The time we are meeting right now. And more than 22 million initial unemployment claims filed in the past month. Some regions of our country have lost as many jobs over the last month as they did during the worst year of the great recession. These statistics are not just numbers on a page, madam speaker. These are our neighbors. They are our family, they are our friends, their health is at risk and their economic reality has changed overnight. Since the start of this pandemic, congress has provided more than 2 trillion in emergency relief. To get Small Businesses the financial help they need to survive. To help hospitals and Health Care Workers on the frontlines. To expand testing. To provide every american access to an affordable vaccine when it is developed. I could go on and on and on. We need to make sure that these resources are going where congress intended. That they are helping struggling americans, Small Businesses without any rampant fraud or accuse and companies arent taking part in price gouging or profiteering. Thats what the select subcommittee on the coronavirus is all about. This proactive approach is what then senator harry truman spearheaded at the dawn of world war ii to ensure federal dollars spent then saved lives on the battlefield. Today the battle is much different. It is against a worldwide pandemic currently without a vaccine or preventive treatment. But our aggressive oversight should be the same. Democratic governors and republican governors all over the country are pleading for more tests despite the billions we have allocated to provide them. The republican governor of maryland has said the lack of available testing is, quote, the number one stumbling block in america. End quote. Hes absolutely right. The president talks about reopening america, but, madam speaker, how about first testing america . Without that we cant fully track and contain this virus. We need to make sure that the money we provided for testing is actually going to testing. We need to make sure that our hospitals have all the p. P. E. Equipment that they need. In my home city of worcester in massachusetts, we recently opened up a Field Hospital in our convention center. The day before we opened, there was considerable they had enough p. P. E. To last for a couple days. Working together with the governor and others we were able to remedy that situation, but for so many of our health care institutions, for our first responders, trying to find p. P. E. Is like something out of the movie the hunger games. States competing with states, competing with the federal government. People receiving calls. I know somebody who knows somebody in china who might have lifesaving masks. Can you maybe follow up that lead . Thats not the way this is supposed to work. The United States of america the wealthiest nation on the facer face of the earth officials are making cold calls to get enough equipment to survive the next surge of patients. We are relying on the good will of people and business when is they should be able to count on federal agencies. Congress provided money for this equipment. We need to make sure it is going where it is badly needed. Madam speaker, as we talk today about what congress has done, i want to take a moment to talk about what it has not done. Thats provide enough for hungry families during this pandemic. The president and so many of his allies in the Senate Continue to block efforts to increase snap benefits for hungry people trying to put food on the table for their families. The demand for food banks food banks right now wraps around city blocks in someplaces. We have seen it on tv. The lines go for miles. This is a crisis of Food Insecurity that we havent seen in this country since the great depression. Whatever happened to taking care of the neediest among us, madam speaker . Maybe the president doesnt have twoirry about where his next meal comes from, but millions and millions and millions of americans do. They are terrified. We should be suspending this administrations snap cuts. We should be strengthening nutrition assistance for those impacted by this pandemic, and we should be showing the American People that ending hunger is not a partisan issue. But some on the other side of pennsylvania avenue have chosen to take meals away from families. Just yesterday the agriculture secretary tried to paper over this disgraceful record by taking credit for the bill that we passed in a bipartisan way here in congress. The usda didnt increase snap benefits for 40 , the House Democrats led that charge and thankfully many of my republican colleagues supported that. And the Families First bill. By the way, while we were at it, usda was in court trying to kick millions of people off of snap through the disastrous regulatory scheme. The only thing this administration has done is to try to push people off of nutrition assistance. I think it is coldhearted and i think it is cruel for the Senate Majority leader and others to turn their backs on struggling families. That needs to be fixed and it has to be fixed in our next bill. And i hope in this chamber we can come together, democrats and republicans, and deal with it. I know that it is unrelated to the underlying measure here, but hungry families are being ignored in this country. Sadly even in the best of times poor peoplep oftentimes get ignored by poor people oftentimes get ignored by this chamber. I worry in the worst of times we are going through right now, these families become invisible. We cannot let that happen. I want them to know this house is listening to them and we will continue to fight the strength of the programs they rely on. I dont know what is radical about that. Just as i dont understand why some on the other side are against a subcommittee that is designed to make sure that federal dollars are spent well. Thats what this is about. Thats it. This is an extraordinary time. We have sent trillions of dollars into our communities. They should be going to Small Businesses and not to big corporations. Our workers, not the wealthy, and those already well off. Our workers are the ones who should be a priority. We need to make sure that thats what it happening here. If you believe this administration has done things perfectly, then you have nothing to fear. But the American People have a lot of questions. And they deserve answers. And they expect us to live up to our Constitutional Responsibilities with regard to oversight. And they deserve to know that their tax dollars are being well spent. With that i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you, madam speaker. I want to thank my good friend, the distinguished chairman of the house rules committee, mr. Mcgovern, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you, madam speaker. Let me quickly respond to my about the group that will work on reopening congress. Look forward to working with my friend and our colleagues on that particular issue. Point out, its important to note, last night we actually did function as a under your leadership, mr. Chairman, and we got our work done. Ere on the floor right now getting our work done. The executive branch is in now ngton, d. C. Right getting its work done. The president and Vice President cheyennenkered down in mountain. Theyre in the west wing working every day. The joint chiefs of staff are in pentagon working every day. Every cabinet member is working day. I just say that to note other people are able to get their with appropriate changes and appropriate precaution. I rule nothing in or out. I look forward to listening to our colleagues. Think were capable of working the house of representatives, and i will be cautious about giving up procedures and that are 230plus years old. Madam speaker, were here today creates er a rule that Speaker Pelosis proposed select ommittee on the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this month, Speaker Pelosi announced she would reate this select committee conveniently ignoring that any such select committee must be established through the rules and ultimately through a vote on the house floor. Yesterday, the rules committee on extremely short notice to essentially rubber stamp the action. S this was particularly egregious considering that up until right we had absolutely no details on the proposal. N the last month, the speaker gave the minority no notice of er plans, no indication of a rationale or vision, and was radio silence since her for the ent except occasional media mention. In fact, we did not even know we meeting on this item until the afternoon of the hearing. To operately the way on something the speaker purportedly wants to do in a fashion. N perhaps even more problematic, not speaker, is that im sure that what the end goal of such committee will be. Pelosi claims that the proposed select committee will examine all aspects of the response to the coronavirus pandemic and will provide oversight for federal being spent in response. Significanteady has oversight tools at our disposal. Establishedt itself a fivemember Oversight Commission specifically for that problem. Is in addition oversight other tools, which includes the versight and reform and the Oversight Committees that are in other permanent house committees. Have a separate Oversight Commission, specifically for the cares act, and we already have and reform rsight committee, and each committee already has separate oversight what then is the actual purpose of the proposed select committee . Entirely plausible for one to conclude this new select committee will simply turn into partisan witchhunt aimed at damaging the president. Time in the a future when it makes sense to stablish a Commission Like the 9 11 commission to review the covid19 pandemic and the government response. Actually support doing that at an appropriate time. To such a commission needs be truly bipartisan and devoted we can happened and what learn from it to improve overnment responses for the future. The select committee doesnt meet that test. Later i reserve my time, today, the house will be voting on the paycheck Protection Health care enhancement act. This bipartisan bill is the next to the cares wup act, which Congress Passed a few weeks ago. Bill includes 310 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program, a critical protecting small employees. And their also includes 75 billion for frontline of he the coronavirus pandemic and a further 25 billion for coronavirus testing. The Paycheck Protection Program account will Small Businesses and employers across the country, including hundreds in my district. Rankly, refilling this important account could not come soon enough. It should have happened a week fully supportive of this important bill, and i look forward to voting in favor of it today. With that, i urge opposition to the rule and i reserve the time. E of my the speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Mcgovern madam speaker, i want to ask unanimous consent to an rt into the record article entitled democrats push for robust oversight on the 2. 2 trillion coronavirus aid package. It hasnt happened yet. Explains that rapidly approved funds are being spent quickly with little and oversight. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Mcgovern i ask unanimous to submit in the record oversight. Need for the article says oversight will help limit fraud and accelerate ffective use of appropriated funds. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Mcgovern i ask unanimous consent to insert into the abc news april 4 article, experts warn about big dollar fraud in the big package. Us madam speaker, this emergency surge in spending to confront unprecedenteds is but the idea of what were establishing is not. S i said, then senator truman proposed it at the dawn of world war ii. It worked then and it will work now as well. This you believe administration is not even the speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Mcgovern nobody should oppose this and let the American People see how their money is being spent. At this point, madam speaker, id like to yield one minute to distinguished speaker of the house, whos been an incredible pandemic, the this gentlelady from california, nancy pelosi. The speaker pro tempore the honorable speaker of the house minute. Nized for one the speaker thank you, madam speaker. I thank the gentleman for for ing, and i thank him his leadership as chair of the rules committee for bringing this important legislation to today. Or i also acknowledge the cooperation of the republicans in this house and who is ute to mr. Cole highly respected on both sides of the aisle. Sorry that he doesnt see a in this that the republicans have had these kinds and again. Es time never heard him question again do know hes questioning them today. I am very pleased two of them ill be working together with the distinguished majority the r, mr. Hoyer, and distinguished minority republican leader, mr. Mccarthy, the leadership of chairwoman lofgren and davis in the next in the days ahead to that we the proposal have for how we can act as a when everybody cannot be present. I see in the paper that i no, pull it. I said all along i wanted this to be bipartisan. Speaker of the whole house, as we change how we participate, it to be bipartisan. When we saw that that opportunity existed in my the rsation with distinguished republican leader, mr. Mccarthy, i then said we this a chance. I do think there are many options that may be available. To give all the options to our members but consistent constitution of the United States, rules of the ouse of representatives, the security of this bodys information as well as, again, technology to make sure it orks when we are depending on it. And so i yield to the wisdom they will bring to all of this to as members as many options possible and to do so in a way of , again, is respectful this thing, the coronavirus, and not just for how we do business but in this specific for any lso a template kind of emergency that might arise. Them. Hank i thank you, mr. Chairman. Member you mr. Ranking it. For to discuss hopefully when we return on may bipartisan te in a way how to do it. By the way, when were talking about the proxy voting, we have it is consistent with the wishes of the member of yielding a proxy. Consistent with his or her representation of their district. Not just a license to the or her lder to work his will or the leadership to handle handful of proxies. Its the actual representation and his or her district wishes to vote on the atter with that much latitude except as spelled out by the proxy. Of the as a new member of congress, some of you may have identified this, i would go into a Committee Room and think i had the best argument in the world fresh idea as a member of congress and the chairman would have a pocket nol of proxies and there was need to have a discussion if he not in agreement. Ive been a victim of that and i doubt in mind, accurate guardrailed of the person wishing to grant proxy. Having said that, i want to salute our distinguished championship. Is he has gone on starvation, this, behalf of e other on resolving the Food Insecurity the country and his enthusiasm on snap and as we go orward, the recognition that people are hungry in our country and that we have to do something about it. As chair of the rules Committee Talk about that, history, chair of the task force on hunger, so many times going on starvation and i would say, why are you doing that . Im not sure the other side even starvation or e not. But nonetheless, i salute you again and again for your that. Ship on so, madam speaker, here we him mr. Thank mcgovern, our distinguished chairman for bringing this esolution to the floor, again, for his great leadership trying to move us forward in a ipartisan way to continue the operations of congress during this extraordinary time. Again, acknowledge mr. Coles in doing that as well. His our nation faces a deadly virus, a battered economy of sick of thousands and some died, millions out of work. Is really a very, very, day. Sad we come to the floor with nearly 0,000 deaths, a huge number of people impacted. The uncertainty of it all. Prayerful. Be very we have to be as bipartisan as as united ibly be, working together. The bill we will vote on later oday, which i will speak about later today, is the fourth ipartisan bill that we have we will be passing in the congress of the United States. Starting march 4 we had our bill, testing, testing, testing. 14th, thereafter, the masks, masks, masks, in terms of he personal protective equipment that people needed and, again, our big cares act, as is thisipartisan, bill today. And thats why i hope as we talk about how congress conducts itself, we can way. In a bipartisan congress, again, has taken important steps in addressing mentioned, by i passing three bills, over 2 trillion in desperately needed relief. Y we started emergency, emergency, impact on the the health and the economy of our country. Hoped to soon get to a recovery phase, but right now mitigation. In again, later today, when we pass bill, an urgently needed interim bill, im glad it transformed from a bill where the leader in the senate 250, were not oing anything else, that failed, at the same time another proposal was put forth. About that later. Again, we need why were here this particular initiative is we need to ensure that the histor of dollars ancement in these bills and in future andages are spent carefully effectively to save lives and economy. Ur as the distinguished chairman mentioned, president truman, truman, at the dawn of world war ii, then senator truman spearheaded the creation of a special committee to ensure that the dollars spent the war it have oversight and accountability. A democratic president in the white house, president roosevelt. Partisan in any way, nor should this be considered bipartisan. Tosenting the purpose was prevent waste, fraud, and abuse, gouging and price the rest. Truman said later when he was interviewed about this, he said, i knew after i, there had been 116 set up to investigate i. Money spent in world war 116 committees after the fact. I knew there had been 116 committees. Felt one committee, before the fact, would prevent a lot of save some aybe even lives, and that, he said, is the way it worked out. The Truman Committee turned into a tremendous investment for taxpayers. Was otal cost at the time less than 1 million, and it nearly 15 and billion in preventing waste, fraud, and abuse. To like e equivalent 750 billion today. What made sense then makes even now. Sense that is why the house is forming oversight ipartisan panel, the House Select Committee on the coronavirus crisis. By the way, mr. Cole, i did inform the distinguished leader my intention to announce it before i did. The committee will root out waste, fraud and abused. It will ensure taxpayer money goes to workers paychecks and benefits and it will ensure the federal response is on the best possible science and guided by Health Experts and the money invested is not being exploited by profiteers and price gougers. We already have been hearing families facing scams. There are people out there playing scams to steal the direct payment checks. And the secretary of h. H. S. Told me of a scam that one entity was selling masks. They didnt even have. They didnt even have. Thats why this is so important. And timing is important. That people know we will be watching how these tax dollars are spent. I agree with mr. Cole, there is plenty of time later for an after action review of what went before. We are talking about how this money is spent as we go forward. To make sure as president truman did, senator truman did at the time, to put a spotlight on the factories doing the work they are supposed to be doing. We have a tall order in terms of vaccines and therapies and the rest. We want to be sure that if there is, god willing, a vaccine soon, or a cure even sooner than that, that we will be able to have the Resources Available in the place where they need to be up in the real time to be able to advance that. Led by majority whip mr. Clyburn, select committee. Im very proud, mr. Clyburn, i had the privilege of naming him then to oversee what was happening in response to katrina. He just was magnificent in his precision of thought and objectivity. Isnt about assigning blame. Its about taking responsibility and be able to answer tore what we have put forth. And tos for what we have put forth. So the committee will ensure historic investment of taxpayer dollars are being used wisely and efficiently and nobody is ripping us off. Where theres big money, we know this, people will come up ith a scam of some kind. Whip clyburns leadership is essential to the work and his review of the response to hurricane katrina, which i mentioned and so many issues critical to working families. Im proud hes accepted the opportunity to serve our country in this role now. Our republican and the administrations join in respecting this oversight that we can save lives. Deliver relief, and protect our economy. I say this with all the hope that i can muster that we can do this in a very bipartisan way. Anyone who is thinking of a scam who delay in terms of how the product we are looking at for is produced and how available it is to everyone in our country, will know that we, again, are watching from both sides of the aisle. How the taxpayers dollar is being spent. I once again thank the distinguished chairman for bringing this important legislation to the floor. I hope that we while we may different side of this vote that when the committee is formed well have much in common in how we put a very bright light on how money is spent to make people healthier, to make our economy stronger, and to do so in a way that brings us all together. With that, madam speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the honorable speaker of the house yields back. The gentleman from massachusetts reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you very much, mr. Speaker. I want to thank the speaker for her kind and thoughtful remarks. I also want to im going to follow her example. I think we should keep our masks on when we are doing our normal business, but take them off when we are speaking and thank you for setting that example, madam speaker. With that i would like to yield three minutes to my good friend, the distinguished gentlelady from arizona, mrs. Lesko. Mrs. Lesko thank you, madam speaker. First i want to say that im praying for comfort for all of the families that have lost someone to covid19. And i also want to pray for the families and those people that are in the hospitals now, sick from covid19, that they have total and complete healing. I want to thank the Health Care Workers, the Grocery Store workers, the truckers, everybody that every day is putting their health at risk, and their Families Health at risk to keep the economy going and to help americans. And its really good to be back here today in Congress Working and continuing to do our job during this crisis. You know, two weeks ago in the senate it was two weeks ago now, the Senate Republicans put up a bill to help continue funding for Small Businesses so they could pay their workers. Two weeks. Two weeks we have been waiting around while democrats have been delaying it. Why . I dont understand why. I have had businesses just like all of my fellow Congress Members that have called me and said, i need the money. I need the money from this program or my business is going to go under. Two weeks ago this could have happened. But, no, in those two weeks millions and millions of more people filed for unemployment insurance. Why . We could have done this funding for Small Businesses so they could pay their workers two weeks ago. I am thankful that we are finally, finally getting it done. Now, in this rule the rule talks about Speaker Pelosis Oversight Committee. Maybe thats the reason that democrats delayed funding for Small Businesses and their workers for two weeks. Why do we need another Oversight Committee . Speaker pelosi said, oh, its going to be all bipartisan. Im sorry, i dont believe it. And the reason i dont believe it is because since the beginning of 2019 i have served on three committees, including judiciary committee, and in every single committee the entire goal has been nonstop to criticize President Trump and try to influence the 2020 election. And now youre going to tell me that youre going to have another Oversight Committee, although every Standing Committee has oversight on this . And we have inspector generals and the cares act has oversight. Now we need a ninth committee to do oversight and its supposedly going to be bipartisan . Im sorry, i call it b. S. And the reason i know this is its an Election Year. Pardon . The speaker pro tempore the gentleladys time has expired. Mr. Cole an additional 15 seconds. Mrs. Lesko thank you, madam speaker. The reason i know this is because of past history. While democrats were focusing on impeachment, the president was working on coronavirus. Thank you, madam speaker. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Mr. Mcgovern madam speaker, the reason why we are doing this is because the president is undercutting oversight. I want to ask unanimous consent to insert in the record trump ousts pandemic spending watchdog known for independence. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Mcgovern i want to ask unanimous consent to insert the president s signing statement into the record which its Crystal Clear hes trying to cut oversight. We need to do our job here. At this point i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from new york, the distinguished chair of the committee on oversight and reform, miss maloney. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from new york is recognized for two minutes. Mrs. Maloney i rise in strong support of this resolution which establishes a new select ubcommittee on the coronavirus within the committee on oversight and reform. I look forward to working closely with the distinguished majority whip from south carolina, mr. Clyburn, on this very important effort. As the speaker has explained, this new subcommittee is modeled directly after the Truman Committee. And saved billions of taxpayer dollars during world war ii. And helped mobilize our nation, our industries, and our entire population for war. Harry truman explained at the time that it was critical during this effort to conduct oversight, to prevent the waste of taxpayers funds rather than waiting until after they were spent. Catching problems early and correcting them immediately saved not only money but lives. Today our nation, our economy, and our people face a similar mobilization effort as we engage in this war against the coronavirus. Microbes are killing more people than missiles. And let me be clear, right now we are only in the first battle. This week the director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention warned that we could face a second, more deadly wave of coronavirus this fall. He warned that it could, and i quote, actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through, end quote. But our National Stockpile is nearly depleted. We need protective equipment, we need critical medical supplies, we need tests, and we need new vaccines and treatments. We need all the supplies and materials necessary not only to save guard our current medical workers, but to restore our stockpiles and to build them up so we are ready for the next battle. And the one after that. And whatever comes next. This is something we all should be able to agree on. This should be a bipartisan the speaker pro tempore the gentleladys time has expired. Mrs. Maloney i request one minute three seconds. Mr. Mcgovern i yield 15 seconds. Mrs. Maloney this should be a bipartisan effort and i encourage all of my colleagues to come together to protect the interest of the american taxpayers and to promote the most identify feshent, effective most efficient, effective, equitable and transparent mobilization in history in response to this deadly crisis. And i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from new york yields back. The gentleman from massachusetts reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you, madam speaker. I yield three minutes to my good friend, distinguished member of both the rules committee and the energy and Commerce Committee, dr. Burgess of texas. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Burgess i thank the gentleman for yielding. Of course we are all observing the attending physicians request we stay safely six feet apart and i appreciate democratic speakers acknowledgement that it is perhaps better to address the American People without a mask. Mr. Cole, i also want to extend my sympathies to you. I know your district suffered greatly last night in a storm and our hearts are with our neighbors in oklahoma. Our actions today represent a lost opportunity. I am grateful that we are finally going to pass legislation that will provide more funding for our Small Businesses and for our Health Care Providers. We should have been preparing for the needs of the American People since the first of this year. Instead, house considered 15 pieces of noncrucial legislation and five resolutions that do not now nor ever will have the force of law. Six months before this crisis started in january, President Trump signed into law the pandemic all hazard preparedness act, a product of Health Subcommittee, last congress and this congress. But after this fire broke out across the globe, did we do any real time oversight as to whether or not the bill that we had passed, the bill that we had labored over, was, in fact, performing as indicated . The speaker talked about real time oversight. We had an opportunity. But we didnt take it. The energy and Commerce Committee held hearings on flavored tobacco. We looked into horseracing. We looked into ticket scalping. These issues have a place on our legislative agenda but not in the middle of a pandemic when we should have been doing real time oversight of a bill we had signed into law a mere six months before. As the leader of the Health Subcommittee on energy and commerce, i began calling for action in january. It was not until february 26 as an addon to a Budget Hearing for health and Human Services where there was a brief panel assembled and only 10 members were allowed to ask questions of this expert panel on the emerging novel coronavirus. It was a full two weeks later before congress considered its First Comprehensive bill during consideration at the rules committee i requested because one hadnt been done a survey of ventilators. We didnt know how many we had available. Thanks to vital steps taken by the trump administration, to this day no patient has been denied a ventilator that needed one. This is a testament to the administrations response, testament to the private sector in this country that responded so well. Itst certainly puts to shame the democratic majoritys response during january and february. Were working to ensure survival afloat. Ing the economy ow is not the time to conduct and oversight that will only be good in the news cycle. Crisis, we s forewent an opportunity to prepare. Let us not make the same mistake again. Continue to waste time. Lets do the work of the American People and get to business as usual. Better d been authorizers, less oversight would be necessary. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas yields back. The gentleman from oklahoma reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Speaker, i madam yield one minute to the entlewoman from georgia, mrs. Mcbath. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from georgia is recognized for one minute. Mrs. Mcbath thank you, madam speaker. Support the rule and the underlying legislation to establish the select Committee Bill well bethis voting on later today. Small businesses are the heart of a Thriving Community and economy. The american and there isnt one in georgia or across the country that has impacted by this pandemic. Work risis demands we all to the to continue to work to ensure our American Families are american Small Businesses are supported, and American Workers receive the relief that they need. Step onding is one more the long Journey Towards recovery. I want to take this time to condolences to the victims who have lost their awful disease. My prayers are for those mourning in georgia, across the globe. D around to our doctors, nurses, first responders, americans everywhere love, king up to your your sacrifice, and your uncommon courage. Urge a yes vote on rule and the underlying bill, and i yield the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the entlewoman from georgia yields back. The gentleman from massachusetts reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. R. Cole thank you, madam speaker. I yield three minutes to my good friend, a distinguished member from ohio, mr. Jordan. Thank the i gentleman for yielding. Madam speaker, eight different oversight processes are in place we speak. We got the Oversight Committee itself, which has the broadest in congress to do oversight. We have the committees of jurisdiction, which each have a that does e oversight, ways and means, energy and commerce, Small Business, and, of course, financial services. The cares act itself which createded the oversight itself. On in the bill we have the created the Oversight Commission in the bill itself. We have the accountability committee. Thats the fourth one. I. G. s, one is the ealth and Human Services, treasury. Six. We have a special inspector eneral created in the cares act. Seventh, we have 20 million in funding appropriated in the ares act which created the process for auditors and experts t g. A. O. To do further oversight. Finally, eighth, we have the fwfrme and d. O. J. Doing oversight, Holding People accountable for the fraud that committed. Eight different entities doing oversight but the dranemocrats t a ninth. Why . Eight different committees doing the work, making sure the dollars of the American People have the proper oversight, but we need a ninth reason . The ninth is political. Joe inth looking out for biden, the ninth to go after President Trump. This is just a continuation of attack the democrats have had on the president for the past four years. Was arted before he president when they opened the trumprussian investigation, two Americans Associated with the trump campaign, it continued with the Mueller Investigation and then the ridiculous impeachment process based on a phone call with the president of trump. And and now this. Now this. A select committee in an summer of an the Election Year to attack the president when we already have he wantities t doing entities doing the oversight we are all supposed to for the taxpayers interest. The ninth is political and will be chaired by our colleague, the biggest supporter of the democrats nominee for president. Vote. A no the speaker pro tempore the gentleman from georgia yields back. The gentleman from oklahoma reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts recognized. Mr. Mcgovern id like to ask unanimous consent to insert in guidance for americans and attendees, office of us by the the attending physician. And while face coverings are not mandatory, theyre certainly recommended. Of attending fice physician has advised a face cover will reduce a minimal sound when using the microphone. Its most useful in preventing spread when the person is speaking. People can do whatever they want o do but i would say while were trying to show how fearless we are, we should be mindful of the people surrounded us. Until im advised otherwise, i am going to keep my mask on. Minute to the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. Schakowsky. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from illinois is minute. Ed for one ms. Schakowsky thank you. I rise, madam speaker, in great support of this resolution. Sad to say but this coronavirus pandemic has caused greatest suffering in our time, for individuals and for our country at large. And yet there are those few who would see this as an opportunity themselves and their companies by price gouging or, one might say, pandemic profiteering. Have we have good reason to be skeptical about many of the companies, including pharmaceutical industry. Or example, even during this crisis, we saw gilead seek and from the f. D. A. Seven years of orphan drug exclusivity for a possible treatment for the virus. Organizations stepped in and protested did gilead go withdraw e f. D. A. To their request. Do we really need an Oversight Committee . Happened already. Headlines, 55 Million Dollar to a bankrupt the speaker pro tempore the gentlewomans time has expired. Mr. Mcgovern i yield 15 seconds. To a bankrupt company who is a banker in order to make n95 masks. Managers claim bailouts as Small Businesses. 43,000 u. S. Millionaires awards of 1. 6us million each. We need an Oversight Committee need it now. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Madam e thank you, speaker. I yield two minutes to my good riend, the distinguished gentleman from kentucky, mr. Comer. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Comer thank you. Mericans are suffering right now. Hospitals, families, and businesses are figuring out what step will be. But instead of helping American Families, Speaker Pelosi wants new, costly, unnecessary select committee. Outrageous attempt to et again use congress to smear President Trump in an Election Year. Ust like the impeachment charade a few months ago. Im all about oversight. We already have an Oversight Committee that is tasked with duties, out these very and its a very good committee, Quality Committee made up of outstanding members from both sides of the aisle. Political another game from Speaker Pelosi using political gain, creating a new select committee completely redundant. We must stop these games and nstead focus on the real problems facing the American People. Creating an entirely new select is an irresponsible waste of time and resources that used elsewhere. Lets refocus on getting this moving back on track and forward for the American People. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the yields back. The gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Mr. Mcgovern thank you, madam speaker. Comes to 2 trillion, i dont think there could be enough oversight. I think our constituents expect to make sure that money is being spent wherever it should be spent, where congress intended it. One minute to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. Jackson lee. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for one minute. Lee i thank the gentleman very much. I rise to support the underlying made much safer to save lives and to provide but as opportunity, well, i rise to support the bipartisan, as it should be, bill created by the vision of our speaker. Nd i ask my colleagues to understand what oversight is in covid19. It is to save lives and to make we focus on the needs of those like elderly in nursing need to be tested or essential workers or we find out underlying incompetence, if you will, of Large Companies getting moneys from the mom and businesses. That needs oversight. Like promote more testing the 25 billion thats in the underlying bill in Contact Tracing. Is. s what oversight oversight is to maintain the idea that we have responsibility nation budget of this but we have the responsibility for the lives of this nation. Served as a staffer for the select committee on assassination when people were in dismay about the king and ion of dr. John f. Kennedy. I will tell you that even that house ommittee in the gave some comfort that people were caring about congress and about about lives our budget. So i support enthusiastically the ule and as well bipartisan Oversight Committee. Wise people will know that itsress will continue to do work in a way that saves lives and strengthens our economy. I yield back. That bill and or the rule. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you, madam speaker. I yield two minutes to my good friend, the distinguished chief of the republican conference, mr. Ferguson of georgia. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. R. Ferguson thank you, madam speaker. Here we go again. Once again, youre about to do want. Merica doesnt we just came from our districts where we have been solving constituents, our helping them through a very, very difficult time, working to that they had funding for the p. P. P. Loan program, our hospitals had the supplies that they needed, and i had hoped there would be a shared cooperation and stories of good things that were going on back in our district times. The hard id hoped those that those commonalities from all districts could be the shared stories that we built new sense of cooperation. No. A bird dog be like quail. G to a you cant help yourself. Russia and then impeachment. Hear this is needed work, needed more than eight committees that are already out there. Well, i can tell you this will partisan. Being led by an individual who the democrat nominees number one supporter. This. Will tell you im willing to bet just about everything i got that this will partisan more than a hack job. If its not, ill be the first and happy to ze buy the speaker a pint of her cream, and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. Are advised to direct their remarks to the chair. The gentleman from massachusetts. Remind vern i want to our colleagues, our job, our constitutional responsibility, one of our constitutional oversight. Ities is we just appropriated over 2 trillion. Speaker of the house for making sure that this does its job and does proper oversight. My constituents, i dont know about your constituents, but my puzzled why are some of the money that was to go to Small Businesses end up going to these megabusinesses like shake shake crist steak house. They want accountability. 2 trillion. Ask . N, is that too much to i applaud the speaker of the house for focusing us on making do we do our job or we oversight. This select committee is warranted. Its important. Think democrats and republicans should overwhelmingly support it. I reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you very much, speaker. I yield two minutes to my good friend, the distinguished lady washington, d. C. , a member of the energy and commerce mrs. Mcmorris rodgers. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. I thank the gentleman for yielding and for your leadership. I rise in opposition to the select committee. A long nd commerce has tradition of bipartisan oversight in its broad jurisdiction and has the tools any fraud, waste, or abuse. In the Consumer Protection and subcommittee, we are working right now, republicans and democrats, to make sure the protecting americans from bad actors who are using fraud. Onavirus to commit our oversight and Investigation Team is working around the clock and to stop any bad spread of rack the the virus itself as well as the stockpiles of p. P. E. , test kits sent to the states. Our Health Subcommittee is f. D. A. , ith h. H. S. , c. D. C. And n. I. H. To ensure resources reach hospitals and Workers Health care who need it most. The same can be said for the Small Business and financial subcommittees efforts to ensure p. P. P. Loans are effectively. Theres also the ways and means Committee Oversight of the impact payment or any of a number of other committees congress unprecedented bipartisan crisis. To this this select committee duplicates of the jurisdiction energy and Commerce Committee and others. It will erode the trust and our work that n is under way during this greatest health care and economic crisis weve seen in our lifetime. We shouldnt create a new us. Ittee that will divide make this response partisan, create more bureaucracy in and undermine the hard work of the staffs who are doing a good job in their committees already. I encourage my colleagues on to let es of the aisle our committees continue to do their jobs and reject this resolution. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Mr. Mcgovern we are waiting for a couple other speakers. Im going to reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you very much, madam speaker. I yield two minutes to my good friend, distinguished gentleman from georgia, mr. Heist. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. Mr. Hice in a very short period of time this body has moved an unprecedented amount of money at unpress departmented speed. Rather than taking a step back now and looking at the effectiveness of what we have implemented so far, here we are today rushing forward not only with additional funds but also to rig up an unnecessary and duplicative select subcommittee for the purpose of investigating the president of the United States. Make no mistake, that is the purpose of this subcommittee. Its entirely political in nature. Designed to influence the 2020 elections. And from the moment its gaveled into life, there is no question that the mission will be to prevent the reelection of president donald trump. There are already eight, eight real oversight and watchdog processes in this body. Eight. The Oversight Committee of which im a member has the broadest jurisdiction in this body. We have the power and the experience needed to oversee any federal Coronavirus Response. So why does the speaker want a ninth . Why are we here looking at a ninth oversight subcommittee . And especially when the democrats already in charge of the eight that we already have. And why would the appointment of this new select subcommittee be a member of her own Leadership Team who has already publicly stated that this virus creates more the democrats a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit their ision. Thats because this is an Election Year. Because they hate the president of the United States. And because of that i strongly encourage my colleagues to reject this resolution which is intended to create an unneeded and duplicative committee. I again thank the gentleman. With that i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Mr. Mcgovern madam speaker, we are still waiting for a couple of additional speakers. Let me just say one thing here again. Its hard to believe what we are hearing here. My friends on one hand are telling the American People, we all care deeply about oversight. We all want to make sure that the moneys being spent properly. Yet they are opposed to this. 2 trillion, 2 trillion we have responded to try to deal with the crisis that we are faced with. Thats a lot of money. And to object to a select committee to basically make sure that its being spent properly as this thing is unfolding, my colleagues have such a difficult time dealing with, i want to applaud the speaker of the house for her leadership during this pandemic. Not only on this but a whole range of other issues. Shes taken what might my republican friends in the senate and in the white house proposed and made it better and responsive to average working people. Thats what this is about. Making sure the money gets to the people who need it. Not to the people who dont need t not to the big corporations. Not to the well off or well connected. I dont understand all the hand wringing over this select committee. This is an important select Committee Just like the one then senator truman did to make sure that the moneys appropriated went to help win the war. We want to win this war, too. I reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you very much, madam speaker. I yield myself such time as i may consume. For a Quick Response to my friend. We recall that we requested Oversight Committees for tarp. That was not allowed by then Speaker Pelosi. We requested can Oversight Committees for the stimulus package, 2009. That, too, was not agreed to by Speaker Pelosi. So we find this new need for oversight, refreshing, but somewhat questionable. I also remind my friend, there are existing committees. All of which by the way the democrats control. All of which they chair. We have confidence in the eight existing committees to do their job. We dont see the need for a ninth. With that, madam speaker, i yield one minute to my great friend from the coppederful state of california, mr. Mcchloroquine wonderful state of california, mr. Mcclintock. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. Mr. Mcclintock madam speaker, when we passed the Paycheck Protection Program, i warned serious flaws would deliver a windfall to business that is did not need it at the expense of those that do. Thats exactly what happened. Exhausting the fund within days. Now it is imperative to replenish this program to ensure the Small Business that is desperately need these funds receive them. This could have been done two weeks ago, but for the democrats demands, wasted time and added costs. I supported the cares act only because i believed a better bill could not be produced given the current majority. But the same reason i support the bill to be taken up later today but with this grave warning. Unprecedented and unconstitutional government edicts have deliberately destroyed the livelihoods of millions of americans and have set in motion both and economic depression and government insolvencies that threaten the very survival of our nation. They must end now. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from oklahoma reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Mr. Mcgovern its my honor to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from illinois, mrs. Bustos. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from illinois is recognized for one minute. Mrs. Bustos four weeks ago we passed the largest economic rescue in american history. Today we replenish some of its most important programs. Behind each program are real people in desperate need of our help. Health care workers and hospitals in nire need of support supplies and testing. Small Business Owners agonizing amid uncertainty and boxed out of loans by big banks serving well connected clients and family farmers who continue to field the world under unprecedented hardship. Unable to qualify for the disaster loans. Todays legislation rights these wrongs. It also harnesses the help of our Community Banks and credit unions. But it does not go far enough. Our cities, our states need assistance now. They soon may have to lay off police and first responders. The very people we need frontlines in this crisis. And our corn growers enand ethanol producers deserve the same help. We must take care of them in this next relief package. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yield back. The gentleman from massachusetts reserve. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you, madam speaker. I yield two minutes to my very good friend, distinguished gentleman from texas, mr. Goalert. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. Mr. Gohmert thank you, madam speaker. I thank my friend from oklahoma. Greatly sorry for the losses sterday as well as down in mr. Babins district. I heard the speaker say we need to move in a bipartisan manner. I believe she meant that. But then i cant forget that she said the same thing about impeachment a year ago. We cant move forward with impeachment unless it is bipartisan. So what are we doing first . We are going to have a vote to create another Oversight Committee so apparently the answer, the democrats have is, if you got eight committees that arent doing their job, we have the answer. Another committee. For heavens sake we got people losing their businesses. They are isolated. Humans are social animals. We like to be around other people. Suicides like in knox county, tennessee, they lost more people to suicide than the coronavirus. We got to be careful about spreading fear. We can be concerned. But we shouldnt be afraid. But another committee for heavens sake. Thats not what we need. And it is interesting that the answer the democrats have to potential waste, fraud, and use is to create another wasteful committee. Just make the committees we have do their job of oversight and then well be all right. There needs to be oversight. We apparently need a committee to be to give oversight to the Oversight Committees because they are not doing their job. Thats why we need a new one. With that i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from oklahoma reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts mr. Mcgovern i am absolutely stunned over the outrage over sunshine and oversight. Give me a break. Im happy to yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. Thompson. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. Mr. Thompson i thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam speaker, this isnt the bill i would have written. Im incredibly frustrated that Senate Republicans stalled negotiations without offering any fixes to help get money into the hands of the Small Businesses that are hardest hit. Funding needs to get to legitimate Small Businesses quickly and efficiently. Not to big corporations. Senate republicans also rejected funding to help support state and local governments that are on the tip of the spear in fighting this pandemic. With your help, madam speaker, we did get some improvements in this bill such as additional funding for hospitals and testing. To help respond to this crisis so we can eventually reopen our country. Improvements to the p. P. E. And the idle program which were crucial. Times are uncertain and people in my district are hurting. They need relief now. I will support this bill, but i lk look forward to future packages to get the needed relief to our communities that need it the most. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from massachusetts reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you, madam speaker. I reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Mr. Mcgovern i yield 1 1 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. Bass. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from california is recognized for 1 1 2 minutes. A few days after the last bill became law, stories began to surface of an extreme disproportionate death rate among africanamericans in several cities. 70 death rate while africanamericans are only 20 to 30 of the population. Some say Underlying Health conditions as the reason for the extreme disproportionate death rate as though this is a reason nothing can be done. As though we have to just accept this for now. This bill begins the process of addressing the disproportionate death rate, but oversight and advocacy from congress antipublic will be needed. It calls for a report to be issued in 21 days where we should have a bert picture what is happening and hopefully provide a road map. The bill calls for reporting data on demographics including race on the number and rates of cases, hospitalization, and deaths from covid. When the report is made public it will be clear that communities with large africanamerican populations will require focused and concentrated testing with rapid results. The Contact Tracing and early and aggressive treatment will be required. And that hospitals should reevaluate how they make decisions regarding who has access to ventilators. Using formulas that decide based on who they believe has a better chance of survival will undoubtedly hurt africanamericans and contribute to the disproportionate death rate. When we gather again to pass another bill, we must include targeted resources that support aggressive interventions. It is just not acceptable for the richest country in the history of the world to allow different populations to suffer like they dont even live in the United States but live in countries without the resources to protect its population. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. The gentleman from massachusetts reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you, madam speaker. I continue to reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Mr. Mcgovern madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands, ms. Plaskett. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from the u. S. Virgin islands is recognized for one minute. Ms. Plaskett thank you, madam speaker. Thank you for the time and i join my colleagues in support of this rule. It will continue to urge it will continue to urge support for our Small Businesses, hospitals, Health Care Providers on the frontline. I want to commend the house leadership for ensuring that this agreement, which includes the agreement that we will pass later on today, which includes 120 million more in Small Business relief that the senate initially wanted to provide. Im pleased to see that we will include s. B. A. Disaster loan programs and other provisions for extra support for Small Businesses. The dynamic work of the members of the house leadership have been hard fought for those forgotten. I have a great concern without the select committee the implementation of the incredible work will not be done. Reporting requirements, holding this administration to task are important for those that have been forgotten for people like those in the Virgin Islands and for those who have been disproportionately affected by this law. I urge adoption of the rule and yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. The gentleman from massachusetts reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you, madam speaker. I continue to reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The house will be in order. The gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Mr. Mcgovern madam speaker, im happy to yield to my good the d from massachusetts, istinguished gentlewoman, ms. Clark. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from massachusetts is recognized. Ms. Clark thank you, madam speaker. Second world war raging, Eleanor Roosevelt noted that when all is said and done statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact the people fight these wars, and the war on the pandemic is being waged in our our empty pitals, classrooms, our closed businesses. Bill will bring mericans desperately needed relief. And im grateful for the victory he democrats secured, but the pandemic exposed the deep income and Racial Disparities as it lethal path through our communities. The callous posed and deadly indifference of the rotectors of the wealthy and connected, all too willing to sacrifice our neighbors for the bottom line. Peoples s house, the house, we know that our strength a nation rests in the health and prosperity of all americans. And we will fight with we have for the people. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the back. Woman yields the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole madam speaker, i reserve. To the speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts recognized. Id like to yield minute to the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. Fudge. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from ohio is recognized for one minute. Ms. Fudge i thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam speaker, i wonder when administration will treat all of its citizens with the same concern. Small businesses need Additional Support and our big banks too, but should not have access to any more money because they have taken care of all of their friends. Our farmers are being helped. But what about hungry people . Buy meathas decided to and produce, put it in the box and send it to the unemployed banks. Food why not increase snap benefits as we have requested . Fight the right time to for teachers and sanitation workers, police, fire, and e. M. S. . We ensure prisoners are safe and are afforded appropriate care . Madam speaker, the house is not in order. Tempore the o gentlewoman will suspend. The house will be in order. Ms. Fudge when do we ensure and afforded safe appropriate care . When do we provide Nursing Homes with adequate resources . Do we guarantee every child has access to Distance Learning . To is it the right time fight for those who cant afford to pay two or three months rent once . Most americans dont have the luxury of waiting for us to pick choose who gets help. We keep saying it will be in the next bill. Our people need it now. Back. D the speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. The gentleman from massachusetts reserves. He gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you, madam speaker. I continue to reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. Think were i to close. E ready yes. The speaker pro tempore the minority currently has six minutes. And the majority currently has three minutes. Mr. Cole i just would advise my im prepared to close is. Ever he mr. Mcgovern i yield one minute to i tleeld one minute i yield one minute to the gentlelady from california, ms. Lee. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from california is minute. Ed for one ms. Lee thank you very much, chairman. First of all, let me just say i rise in support of this package speaker,t to thank the our Leadership Committee chair. As a member of the congressional including s, chairwoman bass and chairwoman kelly, and all the members and together are working on the Health Provisions of this bill. Also, let me just take this oment to thank our essential workers for their sacrifices during this horrific pandemic. That blacks piled up and brown people are bearing some of the worst burdens of covid. His bill requires, as our chairwoman said, chairwoman bass the e c. D. C. , to get us data who is bearing the worst runt and to focus on these communities. Let me just say, we have work to do. Too many people were trapped in and ty before this crisis, now more people have been pushed into the ranks of the poor of covid. People are lining up in front of food banks. Need to increase snap funding, support the state and local government workers who are of this ontlines crisis, protect our elections and help people who are falling living one cracks and the edge. We have a moral and we have a patriotic duty to do this. Hank you and i yield the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is roll recognized. Mr. Cole thank you, madam speaker. I assume my friend is prepared close. In that case, madam speaker, ill yield myself the balance of the time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. You, madam ank speaker. I want to begin by thanking my rules committee as a committee and the staff. We met last night. Meeting now re all in extraordinary times, a very difficult time. I was very proud of our last night. Particularly our chairman and reopening and functioning and producing a item but worthy item to discuss here today. Thank you, mr. Chairman, for leadership. I thank our staff, thank our fellow members of the committee. I want to thank the body, speaker. The were here today functioning. Obviously were taking precautions. Doing things e differently. Were a little bit out of our comfort zone as a body. His isnt the way we normally work. But the point is were here in ashington, d. C. , and were working. While we disagree very strongly over this particular piece of later today, we will vote in overwhelming numbers for another relief package, madam speaker, for the American People. Fourth time in a row that weve done it and weve partisanship. T doesnt mean there wasnt hard bargaining. Doesnt mean everybody got they wanted in the package. Quite the opposite. Things y gave up some that they wanted, but at the end of the day, we did come together. Wish we would have put money earlier in the protection program, but i certainly dont begrudge the hospitals and testing. Hopefully we can avoid that. Keep programs working. Them where we must. There are certainly changes that can be made. But i think on balance we ought look back and say, in a time great crisis, congress continued to function and came together in a bipartisan fashion has done work on behalf of the American People. We have a lot more important do. To there are many, many challenges that are going to confront us. Mnuchin sometimes calls the response to withavirus a baseball game nine innings. I suspect were completing the today, madam speaker, with the ultimate additional he resources for the cares act. Again, while we disagree on this one, ill talk about that in a second, we agree on the most day, which t of the is getting relief out the door to the American People and our economy under a time of great stress, helping our Health Care Workers that are frontline, trying to make sure we have the robust testing thats necessary so our good ors can make decisions when they grapple with he tough issue how theyre to reopen their respective states. We think, madam speaker, the were lar item considering this morning is simply unnecessary. Oversight ht committees. All of whom, i remind my friends, they control. In this e majority body. Thats appropriate. Hey are your Oversight Committees. Creating another one, we just minimum sue person luss. Weapons more apt to be a used to attack the president of the United States relentlessly during an Election Year. That. Ve to be wrong about i hope my friend as my friend, mr. Ferguson, said he apologize. E first to ill be happy to apologize, too, if im wrong. Not the if that were case, i would question the need for an additional committee. Simply dont see any need for that. We have committees to do this. A have committees that have lot of experience in doing this. And, frankly, we have committees have done it in a pretty bipartisan way in the past. Oni would hope we would rely those committees. With that, madam speaker, i would, again, thank my friend the debate and thank his side for the spirited participation. I would urge rejection of this particular measure. Vote no colleagues to on the rule and with that, madam speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. The peaker pro tempore gentleman from oklahoma yields back his time. The gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Madam overn thank you, speaker. I yield myself the remaining time. The speaker pro tempore youre recognized. I mcgovern madam speaker, want to thank my friend, mr. Cole. He is my friend. I appreciate all of his counsel advice in the rules committee, and i appreciate his Rocky Mountain for this institution. To his respect for this institution. I want to thank the speaker for her leadership. Thatis a moment in history demands strong leadership and shes risen to the occasion and applaud her and i appreciate that. I also want to thank those who work on the hill here, the sergeant at e, the arms, the attending physician, the chief administrative officer, all the people who incredible s building, i want to thank them. They protect us and they do an job. Ievable madam speaker, i want to remind 855,000 at more than ases of coronavirus have been confirmed. Nearly 48,000 lives have been lost as of today. More than 22 million initial unemployment claims filed in the past that i yield the house went on to approve the creation of a subcommittee to oversee the Coronavirus Response by a party line vote. Serve asburn will chair. 484 billion for Small Business loans, hospital resources and expanded covid19 testing. It received wide partisan support with a vote of 3885. The chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. Mr. Neal thank you, madam speaker. I ask unanimous consent t