we now take you to the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker s room, washington, d.c., september 21 hshgs 2022. 2022. i hooeb i hereby appoint the honorable appoint the honorable henry cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the house of january 10, 2022, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. with time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from the virgin islands, ms. plaskett, for five minutes. ms. plask
hurricane katrina and super storm sandy. now a new estimate that says that harvey s damage could cost more than both of those combined. $190 billion is the total coast. now dr. joel meyers says that business leaders and major banks, the federal reserve should factor in the negative impacts this catastrophe will have on business, corporate earnings and employment. that s consistent with president trump s guess that there s never been a natural disaster like hurricane harvey. some businesses won t be able to get back the money they ll be losing the next few months as mold is removed and drywall is replaced. many businesses won t get the money they ll lose. part of the calculation is like gasoline going up because harvey interfered with the normal supply process. then you have the cost of replacing houses and the belongings inside of them. that is something that harvey s victims will have the start doing as soon as they re allowed back. lauren? lauren: peter, thank you. harvey