken up quickly by the senate along with all these other important bipartisan bills our colleagues have worked together to pass this year. i appreciate the bipartisan nature of mr. himes and mr. mchenry in coming together with this particular piece of legislation and with that, mr. speaker, i encourage a yes vote on the rule and the previous question. i yield back the balance of my time and i move the previous question on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is on ordering the previous question. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. pursuant clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules or if a recorded vote on the yeas -- or the yeas and nays are ordered or if a vote is objected to under clause 6 of rule 20. the house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> i move to suspend the rules and pass s. 151 the pallone-thune traced act, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 151, an act to deter criminal roe bo call violations and improve enforcement of section 227-b of the communications and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, and the gentleman from oregon, mr. walden, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone. mr. pallone: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on s. 151. the speaker pro tempore: without objection ching mr. pallone: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pallone: today the house will take strong bipartisan action to protect consumers from illegal roe bo calls. talk to anyone, you'll hear how annoyed people are by these calls. no wonder, according to robokiller, a whopping 5.6 million such calls were made to americans in november alone. more than two million have been made to the 723 area code in my congressional district this year. today the house is giving americans back control of their phones. this legislation is important because unlawful roe bo calls are not only a -- ro bo calls are not only a -- robocalls are not only a nuisance. too often americans won't pick up their phones for the fear that a robocall is on the other end of the line. unfortunately the scams are becoming more sophisticated every day. at a hearing we learned that the moffatt cancer center received 660 scam calls in a month, specifically designed to appear as calls coming from within the hospital. that's dangerous for patient safety and confidentiality, mr. speaker. we've heard similar stories of scammers disguised as the i.r.s. looking to collect a debt or scammers disguised as local governments or police departments, or scammers disguised as loved ones in trouble, looking for help. these are just a few examples. all these scams are different. there won't be a single silver bullet to fix them all. but the traced act attacks from multiple angles. first we target fraudsters and scammers violating the law. this will cut these calls off. our bill requires a nationwide caller authentication system and make call blocking software available to consumers for free. this is critical. a nationwide caller authentication system that will help ensure callers can trust the caller i.d. on their phone again is important. and call blocking is another thing we do in the bill. call blocking will stop the phone from ringing when scammers are dialing our phone. these are two critical steps, the authentication and blocking, that will give consumers control of their phones again. when it comes to blocking, the traced act also ensures there's transparency and consistency so the calls people want are getting through. second, mr. speaker, this bill ensure that law enforcement and the federal communications commission have the tools, information, and incentives to go after robocallers who break the law. we need to make sure criminal penalties are brought by the department of justice to deter future robocallers from getting into the business. third, it will help us go after dodgey carriers that allow these calls to enter our networks in the first place. these are some of the main provisions of the bipartisan bill. there are others that will be discussed by my colleagues in our 20 minutes on my side today. i just finally want to thank ranking member, mr. walden, communications and technology subcommittee chairman doyle, and subcommittee ranking member louter for their determination in getting this bill to the floor. i want to thank our partners in the senate for their commitment to this issue and for working with us on this final bipartisan, bicameral product. the traced act takes critical steps to give consumers control of their phones again. i urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan legislation today and hope it will be signed into law before the end of of the year. with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from oregon, mr. walden, is recognized. mr. walden: thank you, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. walden: i rise in support of the pallone-thune traced act. this is a great step forward help curb illegal robocalls. i want to thank chairman pallone and chairman doyle and my colleague, mr. latta, for their great bipartisan work on this and of course our colleagues in the senate as well. last year, ray balm's act passed out of this chamber and that included provisions that targeted fraudulent robocalls and spoofing from overseas. those laws are -- those are in law and being used today. the traced act builds on that success, it better enables consumers, carriers and the federal communications commission to target scammers. while this chamber hasn't made a lot of progress on legislating, i'm pleased to see bipartisan legislation before us today that addresses a challenge faced by nearly every american, robocalls. in my district, area code 501, we got 14137b9 million robocalls last month. we know millions of robo calls come into america. i got one already today and will probably get more. it's time to put consumers back in charge of their phones. that's exactly what this legislation does. it allows carriers and consumers to use new, innovative call blocking and call authentication tools. we can strike the right balance between allowing important calls to get through while making sure illegal robocalls are blocked at no additional cost to the consumer. when you receive a call from an unfamiliar number you should be confident that there's legitimate reason for that call. that means your pharmacist can still automatically call you to tell your your prescriptions are ready for pickup if you sign up those those notifications. vulnerable populations can be better protected from scams trying to steal their hard-earned savings. when illegal robocallers get caught we need to prosecute them. this includes our -- this -- this includes traceback efforts to help go after bad actors. we all get get these calls. i got one a year ago, it was out of greece, i don't know anybody from greece. they left a message. a day later i listened to it. it was the vice president of the united states aboard air force 2 trying to reach me. sometimes you should answer those calls. this legislation hopefully will know with certainty you can answer a call like that and it'll be somebody trying to reach you for real. with that, i reserve the balance of my time, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. . mr. pallone: i yield four minutes to mr. doyle who worked very hard on this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman checked. mr. doyle: today the house will vote object the pallone-thune traced act. this legislation resulted from diligent bicameral negotiations over many months and i'm glad that we have come to this agreement. this bill addresses a problem that we all have firsthand experience with. persistent annoying none stop robocalls. americans receive nearly 48 billion robocalls last year, a 60% increase from the year before. that number is expected to increase to 60 billion this year. my hometown of pittsburgh has already received 387 million robocalls this year, that's up from 189 million in 2017. on average, everyone in america received 15 robocalls in the month of november alone. this legislation before the house is bipartisan, bicameral, and i believe it will help seriously reduce the onslaught of illegal robocalls americans face. the bill before the house today is the result of bipartisan negotiations which included industry and public interest stakeholders. the original house bill was reported unanimously out of the committee -- out of the communications and technology subcommittee which i chair, as well as out of our full energy and commerce committee. it was approved by the full house by overwhelming support. i'm also pleased that the language from the stop robocalls act, which ranking member latta and i introduced, was included in this bill. these provisions allow phone carriers to automatically enable robocall blocking services by default on phone lines. while these technologies have been a-- available on an opt in baycy, too many seenors and frankly too many people in general just don't know about these services or how to sign up for them. allowing these services to be enable by -- enabled by default allows all consumers to benefit from these technologies without having to go through an onerous signup process, especially seniors and those most vulnerable to scam calls. these provisions also include requirements that new opt out robocall blocking services do not result in new consumer fees. finally, this bill requires all carriers to adopt call authentication technology that would enable people to be certain that the number they see on their caller i.d. is really the number that it's coming from. all too often folks get calls that look like they are come interesting down the street when they are really coming from scammers half a world away. the legislation came about through the hard work of the majority staff and the minority staff of the energy and commerce committee. in particular i'd like to thank jerry leverage, phil murphy, dan miller, a.j. brown, parole deci, and alex on the majority staff and cato, evan, and rachel on the minority staff for their hard work and diligence to get this bill to the floor. i urge my colleagues to support this bill. this is another example of the house passing bipartisan legislation, over 200 such bills this session, and sending them over to the senate. hopefully our colleagues in the senate will act on this bill and give the relief that our constituents deserve from these unwanted robocalls. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania yields back the balance of the time. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. walden: i yield a minute to the top republican on the subcommittee, a real leader in this effort, mr. latta. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. latta: i thank the gentleman from oregon, the republican leader of the energy and commerce committee for yielding. i rise today in support of this bipartisan legislation to combat illegal robocalls. with an estimated 48 billion robocalls each year, it is time for congress to take swift action against illegal robocallers and give americans the security of knowing their incoming calls are legitimate. that's why we introduced the bipartisan stop robocalls act included in the legislation before us today. our bill will give phone companies and the federal communications commission the tools they need to fight back against illegal robocalls. private companies will be able to block fraudulent calls before they get to your phones and all the consumer control with no additional line item charge. our provision also provides and improves information sharing to enhance the fcc's ability to track and stop illegal robocall spoofing operations. as technology continues to evolve, so do the tactics that bad actors use to illegally spoof numbers to make fraudulent robocalls. we must allow these companies and the fcc to keep pace. while we are tired of annoying and illegal robocall scams, there are also legitimate users of auto dialing technologies that must be preserved. the bill before us today rightly recognizes those important pro-consumer messages from school closures to bank fraud alerts, to voice and text message that is consumers want and those should not be blocked. this is strong bipartisan legislation i'm pleased to have worked with chairman pallone, republican leader walden, subcommittee doyle -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. latta: i urge all our colleagues to support this measure. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore:le the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from oregon reserves. gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. butterfield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. mr. butterfield: i thank chairman pallone for his leadership in preventing the continued spread of illegal robocalls. these unlawful operations, mr. speaker, are deceiving and defrauding unsuspected citizens with little recourse. congress must do its part to bring these perpetrators to justice and the bill before us today does just that. i am pleased that my bill, h.r. 3434, is included in this bill we have today. chairman pallone, i thank you for fighting to keep the language of my bill in the underlying legislation during negotiations. my bill recognizes industry efforts to address illegal calls by directing the fcc to punish -- publish an annual report on best practices and tracing back illegal calls to their origin. it promotes provider accountability by allowing carriers to block calls from providers who do not fully participate in private-led efforts to trace suspected illegal callers. every day, mr. speaker, consumers fall victim to scams initiated by fraudulent calls. i believe that the traced act is a practical and comprehensive solution that will aid us in ending these illegal calls for good. so i urge my colleagues to support the bill. thank you to mr. pallone for the time. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina yields back. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. walden: i yield to the top republican on the oversight and investigation subcommittee, mr. guthrie of kentucky, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. guthrie: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of senate 151, the pallone-thune traced act. so far this year connecticutians have received 500 million robocalls. that's over 100 calls per person this year. robocalls are number one issue i hear about when i'm home. scammers have found creative ways to trick people into thinking their calls are legitimate. these calls have wreaked havoc for private citizens, hospitals, small businesses, and everyone in between. one kentucky woman told me she gets three o four calls day and she always answers for fear there might be a family emergency. only to be greeted by a spam call. disruptling her work at a facktry. i was proud to co-sponsor the original house bill, the stopping bad robocalls act. i'm proud to support the pallone-thune traced act which will put an end to these calls. i commend my fellow colleagues on the house energy and commerce committee and the senate for developing this bipartisan, bicameral solution to stop bad robocalls. i appreciate the opportunity to be here. i recommend my colleagues support this. i yield back to the ranking member. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from oregon reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from vermont is recognized. mr. welch: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today in support of the traced act. this is a long overdue effort by congress to crack down on out-of-control abuse of robocall marketers. these are annoying and inconvenient calls, but they also have real life impacts. katherine is an 84-year-old from shellburn. she an and her husband received at least three our four robocalls of today. her husband is hard of hearing, he doesn't hear the phone ring which requires her to answer the calls even though it's difficult for her to get up. she always answers the calls because they could be important. it might be a son or a daughter. unfortunately, it's usually a marketer or a scam call. katherine sums it up perfectly when she says, i'm very upset about these calls. i want the calls to stop. she speaks for all our constituents. she's not alone. in 2018 there were 47 billion robocalls made in the united states. vermonters received nearly four million robocalls a month. in 2016, scams involving robocalls cost 22 million americans a total of $9.5 billion. and i'm hopeful this bill today will stop these harassing phone calls. the bill will give the fcc the authority and tools it needs t will allow the consumers to revoke consent they have previously given. it will require calls to have a verified caller i.d. information associated with a call before the call can be put through. these are important steps that will help -- reduce and hopefully stop these robocallers. i urge passage of this bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. walden: it's a great privilege to recognize the gentleman from texas, mr. olson, for a minute. the speaker pro tempore: the honorable gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. olson: i thank the chair and i thank my friend from oklahoma. sorry, oregon. thinking about the football game that's coming up. i want to paint a picture about why i support this bill. ast sunday night t. many retired nfl football fans were watching my houston texans throttle the patriots from new england new england. fast forward to halftime. one answered his phone the caller i.d. says it's from the social security agency. the social security office. the social security administration. he picks up the phone, a slight pause, a voice comes on and tells him his benefits have been canceled. to restore them he has to give these people, he does know their phone number, oh, by the way, we can fix this right now with your credit card. people in texas 22 and across this country have dealt with these criminal phone calls. i'm pleased to say today that we are going to pass a bill to help these texans and americans fight back. it's great to see a bipartisan piece of legislation i worked on with representative mceachen, included in this package. it emnowers justice department to go after criminals who prey upon senior citizens. i urge my colleagues to support this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. olson: dial back robocalls. hang up on criminals and give them one call a week from jail. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from oregon reserves the baffle his time. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from new york, ms. clarke, the vice chair of our committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. ms. clarke: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of the pallone-thune traced act and to address the intrusive reality of robocalls. the jig is up for conartists who have time and time again deceived the american people into answering fraudulent calls that puts our constituents on the hook for outrageous charges on their phone bills. i am so proud to have my bill, h.r. 3264, the ending one ring scams act of 2019, included in the underlying bill to ensure that the american people are protected from this harmful scam culture. i'd like to thank chairman pallone and senator thune on their work on the traced act and holding these bad actors accountable for their deceptive tactics. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york yields back the balance of the time. the gentleman from new jersey roiches. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. -- roips. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. walden: i reich recognize the gentleman from ohio who brings background and technology to the committee, mr. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: gentleman from ohio, mr. johnson, is recognized. mr. johnson: thank you for yielding. i appreciate the time. i rise in strong support of this legislation that will benefit all americans by addressing the nuisance of robocalls. unwanted and annoying robocalls are increasing at an alarming rate. some estimate that u.s. consumers receive nearly four billion robocalls per month in 2018. this needs to end. this legislation would require service providers to adopt call authentication technologies and would establish additional protection force consumers receiving unwarranted and sometimes fraudulent robocalls. it would also require the fcc to work with other federal agencies on improving deterrence and criminal prosecution of robocall scams. i'm also pleased i'm pleased it includes legislation i sponsored with my colleague representative butterfield which requires the f.c.c. to publish an annual report on the private-led effort to trace the origin of robocalls, an important step in stopping these. it's time for congress to act and i encourage my colleagues to support the legislation. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back, the gentleman reserves, the gentleman is recognized. plm pallone: i yield one minute to the gentleman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> i rise to speak in support of the traced act, there's nothing more frustrating than receiving robocall afro boe call to land ines an -- afro boe -- after robocall to landlines and cell phones. many of these calls are scams designed to prey on our seniors and vulnerable populations that may be more susceptible to this kind of fraud. this year i have held 26 town halls across arizona's first district. time and time again i have heard from citizens about scam and spoof call they was encountered. putting their private information and their hard-earned dollars at risk. i co-sponsored the traced act to crack down on scammers and bad robocalls by creating real penalties for violators. r. o'halleran: and requiring providers to implement call authentication techniques. this is something on which we can all agree. i urge colleagues to come together to pass legislation and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona yields back the balance of his time they have gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. walden: i have another great texan who needs to speak on this matter, mr. flores is recognized for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. flores: i'm glad to be here with the honorable speaker from texas as well. rise in strong support of s. 151 the traced act. this is the culmination of bipartisan work here in the house and our senate counterparts. we hear about the scourge of robocalls, i'm glad we're answering with decisive action. this bill gives consumers tools to combat robocalls at no extra cost. i'm pleased it includes language from an amendment i offered in committee that raises fines to $10,000 per violation which will further deter illegal operators from entering into this abusive behavior. alongside advances from last year's ray baums act and efforts at the f.c.c., we're in a better position to restore confidence in our communication services once again. this is the type of work the house of representatives should be engaged in for the american people. thank you, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: i yield one minute to mr. frist of -- mr. kris of florida, the former governor of florida. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kris: thank you, mr. speaker. - mr. crist: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm especially proud that the traced act includes my bill, the spam calls task force act which will bring together agencies in the private sector and consumer advocates to shut down spam robocalls. all hands on deck is necessary here. i thank chairman pallone and ranking member walden and i thank my partners on the spam calls task force, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. grafse, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. cartwright, and the gentleman from florida, mr. soto. i'm filled with optimism that the work of the people goes on. members of both parties coming together, setting differences aside, to work on commonsense solutions to real problems. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on the traced act. thank you so much, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from yerg is recognized. mr. walden: it's my pleasure to recognize the gentleman from michigan, mr. walberg, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. walberg: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to speak in support of s. 151, the traced act. in 2018 alone, phone numbers with 517 and 7 34 area codes in my district -- and 734 area codes in my district received over 273 million robocalls, i know, i receive a bunch of them. not only are the calls bothersome and unwelcome, they often lead to scams that prey on the most vulnerable. one such scam is the one ring scam which attempts to trick consumers into paying huge fees for return phone calls. s. 151 includes important legislation that i worked to have included which will end the harmful pracktoifs one ring scams. mr. speaker, robocalls are not only a nuisance, but they pose a threat to individuals' privacy and security. s. 151, the traced act, will help put a stop to these harmful practices by empowering phone carriers to implement call authentication technologies so consumers can trust their caller i.d. with no additional cost. it will also expand and streamline the f.c.c.'s enforcement authority to take strong, quick action when it track downs robocalls and levies fines against those bad actors. in the end, mr. speaker, this legislation will put a stop to these predatory actors behind harmful robocalls and put consumers back in charge of their phones. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from oregon reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield one minute to mr. rouda of california. the chair: the gentleman -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. rouda: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate the opportunity to speak in strong support of the traced act. the bipartisan provision i co-led with representatives clark, van drew, foxx and others to address one ring scams will make the finances of vulnerable american, especially senior, more secure in the lives of all people in orange county and across the country a little more peaceful. we can all agree it's time to provide americans with a greater sense of security when it comes to our phones. we shouldn't have to worry about unsolicited robocalls and the vast array of tactics bad actors are using to target our pocketbooks and privacy. this bicamera and -- bicamera importantisan bill is to addressing robocalls. i urge strong support of this bill, thank the chairman and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. walden: it is now my opportunity to recognize the top republican on the consumer protection subcommittee of the energy and commerce committee, ms. mcmorris roggers from the great state of washington for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the honorable woman from washington state is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate our leader on the energy and commerce committee yielding and i stand in strong support of the traced act to crack down on robocalls. i've heard from thuns -- hundreds of people in eastern washington about. this for example, an office manager in colfax logged more than 318 robocalls at her small business. she told me that 318 times i picked up the phone to hear a robot talking to me. i dropped what i was doing to run to the phone for one of these obnoxious calls. or i put a real client on hold to answer an empty call. anything congress can do to stop this shameful practice would be a relief. so mr. speaker, i agree. people need relief. they've asked congress to take action. so i look forward to supporting this bill, sending it to president trump's desk with strong, bipartisan support. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from oregon reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield a minute to my colleague from new jersey, mr. kim, whose legislation has been included in this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. kim: thank you. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise today in strong support of the traced act, a bipartisan effort to crack down on the scourge of predatory robocalls. over the past year, i've heard from my neighbors in burlington and ocean county about their frustrations from constant robocalls. in fact, more than 400 neighbors from beechwood to bordentown and toms river to tabernacle contacted our office to complain. that's exactly why i dug into the issue and teamed up with four republicans and two democrats to offer h.r. 3325, the locking up robocallers act of 2019 which would strengthen enforce. of current laws aimed at ending the scourge of predatory robocalls. i'm glad our bill was incorporated in this legislation because these calls aren't just annoyances, they're used by scam artists to target people now community. according to the f.c.c., they've received over 200,000 complaints a year from residents receiving pred poirot boe calls, an estimated 26.3 billion robocalls were made to mobile phones and more than 47 billion were made in total to phones in the u.s. in 2018. i strongly encourage my colleagues to join me in supporting this bill and taking a real step to end predatory robocalls. thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone yields. the gentleman from -- the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, reserves, the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. walden: thank you, it is my privilege to recognize the only pharmacist in the united states house of representatives, the gentleman from georgia, mr. carter, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. carter: i rise today in support of senate bill 151, the pallone-thune traced act. we have focused on combating the scourge of robocalls for quite some time. the senate passed the robocalls legislation, the house passed nearly unanimously the stopping bad robocalls act. last year americans saw nearly 50 billion robocalls. those calls morning, noon, and night, often interrupting important life events. this year we're on track to see a high number of robocalls again. unfortunately, nearly every in the united states has been on the receiving end of dozens and dozens of robocalls. it's time we finally take action to empower telecom providers to help put a stop to this and to hold these responsible -- hold those responsible accountable for these actions. that's why this bill, which builds upon the bipartisan work in the energy and commerce committee, is so important. i want to thank my colleagues in the energy and commerce committee for working with our friends in the senate to get this completed. thank you, mr. speaker, and i urge everyone to support this bill and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from oregon reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield now one minute to another colleague from new jersey, mr. van drew, whose legislation is also included in the trace act -- traced act. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. van drew: i thank chairman pallone for yielding time and all of his work. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support for the traced act. a good, anti-robocall bill that is badly needed, given the robocall epidemic facing our united states of america. robocall scams are at an all-time high and getting worse. data shows that new jersey residents reported the most robocall complaints of any state in the nation last year. robocalls not only impede our quality of life as a family and at family dinners, and important work meetings get interrupted, but they also effectuate scams, scams that take advantage of vulnerable populations such as our senior citizens who need to be protected. this bipartisan legislation is a critical step toward ending the scourge of robocalls. i am pleased to see portions of my own robocall bill, the stopping bad robocalls act, incorporated in the traced act. while there is more to be done without a doubt, i am proud to be part of this important effort to help protect consumers and i urge my colleagues to support this bill. i thank the chairman and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey, mr. van drew, yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, reserves. mr. pallone: could you tell me how much time remains on both sides? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey has 4 1/2 minutes. and the gentleman from oregon has nine minutes. mr. walden: -- mr. pallone: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. walden: i thank the speaker who is from the big state of texas, but few members represent more territory than our next speaker who represents the entire state of montana. i yield to the gentleman from montana, mr. gianforte. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. gianforte: i rise in support of this bill. robocalls are not only a nuisance, they're a threat to honest, hardworking montanans. illegal robocalls seek to exploit them and steal their personal, private information and their money. montanans hate robocalls. it's time to put an end to the stories i hear too often from montanans about illegal robocalls. today we are tablinging a -- taking a hubling step forward providing relief from robocalls with the pallone-thune traced act. it gives consumers tools to block illegal robocalls at no cost. it also holds illegal robocallers accountable for their scams, including higher fines and more prison time. this bill includes language from my bipartisan bill that helps identify and prosecute illegal robocall companies. i urge my colleagues to join me in passing this bill and providing american people with needed relief from robocalls. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from oregon reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: i would continue to reserve unless million walden -- i'll continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. walden: privileged to recognize the gentleman from tennessee to recognize him for one minute. mr. kustoff. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized for one minute. mr. kustoff: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my colleague from oregon. i want to thank chairman pallone and ranking member walden for their hard work on this important bipartisan issue. robocalls scams leave anyone with a cell phone vulnerable to fraud. today it's time for congress to act. the traced act exspabbeds the authority for the federal government to punish these folks and will help verify legitimate calls. i want to thank everyone who worked to bring this bill to the floor for a vote, and i urge all my colleagues to show their support. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from oregon it reserves back. mr. walden: mr. speaker, if the gentleman wants to continue to reserve i do have another speaker. mr. pallone: i continue to reserve, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. walden: thank you, mr. speaker. i now recognize the gentleman from georgia, mr. allen, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. allen: i thank you, mr. chairman. mr. speaker, for too long unwanted callers have circumvented the law in order to deliberately mislead americans through robocalls and spoofing. in fact, this is the number one issue at every town hall that i hold in my district. unfortunately, the number of robocall scams are ever increasing. robocalls should not be a part of our everyday lives and we must take action to stop it. this malicious practice has led to fraud and theft, exploiting vulnerable consumers, including our nation's seniors. that's why i was a proud co-sponsor of h.r. 3375, the stopping bad robocalls act, which passed the house in july. the house and senate took parts of this bill and were able to come together and agree on the traced act. this bill allows the federal communications commission to seek financial penalties against those making calls with misleading caller identification information. most importantly, this legislation allows robocalls to be blocked transparently at no extra cost to americans. we must stop this practice once and for all by identifying and taking action. i urge my colleagues to overwhelmingly support this bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from oregon. mr. walden: at this time i yield one minute to the gentleman from illinois, mr. kinzinger. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for one minute. mr. kinzinger: as a co-sponsor of this legislation i rise in strong support and encourage its swift passage. by some estimates nearly 48 billion robocalls were made in the u.s. in to 1818 -- 2018, which is a 57% increase over 2017. this anti-robocall bill provides the fcc new authorities to impose substantial fines or violations up to 25,000 per violation, and possibly higher in some cases. it requires phone companies to verify callers and help block robocalls at no extra charge. mr. speaker, make no mistake, this legislation's a big step forward. given the rapidly changing technology, combined with the fact that many of these calls come from overseas, we can't let up and more will need to be done. thankfully this bill requires a number of reports to congress over the coming months that will allow us to help start to crack down on these perpetrators even harder. mr. speaker, i'm proud of the work we have done bicameral and bipartisan. i thank those involved and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from oregon. mr. walden: mr. speaker, i don't believe we have any other speakers on our side of the aisle. i'm prepared to close. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i don't have any additional speakers. prepared o close. the speaker pro tempore: gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. walden: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for working together to get this done. our constituents de the speaker pro tempore: this. we de the speaker pro tempore: this. -- we deserve this. over 50 billion illegal robocalls. we are not talking about the kinds you sign up for. we are talking about illegal scammers often state backed enterprises overseas coming into our wallets, coming into our bank accounts, coming into our homes, coming into our offices and coming into our cell phones. let's be clear, while this legislation will make a difference, the scammers are going to try and do an end around whatever technology the carriers use to block these calls, authenticate these calls, stop these calls. we have in this legislation additional requirements for reporting back to congress on other steps that need to be taken, wheps it comes to our health care system and our hospital -- when it comes to our health care system and hospitals. that will be something the committee needs to continue to look at. i think building a better bridge between the department of justice and federal communications commission so they can go after the bad actors and nail them is a good thing. and extending out to four years the statute of limitations is a good thing so the bad actors don't get to run the clock and get away with their crimes. this is good legislation. it will make a difference. we'll continue to fight this fight. and in closing, mr. speaker, i, too, want to thank our terrific staff. some of whom, by the way, have worked on this long enough they have gone on to other pursuits, including robin and tim who is still with us but a different role than when he started on this, christine, kate, evan, rachel, and on the majority side, alex and jerry and a.j. and dan. thank you for your great work on this as well. we appreciate it. with that, mr. speaker, i encourage our colleagues to vote for this bill. get it to president trump's desk. he'll sign it. and we are going to help our consumers w that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, americans are receiving more unwanted and illegal robocalls than ever before. the rising tide of illegal robocalls has quickly turned from a nuisance to real threat on the way we all view and use our telephones. consumers need more control and transparency over who is calling them. the laws that prohibit unwanted calls and do not call registry no longer effectively protect consumers from unwanted or illegal calls because it's easier than ever to become a robocaller. these calls all undermine the public's trust in our phone system f we don't fix this problem, it will only get worse. the traced act is the best way congress can address the deluge of scam and spam robocalls. consumer groups and industry widely support the legislation, including consumer reports, aarp, the national consumer law center, u.s. telecom, and more. basically what we have in this bill are commonsense, meaningful solutions that will put consumers back in control of their phones and will help restore trust in our phone system. in closing, i just want to thank all of the members and staff that were able to work together to produce this great legislation and there are a lot. obviously our ranking member, mr. walden, the subcommittee ranking member, mr. latta, as well as mr. doyle. i also want to thank our staff and our members who contributed their legislation to the traced act. members such as mr. mceachen, mr. olson -- mceachian, mr. olson, mr. kustoff, introduced the locking up robocallers act added to this legislation in section 11. ms. clarke, mr. bilirakis, mr. rouda, ms. foxx, and mr. walberg introduced the ending one ring scams act. mr. chris introduced his spam calls task force act added to the bill in section 5. mr. butterfield, mr. johnson, mr. soto, and mr. gianforte introduced the tracing back and catching unlawful robocallers act, which was added to this bill in section 13. and mrs. dingell and mr. burgess introduced their protecting patients and doctors from unlawful robocallers act which was added in section 14. mr. flores and mr. mcnerney offered their amendment to increase the financial penalties for robocallers added to section 3. and mr. doyle and mr. latta for including their stop robocallers act in section 10. finally, i would like to thank all the staff on both sides of the aisle who worked object this bill. in particular jerry leverage, over here, alex behind me, dan miller, behind me. a.j. brown. on the majority staff. tim, kate, evan, robin on the minority staff. as well as phil on subcommittee chairman doyle's staff and rachel on subcommittee ranking member latta's staff. with that i urge all my colleagues to support this measure. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and senate bill 151, as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the -- mr. pallone: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman request the yeas and nays? mr. pallone: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the quains will -- yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20. further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. proceedings will presume on questions previously postponed. votes will be taken in the following order. ordering the previous question on the house resolution 739, adoption of house resolution 739, if ordered. and the adoption of the motion to suspend the rules and pass senate bill 151. the nirs electronic vote will could be ducted as a 15-minute vote. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on ordering the previous question on house resolution 739 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: has calendar number 56, house resolution 739. resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 2534, to amend the securities exchange act of 1934 to prohibit certain securities trading and related communications by those who possess material, nonpublic information, and relating to consideration of the concurrent resolution, house concurrent resolution 77, directing the president pursuant to section 5-c of the war powers resolution to remove united states armed forces from hostilities in the syrian-arab republic that have not been authorized by congress. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on order of the previous question. members will record their votes by electronic device. members, this is a 15-minute vote. 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 226. the nays are 193. the previous question is ordered. the question is on the adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes have it. the -- the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: on that i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: it the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. it pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 -- pursuant to clause 8 of members will record their votes by electronic device . this is a five-minute vote. five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 225. the nays are 196. is bill -- the resolution adopted and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the new jersey, mr. pallone, to suspend the rules as amounteded -- as amended. the clerk will report the title. senate 151, an act to robocall violations and improve enforcement of 227-b of the communications act of 1934, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house and pass the les bill, as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 417. the nays are three. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will be in order. the speaker pro tempore: members, take your conversations off the floor. the house will be in order. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. does the urpose gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is minute.ed for one the house will be in order. mr. butterfield: may i proceed, madam speaker? thank you. to honor ker, i rise the life and legacy of a dear family friend, deacon james wynn sr. born on august 6, 1922, james wynn lived a long, loving, and life.tive this past saturday, he ransitioned from labor to reward. deacon wynn, a life-long point, north ld carolina loved his community, loved his god. e met the love of his life, naomi lynch, commencing a marriage that lasted for 59 long years. farmer and skilled car ten per -- carpenter and was well-known throughout the community. eight re parents to wonderful children. they took great pride in their hildren's education and accomplishments and they have accomplished much. the six are angela, joan, judge who is a , long-serving judge on the fourth ircuit of court of appeals, reginald wynn, dr. anita wynn and arnie wynn. lineage are 17 grandchildren, 17 reat-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. peace, deacon james andrew wynn sr. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? >> madam speaker, when the house in order i request to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. without objection, the gentleman rom washington is recognized for one minute. mr. newhouse: thank you, madam speaker. service above self, that's the more than 33,000 1.2 million and -- rotarians d worldwide. to m speaker, today i rise honor 100 years of the yakima rotary club. days of 1919 when helped to rotary club install street signs when the city of yakima to help guide the way for residents and visitors ymca to the $22 million and yak with a rotary a -- rotary aquatic center that entered last month. they always say yes. be it from children's health, literacy and younger, awarding of academic dollars scholarships every year, your olunteerism, fellowship and deep love for our community has made a deep and lasting impact valley.reater yakima congratulations on 100 years of yakima above self, otarans and enjoy what i -- rotarians and enjoy. speaker., madam i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. i risene: madam speaker, today to support the passage of he voting rights advancement act, h.r. 4. will rucial legislation give more power to historic 1965. rights act of that law protected the right to americans.l particularly americans of color. it gave a strong voice to the and when those americans spoke, they created a congress.se clearly, we are all better for it. state wly certain governments have tried to hinder the voting rights of minorities. they call it something else, but to do. what they want that is why we need this bill to become law. to eed the government provide oversight if states are rightsof too many voting violations. e need to protect the right to vote for all americans, because of too many of us, the power the vote is the only power we have, and i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to highlight h.r. 3816, the no pension force pedophiles act, which i introduced in july. this bill would require the forfeiture of federal pensions for individuals convicted of federal crimes related to the sexual abuse of children. i was deeply disturbed to read news reports earlier this year surrounding the conviction of stanley patrick weber, a doctor at indian health service hospitals who misused his position of trust and responsibility to prey on vulnerable children. he's set: inexplicably to continue receiving his federal pension during his 18-year prison sentence, which could be as high as $1.8 million . he is also awaiting trial in a second similar case. i do not believe that taxpayers should be forced to fund the pensions of federal employees who have been convicted of crimes related to the sexual abuse of innocent children, and the no pensions for pedophiles act would ensure that this practice ends. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. davis: 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. davis: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to pay tribute to the reverend dr. clarence who passed a few days ago and is known worldwide as a religious leader and gospel singer. there's nobody in the chicagoland area who have not experienced reverend clay evans. he was actively involved in the political and social life of the city. noted for many things. one of those that he's noted for is having been the person who ordained the reverend jesse lewis jackson. he will be sorely missed. we express condolences to his family. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: are there any further requests for one-minute speeches? under the speaker's announced the of january 3, 2019, gentleman from new york, mr. espaillat, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. r. espaillat: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and include remarks extraneous material on the subject of my special order in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. espaillat: thank you, madam speaker. as the whip of the congressional hispanic caucus, i am pleased to lead this monthly special hour. this afternoon's topic comes at a critical time of our nation and for the communities we represent who are all concerned with their state of health care and harmful action from the trump administration. there is no more personal issue than one's health. as such this should be the top on the minds of members of congress. it was the late martin luther king jr. that said in 1966 that all -- of all forms of inequality, injustice in health care is perhaps the most shocking and inhumane. health care is a priority of the congressional hispanic caucus. we want to use today's opportunity to discuss the state of the latino health care in the united states of america. the affordable care act was a landmark legislation that extended health care coverage to more than 20 million americans. either through medicaid expansion or tax credits to purchase quality and comprehensive health care insurance products. in the latino community, at least four million latino adults and 600,000 latino children have gained health coverage, insurance coverage thanks to the a.c.a. we cannot forget that the a.c.a. extended health insurance coverage to the children through age 26. especially for children and young adolescence -- adolescents, the insurance rate from latino children has to 7.5%. from 1.5% the gains for health coverage of these children and preventive health care and reduction of severity of conditions is a testament to the good health policy that democrats are committed to. however, the trump administration has sought to undermine the a.c.a. and the benefits it brings to the latino community. earlier this year in a bipartisan vote, the u.s. house of representatives felt compelled to rebuke the trump administration for its row motion of the skinny junk plans that offer no guarantees of special health benefits. that's no gashe tees for mental health treatment. no guarantees for preventive health care which lowers the overall cost of health care. no guarantees for prescription drug coverage. according to the data collected by the keyser -- kaiser family foundation from 1913 to -- 2013 to 2017 people of color had higher uninsure rates than nonhispanic whites prior to 2014. it was only after the affordable health care act came into effect that latinos had larger gains in health insurance coverage from 2013 to 2016. than non-hispanic whites. our work is not done. it's truly not done. every day we are working to curb the destructive actions of this administration to harm the gains that we have made in the health care arena and well-being of the latino community overall. and we continue working to close he health equity gaps that the a.c.a. did not address. according to the centers for disease control and prevention, latino americans are twice as likely to have type two diabetes than white americans. in the united states, adults over their lifetime have a 40% chance of developing type 2 diabetes. but the latino adult has a rate gher. -- 50% hi given that coverage of and overall cost of insulin, a necessary treatment for managing diabetes, is a priority for the congressional hispanic caucus. nce the start of the 116th congress, the congressional hispanic caucus has invited the c.e.o.'s of insulin manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers to meet and explain how and why insulin remains unaffordable for so many americans. we met with the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the country who collectively comprised 78% of the market and cover 180 million individuals with health insurance. c.b.s. health express script, and optimum r.x. of united health group. in our discussions we were, quite frankly, met with much resistance. by all parties in the prescription drug supply chain and pharmacy benefit business. it is infuriating for patients at the local pharmacy counter, trust me, it is infuriating to me and my colleagues at the congressional hispanic caucus. in addition to benefit managers, the congressional hispanic caucus met with the c.e.o.'s of the top three insulin manufacturers whose produce -- who produce 90% of the global insulin supply and 100% of the supply for diabetic patients in the united states of america. eli are it noble norsic and lilly and company. it may seem impossible but dr. frederick banting, who discovered and cultivated insulin as a treatment for diabetes, sold the patent for his remarkable drug for only $1 to the university of toronto. madam speaker, he sold this important patent that has saved the lives of millions of people just for $1 to the university of toronto. yet the price of insulin, both with insurance and without, has risen astronomically. astronomically to the point where diabetic patients must make the decisions between purchasing lifesaving ibs lynn versus paying rent, finding childcare for their families, or getting an education. we ask them why this is, and in short they simply did not have a good answer. so we are concerned, madam speaker, that inlynn -- insulin, the patent for insulin sold by dr. banting to the university of toronto for $1 as now been placed in a position that's unaccessible to patients across america who will subsequently die because of that -- without having that treatment. but we are committing to shedding a light on this obscure process and making sure that patients receive the therapies they need at the prices they can afford. this is our promise. this is our commitment. we as the hispanic caucus and greater democratic caucus are committed to fighting for health care that lies in stark contrast with this white house administration. that is why we have passed legislation to strengthen the a.c.a., not to weaken it, not to obliterate it, but to strengthen it. and it is why we will consider landmark legislation later this month to help lower the costs of prescription drugs. now, before i conclude, madam speaker, i want to lay out some important events taking place as we speak because they will have an unimaginable detrimental impact on the state of health in the latino community. the trump administration -- the trump department of justice and attorney general william barr abandoned their obligation to defend our current health care system and the affordable health care act. in the state of texas is seeking to invalidate the a.c.a. and unravel the law that has benefited constituents of every place across america represented in this, the house of representatives of the u.s. congress. and this department of justice is willing to let this happen undeterred. this administration told the texas district court that it was opting to not defend existing regulations such as protections for pre-existing conditions. imagine that, madam speaker. not protecting pre-existing conditions. meaning that those who suffer from diabetes, those who suffer from hypertension, cardiovascular problems, that have pre-existing conditions will not be protected, will be out in the cold. this administration is turning its back on over 130 million americans, including 17 million children and adolescents with pre-existing conditions, with no plan or idea what to do going forward, they are willing to harm their lives, the lives of millions of americans. this is purely irresponsible. it is reprehensible. and neither the congressional hispanic caucus nor democrats will allow this happen unchecked. we will continue to work hard to make sure health care continues to be more affordable and more equally accessible for all americans, especially people that we represent. madam speaker, thank you so much for allowing me this opportunity . i will now in conclusion, madam speaker, i would like to thank my colleagues who could not be here today, or are here today and i would like to reiterate that we will defend the affordable care act and make sure that latinos across america are no further harmed by this administration or partisan politics. we are committed to lowering the costs of prescription drugs and making sure that insulin remains available and affordable to all communities across america, particularly communities of color that are disproportionately affected by diabetes. and we'll raise hell every time that we find another instance of capricious price inflation or rket consideration or an attempt to shift the blame. that with, madam speaker, the congressional hick caucus will not cease in our advocacy for the health care and well-being of our communities that we help here in the congress and across our country. this is a crucial time in america where the affordable re act as presented by the past administration not only provided access to health care with people with pre-existing conditions, not only did it allow our children to be up to the age of 26 to be part of our health plan, but it also provided funding for medicaid and medicare. it also provided funding for mental health services, an arena that has lagged for far too long has been left aside with not having the appropriate funding that it needs. . people that need opioid administration has look to dismantle it and put people's lives in jeopardy. ith that, madam speaker, i thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. announced peaker's policy of january 3, 2019, the chair recognizes the gentleman illinois, mr. davis, for 30 minutes. thank you, madam speaker. i'm pleased to join with bobby rush, who to ally reserved the time, talk about an event that years ago when both guess when bobby was still pretty much a teenager, young adult. our city.ook place in the city of the big shoulders, chicago, the city that sits on a lake founded by african-american, john baptiste. place where the chicago police, led by an ssistant state attorney, nvaded the province of a group f young leaders known as members of the black panther party. the group ly raided while they were inside asleep, building, and killed two of the leaders. oung gentleman, 21 years old, hampton. articulate. graduated from high school with honors. ead of the naacp, the youth naacp. member of the panther party. nother young fellow, ofstanding american, the son church-going people. and partment was raided were two individuals killed, assassinated. t's my understanding that one of the reasons that congressman is alive today -- he as supposed to have been there his ad gone home to apartment rather than spending panthers where the were. as a result, he was spared. cry, and , there was a there were years of activity and litigation. bobby, it's good to see that you said d, because i just such, that you are being day as opposed to mark fred hampton and is.k are, wherever that because as fate would have it, else.nt someplace of course, as fate would always help but , i can't note -- because i spoke with one other day, the father george clemons, that i helped to kind of conceal and hide you out while looking for you. intervened. fate caused a big cry community, and as a result of that, people began to was differently at what nown as law enforcement misconduct, police brutality. law enforcement individuals taking matters into worrying hands, not about what judges might be or judges might say or courts f law but would sometimes become executioners. nd the result of that, the african-american community of especially, changed its approach to politics. a big democratic block, they decided, we decided -- because i was of age.g bobby may not have been. age.i was of voting we elected a republican, bernard the state's attorney for cook county. -- bernard carey, to be the for cook torney county. that led to the election of arold washington, the first black mayor of chicago, which ultimately, into the of barack obama as resident of the united states of america, because that's where were.eginnings base.as the so i just happened to represent he hampton family in the congressional district that i epresent, and until recently, not a year went by that i didn't some time with the hampton family. mother, his fred's father, his brother, bill, who on the work. and as a result of that, that going on.ill know that on sunday in the community where i live, there's demonstration or acknowledgment -- i wouldn't a demonstration, but a to go f people are going to the location where fred and were killed, and they are simply going to pay tribute. a tribute now, and i pay colleague, u.s. representative bobby rush, bobby who was initiated this special order. congressman, i am here, and it's been a our paths know that or been crossed one way another for more than 50 years, in the funeral after fred and mark had been assassinated. friend, my brother happened trey rainers of nd we sat kind of keeping vigil. lipscomb,friend, frank and i, young school teachers, we went over to the house that after we left school walkedred and peeked and through and were quite frankly afraid but we wanted to see with our own eyes. see.o we did congressman rush, i thank you special ating this order. to ess we can say i yield activity and over the to you for your special order and thank you very much. madam speaker, it goes without saying, the love that i have for my olleague from the seventh congressional district of friend, my good davis, a an danny k. an who is such an inspiration who's steadfast is good -- in all that is good of what an elected should look like nd be like, to walk like, and opefully, talk like, speak like. if we all could have the voice of congressman davis, we will be better off. ut we can't have the voice of him. maybe we can inspire to have the congressman davis possesses. speaker, i am here this afternoon as i have been on many now speaking from the well this congress, this is the envy of governments. n institution of governments throughout the world. i'm here for one purpose, and today one purpose only, and that to commemorate the life of a on thisn who was killed 1969.ay, december 4, an accident.s not was planned by the law st levels of nation.ent in our madam speaker, the federal , the of investigation f.b.i., collaborated, conspired and coordinated the hampton tion of fred mark clark. is assassination, fred's ssassination, mark's assassinati ssassination was one of a few political f assassination by the police forces, the law enforcement this country. say that because reports concluded autopsy on the body of red hampton that he was -- he barbiturate he fentanyl in his body, he had fentanyl.ed with they said he had enough in his to immobilize an elephant. that apartment, adam speaker, on a cold 4:30 a.m.orning, nobody was moving on the streets. hey came into that west side community, in edison trucks. community nto that with the ne guns single purpose of killing fred hampton and everybody else who was in that apartment. they came using public utility rucks. not police cars. and in that hour of the of morning. they knocked on the door when they got to that apartment. half of the police officers went to the front door, half went to the rear door. they knocked on the door and and one of the gentlemen inside the apartment, he asked who is it, at 4:30 in the morning. and he got a response from one and em police officers answered by saying, tommy. nd when he said tommy, he came in shooting. when they heard the first round of gunfire at the front door, the other half of the raiding team same in through the rear door. shooting also. ere were 12 people in that apartment, including the wife of hampton who was asleep in the bed with him. he had been drugged. she didn't know he was drugged. he came home late that evening. a inch dl, little cool .nd was laced with fentanyl they came in shooting from the front of that apartment and the back. the rear of the apartment. named on the inside louis turloch. he yelled, stop shooting, stopping shooting, there is a regnant woman in here. the ooting stopped and patrolman by the name of edward oss went into that apartment where fred had been shot, blood all over the mattress. they heard two other gun fire from a handgun. gross came out and said, he's good in here. by the a political hit f.b.i., by the chicago police department, by the cook county state's attorney. why did they kill fred? why was this young 24-year-old that the such a threat law enforcement agencies of this tire nation would respond to urder him and drug him because fred hampton was a young man who had remarkable extraordinary guilt. charasmatic and could speak and was considered a great orator for his time and for his age. ould move masses through his charies ma and strength of convention and ideas and through his courage. fred hampton at age 21 was a adults f men and women, following him. but more than anything else fred hampton was a man that everybody knew. said what he meant and meant hat he said. a political assassination because the f.b.i. and the cook state's attorney's office and the chicago police department knew that had been -- hey said he had held up a good humor ice cream truck. d took $71 of ice cream on a and the ice cream sandwiches and dreamsicles and giving it away to the children in the communities because it was so hot. he was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing according to them, $71 worth of ice cream. he had been out on appeal. the f.b.i., well state's attorney and chicago police department knew that on december 13, some nine days to that fred was going report back to the illinois department of corrections to finish off his sentence. that fred would not be n the streets. why did they come? because of his courage, his charisma, his commitment. , not to just tted black people but for all people. fred used to say, you cannot kill racism for racism. racial racism for solidarity. on this day on the 50th anniversary of the murder of fred hampton and mark what i remember so well fred wsh one of the things he said stands out to me on this very day. you can kill a revolutionary but you can't kill a revolution. you can kill a revolutionary, but you can't kill a revolution. and madam speaker, that ought to mean something to this body, because no matter where we are today, this body, this united the premise nded of a revolution. so fred was right. revolution continues even to this day. ed's blood still introducing fruit. congressman davis mentioned it. look at the people who are his ed by fred and ltimate sacrifice. indirect response o fred hampton and mark clark. the first african-american woman in the history of this nation. the mayor from baltimore, to seattle, to new york and other places inspired by harold washington, which was inspired and which was founded on the blood of fred hampton. all these things would not have existed if it were not for his life for a cause of freedom, justice and equality. the adam speaker, even 44th president of the united , his life ck obama was given so that barack obama ould come from chicago and becoming a u.s. senator and then the president of the united tates. even now young protest groups, black lives matter and others and ed on the premise of came into existence because of the blood of fred hampton and mark clark. so, madam speaker, i'm here today. he was my friend, he was my colleague. december 4, 1969, i didn't sleep last night because my mind kept going back to 1969. in the s that i got basement apartment to listening to the news radio to figure what was going on, what was happening. identified fred's body in the morgue that morning, went to the morgan identified fred's body. they came to my apartment the very next morning i was in the same apartment with fred on december 4. the next morning at 5:00 a.m., they came to my apartment looking for me. if i had been in that apartment with my wife and my children -- and we had been in that apartment, i wouldn't be here here.speaking was truly -- you can kill a revolutionary, but you can't kill a revolution. we essman davis, i know have one other speaker -- we have other speakers? mr. davis: yes. mr. rush: i want to yield. mr. davis: thank you so much, representative rush. madam speaker, may i inquire as to how much time we have left? the speaker pro tempore: the entleman has one minute. mr. davis: ok. thank you. i yield the balance of our time omar. esentative mr. rush: one additional minute? mr. davis: representative omar. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota rise? omar: just take a minute to address the body, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. omar: i want to first thank congressman rush and davis for us to be here to honor hampton.y of fred 21-year-old today, american revolutionary was urdered in his own hometown -- in his own home by 14 chicago olice officers who were found to be colluding with the f.b.i. part of the initiative. scholars now widely believe that hampton death was was under the f.b.i.'s initiative. a serious ofve was covert and often illegal veiling -- ed atsur at surveiling, infull traiting organizations -- infiltrating civil rights rganizations, the environmentalist movement and native groups. weren tactics used by them perjury, witness intimidation, to withholding evidence falsely imprison and assassinate panther party. among those on the list was the hampton.d fred actively fought against the injustice, black and brown people were being daley basis. a he -- on a daily basis. e sought to build a multiculture movement, the rainbow movement, seeking to end gangs.e among street et us teach our children his legacy and the fight against racial inequalities, police iolence, and mass incarceration. yes, the same problems black and and women face today still continue as it did back then. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. omar: today, our criminal failed system and the war on drugs continues to isproportionately impact communities of color. it's time we join together to continuously for a more just society. thank you and i yield back. mr. davis: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? mr. davis: i ask unanimous consent that all members have to revise ative days and extend their remarks and hat the remarks of representative barbara lee be included in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. davis: thank you. under aker pro tempore: the speaker's announced policy 2019, the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. yoho, for 30 minutes. yoho: [no audio] china is entering another change.of t's too sad because china -- the purpose of this special today, china has become the second largest economy in the world. n order to understand -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. we're going to have to move you to a microphone that's working. the gentleman is free to start his remarks again. mr. yoho: how's this? i can hear myself. in order to understand where china is going, one needs to started.e they one became the head of the chinese communist party in 1949 set out a 100-year plan. he had an agenda for china. were to be the rulers of the modern world. 2049.00 years is they are 70 years into that plan very astutelyd it and like i said, they should be applauded but yet, it was done of other ense countries. s we know today, in the 21st century, with over $300 billion trade deficit with the united america, that china has gained a lot of their gains and science, in economic, by the theft of property.al my son was trying to download a and ita brand-new movie, had all chinese captions in it and it was a pirated movie brand new and china's lready -- people from china have already black marketed it. what they have done is they have black so astute at the market and stealing intellectual property that it's cost this alone over $600 billion annually. and we have had workshops up through the department of homeland security where they different s from companies that are american companies that have gone to china where china has copied the product identically -- it's the the same product. they copied the name, logo, sell it , and they can cheaper than the producers here, and so what they're doing is an american ng manufacturer, they're selling their cheap products here that reakdown and ruins the reputation of that company and they eventually go out. can't tell you how many times i have had people come into our office, and i had the privilege f being the chairman of the asia-pacific subcommittee last congress, and we had businesses come from all over the world and a lot of them have gone to china and they tell us, our game plan there and to go plan on making our profits in five years and get out because then the chinese business people and the chinese government have copied our we're competing against our own product. and this is something that we've initiative in our offers and we hope -- office, and we hope it becomes a foreign policy. it's manufacture the a.b.c. model. manufacture anywhere but china. china, they're taking that money take over the world as far as militarily and economically. through a oing major y tonic shift -- shift that we haven't seen since world war ii. it's happening right in front of us. every time we buy something from china, it's benefitting the government.unist there's a real clear distinction that i want to make or definition. there is not a separation between a chinese business and the communist party. it is all one and the same. members of the chinese communist to be by mandate have to be on their board of directors. when we have an american company over there, they have to have members of the chinese ommunist party embedded on their board. the chinese company -- when we that n american company goes over there, we have to give up - our companies give about 51% of our companies so that the chinese government has the controlling interest. addition, they have to give up intellectual property to have the right. that an s my mind american company will give up intellectual property. when i ask them, why are you willing to do this? they say, well, they have such a huge market. they have 1.3 billion people. just want to shake them by the shoulders and say, don't you understand that they're taking your information, they're taking intellectual property and they're competing it and using it against you, but more focus on the on't 1.3 billion people in china. look at the rest of the world because there's 6.4 billion and e outside of china that's where your market is and that's where i would encourage you to manufacture anywhere but we're not at nation.ng that they have a philosophy that states, there cannot be two sons in the sky -- two suns in the same time. implying, one must be removed. and this has been repeated over over again in the last 100 years. 70 years into their plan.ar xi jing ping has an agenda, be made in ust china, and they have done a great job and i wish we could success but not when it comes at the expense of us or other countries around the world. xi jing ping, to kind of lay ut, again, where china is going, xi jing ping stated in has that the era of china arrived. no longer will china be made to swallow its interests around the world. is time for china to take the stage.enter again, it's a reference that there can be cannot be two major compete -- there cannot be two powers in the world. one has to be removed. xi says this very succinctly in 2017. let's look at the facts. let's look at what china has done to tibet. know, tibet was a very peaceful culture. it is for the people still round, but the chinese government, under ping, tibeten region with han chinese which are the chinese sector, sector of china and they've overruled the ibeten area and triven the tibetens out. not only that, they have put a amongst on heroin and so they're repeating what happened during the heroin wars of china. he south china sea, china has encoached on sovereign nations around the area. nine ave the fictitious dash lines that they adhere to that are their historical routes from ancient time that they claim all that area since they sailed it in the past and it's a ridiculous notion. in fact, the philippines sued them at the court of arbitration in the hague. china lost the lawsuit, but they and so they uling, took over islands. they made islands. they damaged the coral reefs in where they made islands or land masses, because i refuse to call them islands. that gives credibility. and then they militarized them. xi jing ping was there with obama he lied to our president and eople around the world said he had no intention of those land masses that they dredged from the bottom of the ocean. militarizedthey are and they've done this over and over again and, again, they're in areas pwater ports that are encroaching and getting closer to the united states they're doing this, again, to reinforce their goal superpower in le the world. why else would they be investing five brand ey into new aircraft carriers that are oing to be the state of the art? this is something we see over and over again. nd they've encoached on the sovereignty nations of the nations -- asean nations, to the point where hey're encroaching on their exclusive economic zones and forcing these countries to yield up their natural resources so benefit from them. china has developed what we call or the road initiative one belt, one road, we hear a lot about. to as the one r elt, one road and goes one way and goes to enhance china, not the countries that they do economic development. so many examples around the world where china has taken development money to build infrastructure projects to where they give out bad loans. it reminds me of the robert of the 1800's of this country where they give out high terms.t loans with bad they can't pay it back. they are a poor country. and china takes over strategic masses. probably the best poster child example of that is what happened in sri lanka where they went in money, sri lent them lanka couldn't pay them back. foreclosed on that loan, took over their deepwater seaports. that's their strategy, take over seaports to take over shipping lanes and they took 99 years to the point where they have to go back and renegotiate this deal. in e seeing them do this south america, we're seeing them central n africa, in america, and it's going all over the world and they're, again, if -- you have to go back to what the original intent in, to be the sole superpower in the world. china has pushed to corner the markets on rare earth metals. virtually today, the united states of america and other countries, i know for the united states of america, we get 90% of our rare earth metals directly from china and other 10% we get it from other countries that get it from china and use the rare earth metals market demand to coerce nations like japan to go into the japanese territorial waters to fish and japan had no other choice. they threatened to do that to the united states of america. this is something that is not acceptable for our national security. i sit on the agriculture committee, too, and what i found out, china controls 100% of the vitamins and minerals that go into our livestock fleet. this is a national security interest. china today controls 85% to 90% of what we call the a.p.i., active pharmaceutical inagreed yepts that go into our medicines around the world. it's bad enough they have a controlling interest in the pharmaceutical ingredients, but what they do is they change the formulation of the original drug maker and manufacturer by using sole vepts so it changes the active ingredients, and that product is tainted and not as effective and a high risk of cancer from using these products and unfortunately some of these products are anti-cancer drugs that are in return causing cancer in the rate of 1 in 6,000. we need to understand every time we buy a product and it comes from china and we are growing their economy and military stronger. we can look at their other economic threats they have done. back in 2013 and 2014, south korea was changing presidents and south korea was being taunted by north korea and they took one of our thad systems and china retaliated, not against north korea, but they retaliated against south korea. and the reason they do this is south korea is a western-style democracy which would threaten china. they went after the largest department store chain and virtually shut them down in mainland. and went after hyundai sales and revoked tourism visas. instead of going after north korea for these provocative gestures, they go after south korea because for their own defense and what we have after the korean conflict is we would provide defensive mechanism. we see the same thing going on in hong kong today. the thing i have learned and the thing that is very evident is china cannot exist around a western-style democracy where freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of thought is expressed, because in china, the highest power in the chinese communist party is the party and it's their doctrine. so you can't have people that are free thinking and very self-evident when you see what is going on in hong kong. we are going on with seven months of protests and 70% of the population is protesting because what china has done, harry lam introduced an extradition bill and when hong kong was turned over from great britain back to china in 1997, there was a 50-year period of time where hong kong was supposed to be a self-ruled aton mouse region with an independent judiciary system. xi jing ping jing ping, the emperor of china, he said as far as he is concerned, that deal is null and void. they went and put this extradition bill which breaks their judicial system and caused the protests and we have seen this over and over again. tibetans t with the and people standing up for freedom and democracy back in the 1980's and seeing it happen again and china is not backing off on the suppression of human rights. we got visited by the students of hong kong. they came to our office. these are true freedom fighters in the modern 21st century day. they were burning the chinese flag and waving the american flag because of what that represents around the world. and our american flag is bigger than the presidency and bigger than the republican or democratic party. it's an ideal as a model of what they want to accomplish. and it's great to know that this body passed the hong kong democracy act this last week or this week. and it's a strong signal to put sanctions on the people of china who have said to the people of hong kong that no form of punishment can be too strict or strong for the protestors and must be brought into line. and along at a province where it is mostly a chinese muslim province and there are 10 million uighurs and they are chinese muslims and come from different areas all that region of western china and practice their muslim faith. but china can't be threatened by anything that is outside the chinese communist party doctrine. they have built modern day concentration camps, the estimates are one to two million are placed into these re-education camps and i met with the students and children of the people that have been intered in these camps and they were c.p.a.'s, doctors, lawyers and professional people but chinese government said they needed to be retrained so they could provide adequate jobs to families. i remember the words of dwight eisenhower when he went into zi germany and he said never again. if we are free-thinking people around the world are allowing this to happen, shame on us. and allowing this to happen, every time we buy a product that's made in china. they are using the wuge yourself that go to the re-education camps and slave labor. the other thing i found out interesting in our foreign affairs committee and we had a hearing and they are telling us about the cream ma tore yums and s. are -- crematoriu mmp in their tiesments they are asked for armed people to guard these. if you are going to cream ate dead people, why do you need them unless they are not dead. this is going on today. and it's something -- the american people need to wake up and shunmbers of these china until china changes its behavior. we can buy elsewhere and have people produce products everywhere else. we are proud to pass in the last ngress the bill back which develops the united states international development finance corporation. this is something we can offer to countries in a way to do development finance in other countries. we can partner up with countries that have a development finance orporation like japan, u.k., australia, great britain and do major infrastructure projects. the difference between us and china, we will do it for the development and betterment of that country, understanding if we help them build an economic base through infrastructure, they will develop an economy and through that economy, we develop more trade and so that that country benefits, not china. we have seen china go into cambodia and bring in chinese workers and build casinos, chinese hotels that are run, controlled and worked by chinese nationals, not the people of cambodia. it's an example of how china comes in and does these projects for the benefit of china, for the benefit of the local economy. i was down in south america and i was talking to one of the members of congress down there whose brother was a mayor of one of the small towns. the chinese embassy had given that mayor two fire trucks. the congressman was going to have a meeting with the country of taiwan. and the chinese embassy found out about it and didn't call the congressman in chile, they called the mayor, his brother and said if your brother takes that meeting with tie juan, you will not get any more favors from us. this is one of their ways of underhanding and coercion to force people to do what they want. in china today, they have the largest collection of c.c.t. cameras, closed-circuit television cameras that monitor their citizens. they have the good citizen score. and if you don't do something properly, like you jaywalked or threw something on the ground, it's scored. you don't know what your score is. if you want to go to a restaurant, they may prevent you from going in there. if you want to travel, they may prevent you from traveling and this is the way to control their people. the thing they fear most is free thought. in china, what we do know is xi jing ping jing ping came from an elite family and his father was one of the leaders but he wanted him to understand the rural life. they sent him out in the rural area where he had to live in a care and dwell in a cave in a village and he did that. so he can relate to people that are out in the rural area and when he became powerful and moved up in the political process around 2012, 2013. what he did, is he started to eliminate anybody that was a potential threat to him. they either did forced retirement and in the five biggest cities in china today, the people that were ruling those mayors either had forced retirement or they disappeared or they are in prison and he has replaced them with pretty much hempmen of his that will follow his orders. they are doing it in hong kong and tibet and other parts of the world and they are doing with he wig uighurs and i hope this message will get out when they buy a product, it might be a little bit cheaper, but every time you buy that product, you are buying a product that is feeding an economy whose sole purpose is to be the dominant power in the world and make us secondary or worse. and with that, i yield back. and thank you for the opportunity. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1. the chair declares the house evy witness had been deposed before they started to use the term bribery, you articulated why you think the definitions that they have used publicly are flawed if not unconstitutional both in the 18th century or the 21st century. but would you agree with me that bribery under any valid definition requires that a specific quid pro quo be proven. >> more importantly the supreme court is focused on that issue. as well as what is the definition of a quid pro quo. so if military aid or security assistance is part of that quid pro quo, where in the july 25th transcript does president trump ever suggest that he intends to withhold military aid for any reason. >> he doesn't. and that's the reason we keep on

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