Approval or licensure of orphan drugs, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. Members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. If you had [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from missouri seek recognition . Ms. Wasser in pursuant mrs. Wagner pursuant to House Resolution 8, mrs. Walorski will be voting aye on 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Lawson of florida, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. Lawson will vote yes on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Crenshaw of texas, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. Crenshaw will vote no on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition . Thank you, madam speaker. As the member designated by mr. Fallon, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. Fall lop will vote nay on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . As the member designated by chairwoman Eddie Bernice johnson, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that chairwoman johnson will vote yea on h. R. 1629. As the member designated by chairwoman zoe lofgren, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that chairwoman lofgren will vote yea on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition . Madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. Moore, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. Moore will vote yes on h. R. 1629. As the member designated by mr. Lieu, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. Lieu will vote yes on h. R. 1629. As the member designated by mr. Lowenthal, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. Lowenthal will vote yes on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . As the member designated by mr. Ruiz, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. Ruiz will vote yes on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition . Madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. Meng, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. Meng will vote yes on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . As the member designated by ms. Eshoo, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. Eshoo will vote yes on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Grijalva, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. Grijalva will vote yes on h. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Torres of new york, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. Torres will vote yea on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from washington seek recognition . Madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. Sewell, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. Sewell will vote yes on h. R. 1629. As the member designated by ms. Strickland, november inform ms. Strickland will vote yes on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition . As the member designated by mr. Rush, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. Rush will vote yes on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Correa madam speaker, as the member designated by Congress Member napolitano, pres, i inform the house that Congress Member napolitano will vote yes on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition . Ms. Wexton thank you, madam speaker. As the member designated by mr. Mceachin, pursuant to h. Res. 8, i inform the house that mr. Mceachin will vote yes on h. R. 1629. And as the member designated by ms. Porter, pursuant to h. Res. 8, i inform the house that ms. Porter will vote yes on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition . Mr. Stanton as the member designated by representative kirkpatrick, pursuant to h. Res. 8, i inform the house that representative kirkpatrick will vote yes on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Allred, pursuant to h. Res. 8, i inform the house that mr. Allred will vote yes on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from oklahoma seek recognition . Mrs. Bice madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. Van duyne from texas, pursuant to h. Res. 8, i inform the house that ms. Van duyne will vote yea on h. R. 16 sorry 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition . Ms. Velazquez madam speaker, as the member designated by chairwoman carolyn maloney, pursuant to h. Res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. Carolyn maloney will vote yes on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition . Mr. Raskin madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Doggett of texas, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. Doggett votes aye on h. R. 1629. And as the member designated by mr. Ruppersberger of maryland, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. Ruppersberger votes aye on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Mr. Pallone madam chair sorry madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Donald payne, pursuant to h. Res. 8, i inform the house that mr. Payne will vote yes on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia sook recognition seek recognition . Mr. Connolly madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. Titus of nevada, pursuant to h. Res. 8, i inform the house that ms. Titus will vote yes on h. R. 1629. Also, as the member designated by mr. Mfume of maryland, pursuant to h. Res. 8, i inform the house that mr. Mfume will vote yes on h. R. 1629. And as the member designated by mr. Kind of wisconsin, pursuant to h. Res. 8, i inform the house that mr. Kind will vote yes on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition . Connecticut seek recognition . As the member designated by ms. Wilson, pursuant to h. Res. 8, i inform the house that ms. Wilson will vote yes on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition . As the member designated by ropettive card enas, i inform the house that mr. Cardenas will vote aye on h. R. 1629. The speaker pro tempore the yeas are 250. The nays are 167. 2 3 not being in the affirmative the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 250, the knows are 1168. 2 3 not being in the affirmative, the rules are not suspended and this bill is not passed. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair will entertain requests for oneminute speeches. The house will be in order. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition . Ms. Kaptur i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentlewoman from from ohio is recognized for one minute. Ms. Kaptur i rise today as may marks Mental Health Awareness Month and americans are building and erasing the stigma around those seeking health and high quality and Mental Health care. According to a 2020 report over 40 of adults surveyed reported a negative and ending the Mental Health is ask unite my communities and mibe in northern ohio. I commend my colleagues with legislation including ms. Watson coleman bill and people are addressing to and it is time for congress to take meaningful action providing for Housing Support and treatment and more federal. We have strong allies in the administration and we look forward to rolling up our sleeves across the aisle. We are only getting started. And i yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition . I request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to recognize the Lindsay Wilson College Football team from columbia, ken tuck yeah kentucky. Mr. Comer i circle unanimous consent. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. Mr. Comer i recognize the college rl Football Team for winning the 2020 niai National Football championship. The Football Team finished that their team as champs beating Northern College from iowa adding another championship to their season after winning the midsouth conference and the blue raiders dominated in the regular season outscoring in 32 points a game. They didnt have a Football Team. Football was reintroduced to 2010 after 86year absence and not taking long for the blue raiders to reach it. I commend the Athletic Director for building a program in just over a decade. This accomplishment is a hard work and dedication during an unprecedented year. Congratulations to Lindsay Wilson wilson Football Team. And i yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition . Ms. Jackson lee the house is not in order. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. Ms. Jackson lee i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Jackson lee i rise to commemorate Mental Health month and to acknowledge as i presided today on the floor, the number of Mental Health bills that were passed today, ready to be approved by the senate and as well to be signed by the president. Mr. Speaker, i work closely with my quints during covid19 and worpgd with the city of houston tom develop a call center for the stressed people in my community. Mental Health Issues are real and it is imperative that we continue on the federal level to provide the resources to help our families and educate our families and provide counseling and provide an opportunity for them to call locally and nationally in a stressful situation. Covid19 was stressful. And mrp lives were saved by the lifeline we opened in the city of houston. I thank all of those providers and the city of houston who worked with us in Harris County to save lives. Mental health is a medical issue and we need to samb lives and recognize those who are embracing those who are helping those who need help. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition . Mr. Carter i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentleman from the speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Carter he rise today to congratulate a georgia legend on his induction into the georgia military Veterans Hall of fame class of 2020. Coach vince stuley was inducted for his military service and his lifetime of Selfless Service to others. After graduating from college, coach duly served his country in the ma stuley served his country in the marine corps for two years. Its without question that hes had a positive impact on the university of georgia, as well as communities across the country. During his 25 years as head football coach at the university of georgia, the bulldogs won six s. E. C. Titles and a national championship. Coach steil stuleys Service Coach stuleys service did not stop on the field and has carried into the community. His Community Service has extended to organizations such as the heart fund, multiple cler owe sis, juvenile diabetes, Salvation Army and georgia easter seal society. Hes also traveled abroad and led missions to provide spiritual and physical healing to those in need. Coach we thank you for yourselfless commitment to improving the lives of others and congratulations to you on your induction. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i ask for unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to honor the memory of Ramon Ramirez of allentown, pennsylvania. Who tragically lost his life to a senseless ram pages of gun violence on april 21 while he was filling up his work truck at a gas station in the wee hours of the morning. He was 31 years old. He was a husband of 12 years. A father of three children. People remember him as a loving family man and a hard worker. Someone who, as one of his neighbors put it, was always looking to make things better for those around him. Ms. Wild that same neighbor remarked that lately she often heard ramon and his son play basketball in front of their house. The horrific toll of gun violence across our country is puncturing the american dream. It has stolen the lives of so many of the hopes and lives of so many families. I am not up here to advocate for any particular bill. I am up here to ask and beg and plead that somebody on the other side of the aisle come to me with their suggestions of what we can do to stop these random acts of gun violence. I want to work with you. We have to end this. I ask that all of my colleagues join me in paying tribute to Ramon Ramirez and standing in solidarity with his family. Thank you. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Lamalfa i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. Mr. Lamalfa thank you. Mr. Speaker, i rise today during National Police week to recognize the Law Enforcement officers serving on the front lines. Without them our streets would erupt into chaos and the law and order of our society relies on would crumble. Weve seen this happen already too much in this country. Our Law Enforcement officers have already difficult jobs and dangerous jobs. Thats why recent attacks on Law Enforcement by extreme elements wanting to upend our society deeply saddens the millions of americans, myself included, who support the police. Instead of providing resources to assist our police, these radicals want to at the fund our Police Departments altogether. This is insanity. We should ask ourselves, how can we help police do their jobs more safely and effectively, not vilify and undermine them. Im proud to back the blue, the majority of americans recognize their security and wellbeing depend upon the police back the blue too. Our Law Enforcement officers serve us so faithfully should know that they have our sincere thanks and appreciation not only during police week, but always. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition . To address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman from florida is recognized for one minute. Thank you, mr. Speaker. And it is with great concern that i report to the house that the Civil Rights Division of the Biden Justice department is actually working against the civil rights and the Voting Rights of our citizens. Mr. Gaetz brave patriots in arizona have undertaken an election audit to ensure that an actual human being is attached to a vote that was cast. This will inform better Public Policy prospectively. But the head of the Civil Rights Division at the Biden Justice department has worked to stop that endeavor and we know dr. Carlin from her testimony in the Judiciary Committee where she made fun of president trumps sons name and where she said that conservatives, republicans, didnt want to even live around one another because apparently we are so repulsive. This is deeply unfortunate. This person should not even have a job at the Justice Department and they certainly should not be working to perpetuate the true big lie and that is that there is not a tremendous amount of work left to be done on election integrity. I thank you and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore under the speakers announced policy of january 4, 2021, the gentleman from colorado, mr. Buck, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. Mr. Buck thank you, mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that members have five legislative days to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Buck mr. Speaker, cancel culture is a dangerous phenomenon. The total silencing and erasing of people and truths the progressives dislike. Americans are beginning to see what cancel culture is really about. A recent survey found that 64 of americans now believe cancel culture is a threat to freedom. Cancelle curl cancel culture aims not only to cancel sell certain elements of society but to replace them. Considering the following. For years the political left has attempted to erase parts of our american history, especially our founding and the story of 1776. Why . Because their goal is replacement. In place of americas true history, the progressives want to push the 1619 project. This false narrative presents students with an alternate history, an alternate reality that our nation was founded not on the principles outlined in the declaration of independence, but instead on a racist pursuit of expanding slavery. Canceling 1776 makes sense only in the broader context of this effort to advance a false narrative. Other areas of curriculum are being cansed for Critical Race Theory. The Biden Administration has announced it will push Critical Race Theory in schools across the nation. Critical race theory is the back doorway to teach marxism to students and adults in this country under the guise of pushing equity. In my state of colorado, the oil and gas industry is being canceled. The goal, replace it with Green New Deal objectives. Schools named after our founders must be renamed after liberal icons, according to the left. Professors and journalists who will not cowtow to the Progressive Agenda find themselves replaced in their jobs. Our list of examples could go on. I am joined tonight by my colleagues who wish to help expose cancel culture. The examples we will highlight touch on all aspects of cancel culture, but they all have one thing in common. In each instance, progressives seek to cancel, cut, sensor and silence so they can move to the next phase, replacement culture. Thank you and i would like to yield to my good friend from arizona, mr. Biggs. Mr. Biggs i thank the gentleman. You know, cancel culture is eroding the very foundation of who we are as an American People. Rowan atkinson, the star of the british series, tv series, said it is like a medieval mob coming to burn witches. Thats what the cancel culture is all about. How about taking an analogy from george or wells 1984 novel where they take history and throw it into a chute and revise history constantly and you cant even control what you think anymore. Thats what cancel culture is becoming. How about from a book called the girl with seven names, a courageous young woman who escaped from north korea and she tells us how north korea did the same thing. How about china under the Chinese Communist party as reported in the 100year marathon by mr. Pillsbury who wrote that book. Thats what we see happening. This attempt to erase who we are, individuals, and then replace them with something else. Let me give you some other examples. Epi lepieu, no longer tolerated by the left. Ms. Piggy canceled. Dr. Suess books canceled. Heres some others. How about this one. The goya foods because this guy had the temerity, the c. E. O. Of goya foods, had the temerity to support president trump. So hes attempted people attempted to boycott and cancel his business. Senator josh hawley writes a book, hes canceled. Because he says that he wants election integrity. How about washington, lincoln and jefferson. San francisco, erases those schools named after washington, lincoln or jefferson. Matthew iglesias, the liberal opinion writer, resigned from fox, a company he cofounded, because his woke staff says, oh, hes too centerright. How about tucker carlson, sean hannity, laura ingram, all attacked for being conservative voices. And what is the attack . It is to silence conservative voices. The new rule is we will only be tolerant if you are accepting of our views. Not just accepting, if you comply. Not just compliance, you bow to the tyrannical rules of the left. An actress is fired by disney because she says that being a republican in 2021 is like being a jew in nazi germany. So thats the shes got to go. They cancel the action figure named after her. Former New York Times reporter and editor has to go because he lets tom cottons piece get published in the New York Times. Oops we cant have that. J. K. Raouling, the very successful author rowling, the very successful author of the harry potter series, shes cancel because she suggests that transgender rights might endanger womens rights. You cant have any conflicting view out there. No, you cant do that. Then mike lindel lnchings, the my pillow guy, hes on the tv all the time advertising, you cant have him because hes a friend and supporter of donald trump and questions the election results. We have reached a point in our society where the left says if you do not bow your knee to what we say is the new norm, the only acceptable dogma, if youre a heteroodox in any way, well erase you and that cannot stand and it will stot knot stand and i thank the gentleman from colorado, we will continue to fight this outrageous attack on who we are as an American People. With that, i yield back. Mr. Buck i thank the gentleman for his remarks. I yield to the gentlelady from North Carolina who will tell us about a very sad circumstance in her home state of North Carolina. I recognize congresswoman foxx. Ms. Foxx mr. Speaker, i thank my colleague for recognizing me tonight for a very short but very serious and solemn set of comments. Mr. Speaker, across america Law Enforcement officers mr. Speaker, i rise today to pay tribute to two members of the Sheriffs Office who lost their lives in the line of duty on april 28. Sergeant chris ward, an eightyear Law Enforcement officer, and k9 deputy, logan fox, a former deputy of the ash county Sheriffs Office, left an indelible mark on the county. This is a tremendous loss not only for wautoga county but also for Law Enforcement across the state and country. These two Fallen Heroes dedicated their lives to Law Enforcement and many who knew them recognize that their passion for serving the community they were proud to call home was second to none. This monarchs Community Day of remembrance, in boone, North Carolina, was held in their honor. Businesses, organizations and proud citizens of wautoga county came together to show their overwhelming support for Law Enforcement. And first responders. Mr. Speaker, across america Law Enforcement officers like sergeant ward and deputy fox wake up every day with one important goal in mind. Fulfilling their duty to uphold law and order. These proud men and women leave for work knowing that they may not come home to their families, but still they answer the call to serve without a moments hesitation. That level of commitment to ones duty and community is truly aweinspiring and i firmly believe we owe Law Enforcement a profound debt of gratitude. Mr. Speaker, i will always support Law Enforcement across this country. They are the true gate keepers of law and order and they must be respected. Calls to defund the police from the left are egregious and divisive. That rhetoric is profoundly dangerous and is an insult to the men and women who work around the clock to protect us. God bless the countless Law Enforcement officers across this country and their families. We are forever grateful for the sacrifices you continue to make. I thank the gentlelady from North Carolina and our thoughts and prayers are with her and the families that have fallen. I recognize mr. Roy. Mr. Roy i thank the the gentleman from colorado and i thank the gentlelady from North Carolina for recognizing the Law Enforcement officers in our home state like the officers who put their lives on the line to protect our community. It is germane to the point that my friend from colorado is making about cancelling. This whole notion about he cancelling not just about twitter and facebook but cancelling the people that are our friend from North Carolina is talking about cancelling Law Enforcement and cancelling those who are defending us every single day. I have a little girl in my home district in austin who wrote a project for her school in which she was outlining the how she was upset about her father, her dad, who is police officer, was being treated and he would come home and he was despondent a little bit about the day because they are being harassed, targeted, criticized, mocked, defunded and this is purposeful and this is happening every single day and we are working to cancel Law Enforcement. In austin, texas, they defunded police, 150 million and homeless are all across the streets. And 1999 funding for a city that has grown leaps and bounds. This cancelling of Law Enforcement leaves us at risk. But its real and happening in realtime. 20 major cities have cut budgets. It is not just Law Enforcement. We are talking about that here, taste about corporations. Our nation and we are sitting here in the peoples house and think about it, we are going to debate or give or take on the floor and we get on the speech. Meanwhile corporations get to decide, corporations are deciding by the way, what election laws are warranted in georgia or texas. Corporations like cocacola, delta airlines, Major League Baseball, baseball has been politicized. Baseball. Cant watch baseball with my son without having to figure out and my son how he is going to viewing america because mlb and move it from 50 black atlanta to 10 black denver. Why, they pat themselves on the back. Im driving my subaru. Is that a woke snr hank aaron, we could have celebrated his life in atlanta, georgia and woke decided it is more important to make and the proposed laws are very different than the laws in colorado but they wanted to make a statement from their woke corporate boards and packed with these elite yale business types and trying to tell us how to live our lives in texas, georgia or colorado. Thats what we face with our corporations and trying to tell us how to live. I appreciate my friend from colorado giving us time. We have got to reclaim our ability to live free and we need to ask ourselves that question are we free. And 30 trillion in debt. Are we truly free in this country, we ought to ask that question. And i yield back to my good friend from colorado. Mr. Buck i appreciate the points that he made. I recognize my friend from tennessee, mr. Green. Mr. Green thank you to my colleague and mr. Speaker and before i jump into my remarks. Interesting thing about Major League Baseball decision is only two days is voter i. D. And signed a deal with china where there is no elections whatsoever and where they are committing general genocide against the uighurs and signed a deal for millions of dollars to support what is going in china. I recognize that cancel culture is a sickness and easy to diagnose, but we have to admit it is difficult to cure because we are fighting the woke ter media. And the left is using the woke media and their quest for version for utopia and enemy of a nation. But no one is safe from cancel culture. Who has advanced progress i havism than barack obama . No one . Leftists today are cancelling barack obama who until recently their hero. Thomas Jefferson Middle School was to be renamed. That is until the far radical left protested that obama followed the laws in some instances by deporting illegal immigrants. God forbid that a president enforced the law actually enforces the law. Please, my colleagues on the left, tell me how my colleagues are safe from cancel culture when your side isnt safe. Just the other week, the famed aggetivity and we find offensive for his big on thed attacks. Dalkins was stripped of his award that he received back in 1996. And what was he found guilty . He believed that a discussion was legitimate. Canceled. A professor, even canceled, lecturing on the writings of james baldwin, known for his participation in the Gay Liberation movements because his students said it made them, quote, we live in intergenerational are trauma, unquote. Fox news has been canceled. Simply because he didnt want to defund the police. Again, my colleagues, tell me how cancel culture doesnt exist and tell me that conservatives are not being attacked. Who are the conservatives being canceled. The left tried unsuccessfully to cancel goya foods because he supported donald trump. President trump lincoln who ended the institution of slavery is being canceled. Linchingons general, grant, canceled. Coveted catholic children were slandered simply because they were wearing maga hats. Senate justice amy comby barrett. Cam laharries tried to cancel a member of the knights of columbus and hold the view that we shouldnt terminate the live. Enough is enough. If we want to continue to prosper, we need to stop see each other as enemies and remember the motto, above my head as i speak, out of many, one. We are a nation of many different states and localities and ethnicities and backgrounds. We need to stop focusing on our differences and start seeing each other as americans once again. Cancel culture is antiamerican and for the sake of our nation, it needs to end now. Join us in this. Your own icons are being canceled. You will be the next victim and will be asill lated. Mr. Buck i thank the gentleman for his research. We can learn a lot. I recognize the gentleman from texas. Thank you for the the gentleman from colorado organizing this. Is an essential topic. We have a unique foundation on the understanding that our rights, the right to life, liberty is not a right but rather a gift from god. Among those are the freedom of speech. The peace and tranquility rests on the understanding that the people have a right to have their voice heard, but we have entered into a troubling time in our nation. This government has sought conformity. In this chamber we have witnessed the march of the extreme left legislation designed not to protect our liberty but rather force the American People to conform. To their extreme ideas and restructuring of an economy to one of socialism which has failed everywhere it has been tried and there is big tech. These companies arose in Economic Freedom and provide have embraced author tarnyism. They have selectly and leftist members to call for unrest in ourl street and violence. They have allowed their platforms to raise monies to bailout rioters. They called for an end to america ca and burned our flag declaring them ataun mouse. And these platforms continue to provide a platform for china to spew their propaganda. And the multinational corporations who bought in they are either ignorant to history or care more to the liberty and opportunity and personal proosepert of their neighbors, the American People. They would coysy up to crush their competition than stand up for the principles that enables their own success. They do a disservice. The high pock krissy is not overlooked. And peace and security, these trends could seem novel but perhaps much of the ebb and flow. It is harder for us to see the sign but most of the voices that are sounding alarm right now are the immigrants that come here. I have spoken to those from cuba, ecuador and iran and they are fearful and angered and heart broken. And the economic jewel of south america, it is fraught with poverty. A couple in my district came from iran. They are terrified by what they are seeing here. One of them liked a post about the killing of suleimani and found her account temporarily halted on the platform. The irony is too risked. A spoke to a lady from ecuador. She fled the country to come here. And didnt refer this to the uferse of america. She said i come to freedom country. I have to do everything to protect it. And while the terminology and the Cancel Culture Movement is hardly new, december potic regimes have worked. What is difference about this movement is the broad imbreast by those in position of america in order to consolidate political power all at the sake of their fellow citizens. We didnt pass it to the children in the blood stream it. Must be fought for, protected and handed for them to do the same thing to do the same. Or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our childrens children what it was once like to live in the United States. Where men were free. Its time to restore power to the American People, its time for people across this nation to stand up in board rooms and classrooms and houses of worship and in this Hallowed Chamber to stand up with courage to this evil movement. God forbid we be the generation that allows this precious and unique experiment in selfgovernment, this imperfect by beautiful republic to sink, enveloped by the undertoe of the forces of envy, strife and division. Let us know let us not let that happen. Let us be that generation. Like generations before that work toward that more perfect union, one that protects and preserves our beloved freedom country. Thank you. I yield back to the gentleman. Mr. Buck i thank the gentleman from texas. Now i recognize the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Perry. Mr. Perry i surely thank my good friend, the gentleman from colorado, for the opportunity to speak and the importance of this subject. Ladies and gentlemen, in the 1930s and 1940s, they banned books. They burned books. That was just what they had at the time. Right, they werent really banning the book, they were banning and burning the idea. The ideas, the differences of opinion. I submit to you that that fascist regime then is doing or did what this cancel culture is doing now. Doing right now. Already talked about Major League Baseball, canceling the allstar game in atlanta. Canceling the game in atlanta. And acting like we dont know that there are more restrictive states elsewhere, including the state that it went to. Its absolutely ridiculous. Facebook canceled the Great Barrington declaration, a declaration of medical professionals and scientists that declared that lockdowns have adverse effect on physical and Mental Health. And wed be better served by focusing on the protection of people who face a highrisk of mortality should they become infected. How dare they. How dare they not accept the narrative. The doing marks the group think. Who do dogma, the group think. Who do they think they are . The Google Google fired an employee for the crime, what was his crime . He held conservative views. How about the o. S. U. Coach, mike gundy, what was his crime . Wearing the wrong tshirt while fishing. Thats how absurd this gets. And it just keeps on going. Ladies and gentlemen, it doesnt stop. Of course president trump, the president of the United States, canceled by big tech, banned from twitter. Likely permanently banned from facebook. And, has already been stated, by the same companies. Doing business with, helping out the communist chinese government. Oppress its citizens. The same companies that have the ayatollah, he can freely transmit over their platform. No problem there. And it just keeps on going. The president , you know, talked about hydroxy chloroquine in the early stages of the pandemic as a potential solution treatment. Who knows, its been around since the 1940s. How dare he. And how dare the doctors that believe in him and believe at that the same thing. Who do they think they are when the press and the cancel culture says no way. And of course the worst of it. Representative right here in this body, the gentlelady from missouri, and 54 of her colleague, sought to cancel 140 members of congress for objecting to the electors in several states due to the election irregular larities and constitutional infractions in these states. Including my home state of pennsylvania. They introduced House Resolution 25, calling for the removal of those members from the house of representatives. They didnt bother telling you that they themselves objected to more states in 2016 than the republicans in 2020. Canceled. Lets cancel them. Free speech has been canceled. If you want to protest and burn your city down, protest is great. Violence and rioting is not accepted except when it is. But think youre going to the church in the same town . Canceled. Right to protest. You can riot, yes, but come to the capitol and address your grievances with your elected representatives, no. Ladies and gentlemen, cancel culture is a synonym for fascism. And the sooner we recognize it, the better off were going to be at dealing with it and the sooner we can get to it. With that, i yield back to my good friend from colorado. Mr. Buck i thank the gentleman and thank the gentleman for not naming my home state as he was talking about the allstar game. Thank you for that. I now recognize mr. Tiffany for five minutes. And thank him for joining us in this special hour. Mr. Tiffany the gentleman from colorado, i do not like the cancel mob. I do not like the group think blob. We should not sensor our own speech. Thats not a habit we should teach. This isnt china or iran. Free speech belongs to every man. This right belongs to women too. To teachers, students, me and you. Dont let them tell you what to say. Or what to think or how to pray. Americas for you and me, for doctor seuss, not jack dorsey. I thank the speaker for the time and hope you liked my free speech rhyme. I yield back. Mr. Buck i thank the gentleman and suggest hes in the wrong line of work. That was great. Thank you very much for that. I now recognize the gentleman, mr. Clyde, for five minutes. And thank him for joining us today. Mr. Clyde thank you to the gentleman from colorado for yielding time so i can participate in this special order. On this very important and increasingly pervasive issue in our society. Cancel culture. I hold very deep concerns about how this Ugly Movement is corrupting our youth. And stands to seriously threaten the many core values shared by those in my district, those from north georgia. Altruism, patriotism, integrity and faith. While calling people out on their actions or behaviors is nothing new in our society, there is something inherently dangerous about Fringe Groups of people moving in a calculated manner to strip people of jobs, to strip businesses of revenue, and shutting down entire thought groups altogether. Without a fair and just consideration being afforded to the targeted party. Each of us has an understanding of what is right and wrong. Just as we as lawmakers have our own ideas for whats good policy and whats not. We can debate and defend our personal opinions and sincerely held beliefs all we want. But when rights enshrined by the constitution are at risk, i believe we have a duty to step up and defend those rights. Whether were talking about standing up for godgiven, inalienable religious liberties, Second Amendment rights or First Amendment protections, i whole heart lid believe that we should wholeheartedly believe we should also be pointing to the truth within the constitution. Its easy to point to the constitution as a blanketed rationale for countless issues. Both sides do it. And i find it does the public a disservice at large on two fronts. Especially when one side just doesnt tell the truth. For one, i believe blanketed statements pointing to enumerated rights inadvertently desensitizes americans, especially our youth, to the importance of the constitution. And secondly, we are not challenging ourselves to push beyond the emotional sphere of these issues and to think critically and analytically to find the truth. So we as conservatives need to stand up to cancel culture in two ways. First, the constitution has provided the basis for which the canceled individual and the cancelor engage in debate to begin with. Second, we should be putting truth behind our decision to stand up in defense of those being targeted. For example, i stand here today to oppose the progressive push to cancel biological genders and religious liberties and to cancel the Second Amendment. You know, probably the most bold example of cancel culture that i have ever seen is that of facebook and twitter trying to cancel the sitting president of the United States. I stand in defense of biological genders because the truth is that women are biologically different from men. Young women should not have to compete against selfidentified transgenders who are biological men. Moreover, the truth is that women are the bearers of life and only women can give birth. Moms are moms. Call them what they are. Not birthing people. Howery dick louis is that term, how ridiculous is that term, birthing people . How about h. R. 5, the equality act. That was another brazen attempt by progressivens to cancel biological sex by normalizing transgender equality. As i have said before and will say again, transgender medical treatment for children is child abuse. And any effort to normalize such treatments is a serious violation of the welfare and bodily integrity of our children. Allowing children to undergo life changing alterations to their bodies should be a violation of the law and the child abuser should be criminally prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I oppose effort by progressives to cancel religious liberties in their entirety. While i can speak at length about the various targets of cancel culture that fall under religious liberties, there is no better example than the democrats bill on the floor this week, h. R. 1065. That blatantly and knowingly leaves out protections for religious entities. As prescribed under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Under this act, a religious employer could have to consider allowing an employee to take paid time off to have an abortion procedure while religious liberty protections are the center of this cancellation attempt, the truth is that an unborn child is a living human child. And we must protect it as such. I stand strong against the democrats allout attack on the Second Amendment because it is no secret they are trying to cancel americans right to keep and bear arms in a peace meal manner. The truth piecemeal manner. The truth is that lawabiding gun owners arent the perpetrators of crimes. However lawabiding gun owners will bear the brunt of the impact from this ploy. The facts are on the side of the lawabiding gun owners. The democrats know that and they just cant stand it. That is why democrats are rolling out rules to ban guns piece by piece so that guns in the homes of americans as we speak become outlawed over time. They do this under the guise of abolishing firearms made at home by individuals by calling them ghost guns. The truth is that we see through this thinly veiled facade and we will not sit by and allow them to cancel our rights. Finally, i challenge all my colleagues to not just stand up to the cancel culture in the name of the constitution, but to do so by adding truth to the dialogue. And with that, i yield back, sir. Mr. Buck i thank the gentleman. I now recognize the gentleman from florida, mr. Daniels for five minutes mr. Daniels, for five minutes. Damage damage Daniel Daniel mr. Donalds i want to thank the gentleman from colorado for the time. Mr. Speaker, its good to be able to talk in this chamber without that thing on my face. Its messing up the enunsations. Mr. Speaker, my colleagues have talked at length about all of the examples and all of the damaging aspects of cancel culture. I dont want to go through and reiterate those points. I think the purpose i want to take this time to do, mr. Speaker, is to actually have a pleading with the people of our country. You see, if you look at the history of world governments, you can go before our own government, the ability to speak has been sacrosanct in order for the ability to be free. There was a time under the brutality of european kings where you could dare not speak a word against the crown. If you did, you were slaughtered. You were maimed. You were put into chains. You were put into slavery. The very idea of freedom of speech canonizing canonized in our constitution wasnt created by our framers, its something our framers understood and they studied from their view of world history. And that very protection is the one thing, the most paramount thing, that the members of this body, whether they be in our house, the senate, or the person who occupies the white house at any point in time in american history, can never abridge or infringe. And the reason for that is very simple. Because the thoughts that roll around in your mind or you are are yours alone. They are your thoughts, they were given by god, they were given by your own intellect and your ability to express them should never be taken away or shame by a government or by shamed by a government or by a sect or substructure of any society, let alone american society. You see, mr. Speaker, weve come to a very dangerous point in our politics. This has nod n. G. O. To do with Social Security and medicare, which by the way for the American People are going to go insolvent in someone swr between five and seven years. This isnt about our issues talking about guns and supporting the Second Amendment. This isnt about if you want to talk about Green Technology orem bracing fossil fuels or actually embracing Nuclear Power which is what we should be doing as a country. This isnt our views on what we do with respect to Foreign Policy and who our adversary might be. This goes to the very core of our country, it goes to the very core of our culture, it goes to the very core of whether our society will have the ability to sustain itself 200 year into the future. But i promise you this, mr. Speaker. It will not be possible if we have one grandpa of americans telling another group of americans that what they say should no longer be heard. Simply because they dont agree. Or even if theyre offended. Or even what somebody says is so vile that unilaterally every american finds it to be distasteful an doesnt want to hear it. You see, the very thought of any individual must be protected at all times. It is what separate ours country from the other countries of the world today and the other societies in our earth in years past. It is what creates the very foundation of a republic of people to be able to grow, to see, to do, to be their best because they are free. And there is no government that can oppress them. The only example im going to cite tonight is an example of somebody who is actually not on my side of the political aisle. Shes a reporter. Alex see mckennon. Im not bringing your situation up to make a political point, far from it. She was the journalist. She was on an msnbc and nbc contributor. I dont think she would probably like my politics too much. But because of something she said as a freshman in college on social media, she was targeted. She was cancel. She had reached a pinnacle in her career through her hard work. I dont even know her but i know she was able to accomplish something. But because somebody in her company, because of somebody at teen vogue, decided they didnt like what she said she became the new target. Mr. Speaker, frankly my fellow american, we cannot continue as a society if we are quick to shut each other down before we actually decide to open up our ears and listen. There are so many debates on this very floor that are going to take place, not just in this congress but in many congresses to come. There are going to be disagreements in our society, whether youre talking about policing or racism or the past or the future. But the one thing that must remain in our republic is tolerance. You see, mr. Speaker, we have to adopt a standard. Not a subjective one. But an objective one. Heres the truth. Weve already we already have had that standard. Weve already adopted it. S the objective standard that you are free to speak in the United States of america. And whether its twitter, facebook or instagram or youtube or snapchat or tiktok or the Washington Post or the Washington Times whether you want to talk about the New York Times or redstate. Com or msnbc or fox news, morning joe or sean hannity, we must be free to speak at all times. Because the battlefield of ideas is the only thing thats going to propel our republic forward. It is the only thing thats going to allow young kids to grow and actually increase their intellect and to be able to transform our economy in ways that none of us in this capitol today can even fathom. S the very basis of what makes our nation the greatest nation. Its what makes us unique. Its what allows us to be able to fight it out every day on this floor, verbally, of course, mr. Speaker. My fellow americans, were all in this together. Mr. Speaker, were in this together. We cant cancel each other. We cant move people out of the Public Square because we find their ideas vile or distasteful. I may not like what you have to say, mr. Speaker, we may disagree on votes on this very floor, but the one thing i will always respect, the one thing ill always defend is your ability to say it and your ability to vote that way. My only ask is that you do the same for people on my side of the political aisle. I yield back. Mr. Buck i thank the gentleman for his profound remarks. I now recognize my friend and my neighbor to the north, the gentlelady from wyoming, ms. Cheney. Ms. Cheney thank you very much. Id like to thank very much my friend and colleague, mr. Buck, for yielding me time this evening. I know the topic, mr. Speaker, is cancel culture, i have some thoughts about that, but tonight, i rise to discuss freedom and our constitutional duty to protect it. Mr. Speaker, i have been privileged to see firsthand how powerful and how fragile freedom is. 28 years ago, i stood outside a polling place, a schoolhouse in western kenya. Soldiers had chase aid way people who were lined up to vote. A few hours later, they came streaming back in risking further attack, undaunted in their determination to exercise their right to vote. In 1992, i sat across the table from a young mayor in russia. And i listened to him talk of his dream of liberating his nation from communism. Years later, for his dedication to the cause of freedom, he was assassinated by Vladimir Putins thugs. In warsaw, in 1990, i listened to a young polish woman tell me that her greatest fear was that people would forget. They would forget what it was like to live under soviet domination. That they would forget the price of freedom. Three men, an immigrant who escaped castros totalitarian regime, a young man who tpwhrue up behind the iron curtain and became his countrys minister of defense, an a dissident who spent years in the soviet gulag have all told me it was the miracle of america, captured in the words of president ronald reagan, that inspire them. I have seen the pow over faith and freedom. I listened to Pope John Paul ii speak to thousands in nairobi in 1985. And 19 years later, i watched the same pope take my fathers hand, look in his eyes, and say god bless america. God has blessed america. But our freedom only survives if we protect it. If we honor our oath, taken before god in this chamber. To support and defend the constitution. If we recognize threats to freedom when they arise. Today, we face a threat america has never seen before. A former president who provoked a violent attack on this capitol in an effort to steal the election has resumed his aggressive efforts to convince americans that the election was stolen from him. He risks inciting further violence. Millions of americans have been misled by the former president. They have heard only his words but not the truth. As he continues to undermine our democratic process, sowing seeds of doubt about whether democracy really works at all. I am a conservative republican and the most conservative of conservative principles is reverence for the rule of law. The Electoral College has voted. More than 60 state and federal courts, including mull pl judges the former president apointed, have rejected his claims. The Trump Department of justice investigated the former president s claims of widespread fraud and found no evidence to support them. The election is over. That is the rule of law. That is our constitutional process. Those who refuse to accept the rulings of our courts are at war with the constitution. Our duty is clear. Every one of us who has sworn the oath must act to prevent the unraveling of our democracy. This is not about policy. This is not about partisanship. This is about our duty as americans. Remaining silent and ignoring the lie embowdens the liar. I will not participate in that. I will not sit back and watch in silence while others lead our party down a path that abandons the rule of law and joins the former president s crusade to undermine our democracy. As the party of reagan, republicans have championed democracy, won the cold war and defeated the soviet communists. Today, america son the cusp of another cold war. This time with communist china. Attacks against our democratic process and the rule of law empower our adversaries and feed communist propaganda that american democracy is a failure. We must speak the truth. Our election was not stolen and america has not failed. I received a message last week from a gold star father who said standing up for the truth honors all who gave all. We must all strive to be worthy of the sacrifice of those who have died for our freedom. They are the patriots. Kath they are the patriots Katherine Lee bates described in the words of america the beautiful when she wrote, oh beautiful for heros truths in liberating strife, who more than self their country lives loves and mercy more than strife. Ultimately, mr. Speaker, this is at the heart of what our oath requires. That we love our country more. That we love her so much that we will stand above politics to defend her. That we will do everything in our power to protect our constitution and our freedom that has been paid for by the blood of so many. We must love america so much that we will never yield in her defense. That is our duty. Thank you. Mr. Buck i thank the gentlelady and i inform the speaker that we have no further speakers and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. Pursuant to section 11b of House Resolution 188, the house stands adjourned until 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow for morning hour debate and noon for legisla earlier, troy carter was sworn in, winning an election in louisianas second district. Announcer cspan is your unfiltered view of government, funded by these television companies, and more. The greatest talent on earth is the place you call home. Right now, we are facing our greatest challenge. That is why