Supplemented. Madam chair, i yield time to the gentleman from texas. The chair the gentleman from texas is recognized. I thank the gentleman from maryland. I appreciate my friend from new yorks concern about this important issue thats obviously paramount for the nation, her state, and the union is touched by the tragedy of the opioid abuse. Mr. Roy i do want to i do want to point out, as i ourk has been made clear by continued lack of dealing with the crisis at our border, that the impact on the opioid problem by the trafficking going on at our southern boarder is significant. And i think we all agree on that. We all recognize that. My colleague from new york and i have sat in oversight hearings where weve had witnesses there where we talk about the massive increase over the last several years in the amount of narcotics that are coming through our southern border. And this is just something that i hope we can have a bipartisan understanding and agreement on about addressing. And actual
Health alongside Traditional Health care services. My amendment provides Health Care Services administration with the resources that will allow them to study this. Id like to now yield one minute to the distinguished gentlelady from california, ms. Lee. The chair the gentlewoman from california is recognized for one minute. Mrs. Lee thank you very much. First, let me thank the gentleman from massachusetts for offering this extremely important amendment and i fully support it. Social factors such as poverty, substandard house, unsafe neighborhoods are critical drivers of health outcomes. I share the gentlemans concern and agree that we need to better understand how environmental conditions such as these play a role in human health and let me just say to the gentleman, we worked very closely with the black, hispanic, and Asian Pacific american caucus in terms of our Health Strategy with regard to communities of color, to close health disparities. This amendment is so important in those e
Shes a for political looking at 2020 spending. The houses onto it second spending measure. What is included on what is the price tag of this by bill package . So, in this latest bible package, 383 billion measure. It is the second minibus, or sort of a combination of spending bill that the house is looking to take up. And it includes funding for the departments of congress, justice, transportation, agriculture, and a host of other agencies, and last night, was on the House Rules Committee a whopping 290 amendments for debate. So, floor action on the second spending bill will start today. And democrats have quite a list of amendments to work through. You talked about the commerce department. One issue there is the issue with the 2020 expenses. The question of citizenship, which has been in the courts and elsewhere, how does the commerce piece of that spending package address the Citizenship Question . Right. A House Democrats inserted language in the bill that would prevent the Trump Ad
The chair on this vote the yeas are 348, the nays are 75. He amendment is adopted. The Unfinished Business is the quest for a recorded vote on amendment 32 printed in part b of house report 116109 offered by the gentlewoman from california, ms. Matsui, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 32 printed in part b of house report 116109 offered by ms. Atsui of california. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes y electronic device. This is a twominute vote. [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 e
The eagles early the next morning. Theyre on the floor with our appropriations bill. I want to start off the morning to say that leader mcconnell seems to take great pride in calling himself the grim reaper. Its part of his political campaign. Its part of the pride he takes as leader of the senate. As you see [inaudible] voted on. So think of me as the grim reaper. His own quote. E wants to [inaudible] endsing discrimination against lgbtq communities. Dreamers. To protect our dreamers and paycheck fairness. Equal pay for equal work. Gun violence protection. Commonsense background checks legislation. Hes burying that. Climate action now. Climate action now. Lets bury that. Save the internet act. The Net Neutrality legislation, young people are so concerned about. The violence against women act. Wont even get a vote. Lowering health care and Prescription Drug prices, wont even get a vote. Thats what he said about our agenda which encompasses most of our early legislation on what we promi