ms. tlaib: i work on get the lead out caucus and people know i'm a leader on water. this is more of me trying to show my colleagues if we cared about food safety which every one of our constituents doesn't use every single medication they talk about but sure as heck gather produce, touch the food industry in every way. so i just want to get to the bottom of what we can do together to ensure you have authorization to oversee water quality that touches our food. dr. califf: we're finalizing -- there are 10 rules of the food safety administration. the agricultural water rule is one that's very pertinent and has to do with what farms should do if there are cattle upstream from where the produce is. and so, you know, there's a list of things we need. we can be in touch with your staff. ms. tlaib: we don't have anything right now that gives you authority over water, the use of water on produce?

dr. califf: only in reaction to what happens. ms. tlaib: after contamination. dr. califf: not preemptive. suss previously postponed. votes will be taken in the following order. senate 382 if ordered. and h.r. 2560. first electric tron vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. pursuant to clays 8 of rule 20 the unfinished business is question on suspending the rule and passing s.382. the clerk: an act to take certain land to the state of washington into trust for the benefit of the puyallup tribe and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: will the house suspend the rulings and passed bill as amended.

those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. in the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative -- for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? >> i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, yeas and nays are ordered members will record their vote by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 401, the nays are 15. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bim is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the the gentleman from wisconsin to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2560 as americaed on which yeas and nays are ordered the clerk will report the title.

the clerk: union calendar number 358 h.r. 2560, a bill to require the secretary of commerce to establish the sea turtle assistance grant program and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 332, the nays are 82. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the question on suspending the rules and passing h.r. 6011, as

amended, on which the clerk will report the title. the clerk: union calendar number 346, h.r. 6011. a bill to direct the secretary of the interior and the secretary of agriculture to notify applicants of the completion status of right of way applications under section 501 of the federal land policy and management act of 1976 and section 28 of the mineral leasing act. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the

gentleman from missouri seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i hereby remove my name as co-sponsor of h.r. 1139. the speaker pro tempore: the question is grant -- the request is granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house i a you a -- adjourns today, it adjourns to meet at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered.

the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. members, please take your conversations off the floor. the chair will now entertain requests for one mississippi speeches -- one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek

recognition? the gentleman is recognized. without objection. mr. gosar: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the life of my dear friend, andrew. today andrew needs our prayers and i ask the lord's hands he land upon him and heal him. andrew is a third generation rancher from cottonwood, arizona. he and his family have been ranching since 1922. ranching and raising beef are more than just a business. it's a way of life for andrew. he's a member of the arizona 4-h hall of fame and a past arizona agriculturist of the year. as a former president of the arizona cattle growers association, the past president of the national cattleman's association, he's been the voice and brains of the cattle industry for decades. andrew has dedicated his entire life and time and energy to the mentoring of young people interested in the field of agriculture. while simultaneously leading the effort to ensure arizona's cattle industry thrivings in the face of challenges, he's always

been a great steward and emphasized the importance of spheurdship of the land. over the years if i ever had had a question about anything related to ranching, andrew was my first person i would seek to call up for advice. it's often said the best people in the world are in the cattle business but none are better than andrew. i'm very proud and blessed to know andrew and mary beth, his wife, and to call them my friends. it's my high honor to recognize andrew today. god bless you as my friend, andrew. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: members will please be reminded to take your conversations off the house floor. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from washington seek recognition? without objection, the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor the life of raul chopra, a member of our

democratic family who tragically passed away on march 11. he was kind, caring and a constant source of optimism. ms. delbene: growing up in california, his interests in politics started from an early age and never wavered. turning what was first a passion into a profession. whether working for senator mark kelly or any one of many democratic partner groups and committees throughout the years, raul was determined to build a career that would make the world a fairer and more just place. what was especially inspiring about him was the pure exuberance he took in being a mentor to the members of his team, often coupled with an irreverend sense of humor and kind word. raul will be remembered for his signature laugh, encyclopedic knowledge and a generosity of spirit that was incandescent. survived by his parents and brother, he will be missed terribly by us all. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for

what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. carter: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the life of george "budd" dire. he passed away on easter sunday surrounded by his loved ones. bud's life of service began when he joined the navy in 1961. after his military service ended in 1969, bud earned a degree from florida state university. bud and his wife moved their children to young harris, georgia, where bud served as a missions director for young harris college for over 30 years. bud also was a decades' long trusted advisor to the college president and the fraternity. so known and beloved by the entire young harris community e widely referred to as uncle bud on campus. beyond his remarkable career,

bud also served the community as the first fire chief of the young harris volunteer fire department for over 20 years. bud was a dedicated member of sharp memorial united methodist church where he faithfully took on a variety of roles. my thoughts and prayers go out to his wife, woody, his four children, and 10 grandchildren. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor my constituent, elizabeth gomez. elizabeth is a community advocate driven to affect positive change within underserved communities. ms. kamlager-dove: as a co-founder of the integrated community collaborative, a coalition of parents and self-advocates fighting for individuals and families with intellectual and developmental

disabilities, elizabeth established the community outreach program to address disparities and inequities facing neuro diverse individuals like her 17-year-old son, oscar, who has down syndrome, within california's support systems. elizabeth also serves on the local advisory committee on self-determination for the westside regional center and previously served on the board of disability rights of california. as we celebrate autism acceptance month, please join me in thanking elizabeth for her tireless advocacy to strengthen accessibility and inclusion in our community. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, mr.

speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize april as the month of the military child. this month we focus on the children whose parents are defending our freedom at home and abroad. these children are resilient. these children have courage. these children have strength. while they wake up, go to school, complete their homework and participate in after-school activities like other children, they're also missing their mom or dad who may be deployed or away for training. yet they keep going. mr. speaker, military children's strength and sacrifice does not go unnoticed and that is why for the entire month of april, we raise awareness and we give special recognition to military children. military connects children, youth and teens deal with difficult emotions as they face concerns of their parents' safety along strong senses of pride for their parents' service. mr. speaker, we must recognize the service and sacrifice our military children face.

thank you for your service, for your sacrifice, and for your bravery. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks as necessary. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from california is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i rise to once again recognize the national day of silence. a day when students and allies, especially in california's 19th congressional district, speak up for the lgbtq community by taking a vow of silence. mr. panetta: by remaining silent for an entire day, they are highlighting the many challenges faced by our lgbtq youth. one student who is taking part is zion from delta high school in california. zion told me that one statement doesn't have to be loud to be impactful. instead the national day of silence is powerful because it highlights not only the difficulties in discrimination but also the resilience and solidarity of the lgbtq

community. zion believes that this day proves that yelling and outrage are not necessarily the only way to be heard and reminds us and reinforces our shared dreams of a world where love knows no bounds. mr. speaker, i commend zion and others for taking the national day of silence take -- taking part in the national day of silence and their willingness to be quiet for one day recognizes all of those with the will to speak up every day for the lgbtq community. thank you, mr. speaker. 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. mr. lamalfa: thank you, mr. speaker. we'll soon be heading into fire season, unfortunately, in the west. and what does that mean each year? hundreds of thousands, even millions of acres of forest land that is lost due to wildfire, due to the nonmanagement of these lands. u.s. forest service needs to increase its pace and scale dramatically to get the work

done out there that will make our forests safer and also use the product that we grow in this country. since china's buying a little less material news to these days, the u.s. has gone from number two to number one as a wad importer. why in the heck are we importing wood products when we have the timber in our western lands that we have to instead watch burn year after year after year? putting the jobs back in this country, in these rural communities that have been boarded up in so many cases, we're losing lumber mills by every day because forest service is not actk quickly enough or with the space and scale we need to be doing. we need to have the jobs here, the harvest here and the healthy forests and much less wildfire that comes with all that. it's a win-win-win. let's get to work. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one

minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. kaptur: this past weekend, columbus, ohio, hosted the ncaa women's final four. americans and people around the world were focus those opposed, no talent of caitlin clark as the iowa hawkeyes matched up with l.s.u. and the university of south carolina, something fantastic happened along the way. this story just gets better. for the first time in ncaa tournament history, the women's game had higher viewership than the men's championship. the women's champion had 18,750 while the men's only had 14,827. the women had four million more plus view tharyns the guys. as someone who knows a thing or

two about the strides women have made in this country i can't express how proud i am of these women of sport and women's accomplishments both on the basketball court as well as representatives for the united states of america off the court. truly are writing a more robust and complete american history. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. we rise to congratulate the women's south carolina basketball team on winning the 2024ncaa championship. mr. clyburn: in a tremendous demonstration of skill, teamwork and depth, the gamecocks clinched their third national title on april 7, 2024, the cherry on top of the undefeated

season. coach dawn staley, who i'm proud to call a friend, deserves enormous praise. despite losing all of last year's starters, coach staley built a remarkable and talented team of young recruits and transformed them into a cohesive unit. their dominance wasn't just about individual talent. a 37-point contribution from the bench in the championship game speaks volumes about teamwork. undoubtedly, this victory is a celebration of collective strength, sacrifice, and skillful leadership. as the confetti settles and the celebrations continue, one thing is certain. the future of south carolina women's basketball is bright.

and we will all gather on sunday to celebrate more. go, gamecocks. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from nevada seek recognition? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from nevada is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to congratulate the team of very bright state of the unions from the west career academy in southern nevada who will be competing in the national finals of the we the people competition. ms. lee: they have been learning all they can about our constitution in preparation to be tested by seasoned lawyers and politicians from all around the country. but these kids aren't all future leaders themselves, many of them aspire to have diverse careers in medicine, science, and the

arts. but what ties them together is a commitment to being educated senns, dedicated to developing their own opinions and exemplifying the best of our democracy. i think we could all learn a thing or two about their passion for respecting diverse perspectives and finding common ground. with that, i congratulate them and i yield the rest of my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recog recognition? >> address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized ifer one

minute. >> i rise to celebrate the life and legacy of caroline williams who was a wife, mother and inspiration to our community. mr. correa: carolyn spent her long, successful career at pacific bell where she blazed a path to upper management. she was blessed with a beautiful family including 27 grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, and she made sure to attend every birthday, graduation, and family event. carolyn also dedicated time to the southern california community as an active member of her local union and a leader in her local p.t.a. carolyn, you leave behind a beautiful legacy of service to your family, to the orange county community, your husband kenny, our community, and i will continue to celebrate your beautiful and long life for years to come. mr. speaker, i yield. the speaker pro tempore: for

what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: just hours ago in this chamber the prime minister of japan asked this congress, without u.s. support how long before the hopes of ukraine would collapse under the onslaught from moscow? the answer is, not long. it's been 469 day since we last secured aid for ukraine that. ukrainians continue to mount courageous and effective defense despite our inaction is a testament to their skill on the battlefield and their determination and courage to defend democracy. they are running dangerously low on ammunition, however. they cannot prevail without our help. i echo what prime minister kishida said today, the leadership of the united states is indispensable. let us not retreat from leadership. let us not leave our ukrainian

allies without ammunition. america is the world's hope. let us not fall short. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker, today i rise to announce my introduction of the baltimore bridge relief act. mr. mfume: i'd like to thank the entire maryland dell gage for their unite and unanimous co-sponsorship of this bill. as most know, on march 26, early in the morning, our nation experienced a terrible tragedy. when a large cargo ship collided with the francis scott key

bridge, leading to the loss of six lives and leading to a major disruption of the nation's supply chain. with so much at stake we must have a response that is successful to this american disaster. this bill is a step toward accomplishing everything we said we would do, 100% of the way, plain and simple. so we have a long path ahead of us and i along with my colleagues from every corner of america remain committed to do what we have to do, to move us along the path of recovery and toward rebuilding this bridge. i urge all members of this body to join me in voting to pass the baltimore bridge relief act. i yield back, mr. speaker, the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for

one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for one minute. mr. davis: mr. speaker, i wholeheartedly stand in full support of the $14.3 billion aid package to our ally israel. let me be clear. i stand firmly with israel. and we must take swift and decisive action against hamas. it is heartbreaking that innocent people are caught in the crossfire. but we must honor the laws of armed conflict and we must never waiver. it is essential that we continue our efforts to defeat hamas extremists and get all hostages back with their loved ones. hostages like keith segal known as a quiet and kind man from

north carolina. we must bring him home to his wife and family. bring them home now. we must never, ever lose focus here. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? >> i ask to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from rhode island is recognized. mr. magaziner: thank you, mr. speaker. we need a immigration policy that's safe and fair. there must be a process for those looking to come legally. anyone who poses a danger to our country should be remove. the american people are counting on congress to act. unfortunately, house republicans prefer a problem to talk about rather than working together on a solution. last year, president biden requested $14 billion in funding

for the border including 1,300 new border patrol agents and the senate came up with a bipartisan plan to secure the border and reform our immigration system. but house republicans refuse to even call a vote. why? because donald trump doesn't want us to solve the problem. he wants to campaign on it. i urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. let's get serious about working together on real immigration reform, secure the border, provide a path to citizenship for those who earn it, stop the grandstanding and get to work for the american people. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? mr. grothman: i'd like unanimous consent to speak for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. grothman: one of the problems we have in society that came to light is the people who influence public opinion are particularly when funded by the government too much, in my opinion, in favor of the left.

public university certainly should be given a very even distribution of information. recently in an underpublished story, a great guy, a liberal guy, uri berliner, senior business editor of npr, reviewed the party designation of 87 members in the local npr office. i ask people how many do you think are registered democrat and how many are republican? people laugh. they say i bet 84 are democrat, three are republican. actually, it's 87 and zero. now i respect him, a liberal, for digging out this information. but can you imagine, right now there are is such a completely lack of diversity in the type of people who disseminate how to deal with the issues today that the npr local office is made up

of 87 democrats and zero republicans. i hope everybody in this chamber, not only in the field of education but apparently also in the field of broadcast news, realizes we have a fundamental problem in this country and that we have no diversity in the newsroom or the faculty lounge. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from new york is recognized for one minute. mr. bowman: thank you, mr. speaker. we are facing a mental health crisis. yesterday i introduced the access in mental health act to highlight and issue that's critical to our democracy and our collective mental health. everyone deserves access to diverse mental health professionals. that's why i introduced this legislation which will invest in

hbcu's, tcu's, and h.s.i.'s, to create and expand graduate programs in mental health field and pursue students pursuing graduate degrees in mental heath in these institutions. i'm grateful to have the partnership of maria from westchester, new york, the hispanic association of colleges and university and the american psychological association in moving this bill forward. as an educator in the bronx i saw how powerful it was for students to have mentors who looked like them. everyone deserves to turn to someone they can trust who reflect theirs identities. we need to diversify and expand our mental health work force to meet the needs of every american, especially our most marginalized communities. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from

texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i do want to first start by indicating that all of the hostages should be brought home in this heinous crisis that we're facing. and our innocent women and children and others in the palestinian crisis should be fed and protected and as well we must find peace, security and democracy in the area. at the same time i want to come home to america and apprise the american people that we must be concerned about having a fair and equal election season. we must be afraid of the intrusion of russia. we must be afraid of the attack on our technological systems of elections and i'm calling on the f.b.i. and other federal law enforcement agencies to protect the federal elections that are

coming up in the near future. those are congressional and as well the presidential election. we must recognize that we are the beacon of democracy, the citadel of democracy is this place where i stand. it will not have that name unless we call upon all of our resources to make sure that we are not attacked by forces that want to change democracy in front of our very eyes. i close, mr. speaker, by saying to the attorney general, it is imperative that we have voting rights now in this nation. with that, mr. speaker, i'll talk more next week. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 9, 2023, the gentleman from arizona, mr. schweikert, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. schweikert: thank you, mr. speaker tro -- thank you, mr. speaker pro tempore. i yield as much time as she consumes to the gentlewoman from

virginia. >> mic, i rise today to recognize -- mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the importance of the u.s.-israel relationship, urge congress to support our a ally now more than ever. israel is a strong and resilient. born in the aftermath of the horrors of the holocaust and the second world war, israel's short history is full of successes. ms. kiggans: israel's become one of the world's leading nations for innovation and technology. its contributions to fields like cybersecurity, health care and agriculture benefit americans every day. most importantly, israel is and always will be our closest ally in the middle east. i recently returned from a trip to israel last week with several of my house colleagues where we saw with our own eyes the devastation of the october 7 terror attacks. we visited the kibbutz miles outside of gaza and the novembera music festival where hundreds of young people were murdered or kidnapped. we heard from the parents of an

israeli american hostage who has been held captiving but hamas for 188 days -- byas for 1882 -- captive by hamas for 188 days. we saw children's toys scattered throughout yards. we could almost feel and smell just life there, the life that had been, that was no longer. everything i saw and everything i learned verified the brutality of hamas' unprovoked attacks and reinforced the need to support our long-time ally. the message we all walked away with was the same. hamas must be eliminated. during our trip, we met with president herzog and prime minister netanyahu who shared with us the importance of continuing a strategic partnership between our two nations. the u.s.-israel relationship is truly the embodiment of peace through strength. by standing together we demonstrate to our adversaries that we will not be intim dated -- intimidated and we'll defend our shared interests. asthma lishes regimes like iran -- as malicious regimes like

iran continue backing up radical organizations, a strong and secure israel is important. israel did not start this war but they have to do -- they have a right to defend themselves from brutal terrorists. hamas' horrific october 7 attacks, as well as the more than 170 attacks against our own armed forces by iranian proxies, have occurred since, are concrete evidence that our enemies are emboldened. because of weak foreign policy choices made by this administration, starting with the chaotic afghanistan withdrawal, i worry that our friends don't trust us as much and our enemies certainly aren't fearing us as much. we must make smarter choices on the world stage to fight the evil that unfortunately exists in the global arena. as a navy veteran who deployed twice to the persian gulf, i know how volatile this region is and understand that a key element of our own national security is the strength and security of israel. the only democracy in the middle east. now more than ever the united

states must stand with israel to ensure the safety of not only one of our closest allies, but also that of america and all freedom-loving people across the imloab. i -- globe. i remain steadfast in my support for israel and will do everything in my power to provide the israeli people with the military and security assistance they need as they fight to defend their nation. in a world that gets more dangerous by the day, we cannot fail to project strength abroad. standing with our allies and providing unwavering support is the right place to start. thank you and i yield back. mr. schweikert: thank you. mr. speaker, i'd like to yield to the gentleman from california who is my friend, as much time as he may consume. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the life and to mourn the passing of a dear friend of mine and my wife heather's, roberta

darlene mccarthy. mr. obernolte: roberta, who was known to her friends as berta, as bert, was born in los angeles and moved to bakersfield, california in 1946. she attended east bakersfield high school where she met her high school sweetheart and her future husband, owen mccarthy. owen was a captain in the bakerfield fu -- bakersfield fire department and bert spent much of her time in service to her community. they deeply wanted to help their friends and neighbors which was a core value they passed on to their children, michelle, mark and, last but certainly not least, one of this chamber very's very own, the 55th speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy. bert was instrumental in getting the anti-graffiti program for the county started and she volunteered for many charities in bakersfield. her passion for helping others meant that she often worked with some of the people who needed help the most. patients suffering from cancer.

she regularly volunteered at the comprehensive blood and cancer center in bakersfield and at the american cancer society where she helped patients and their families fight cancer and overcome the many difficulties related to treatment. bert was a strong mother, a strong grandmother whose family and their needs always came first. she loved her community, she loved helping others and she made everyone who met her instantly feel like they were talking to a family friend. bert had such a gregarious and warm personality that even people in washington who didn't care for her son, kevin, and there were a few, cared for bergt -- bert. she was always willing to lend a helping hand to those in need. herselfishness knew -- her i'm sorry, that should have been selflessness, and her acts of kindness reverberated far beyond the confines of her immediate

circle. bert put her faith in god and she knew one day she would be called to go up to heaven and meet her creator. bert's spirit will continue to live on in the memories of her children and their partners, her grandchildren, and everyone her life touched, including me and my wife, heather. i urge that we not mourn her passing but instead celebrate the incredible legacy she left behind and carry forward her kindness, her strength and her boundless love for others. i will miss her. i yield back. mr. schweikert: mr. speaker, i'm going to try doing something this evening and this is going to be a -- difficult because i'm going to try to explain something that's been annoying me and then i'm concerned that

what i'm learn something actually really dangerous to our society and then we're going to walk through some of the latest budget numbers. look, if you don't have a life and you're someone that watches c-span, you've had to deal with me once a weak coming up here and functionally doing economic lectures and i don't mean to sound like a jerk, i'm just trying to make it so there's an understanding of the actual fiscal situation we are facing as a country. and a couple weeks ago i did one and, boom, i didn't believe there was this many people that don't have a life on youtube, but it has like 960,000 views. and i've been blessed. this has happened multiple times over the last couple of years. and then i made a mistake. i actually looked at some of the comments and this started a couple of years ago. and you're going, well, that's not true. well, that has to be a robot. well, that's a bot, why is that

one written in horrible english? so we actually started a little project in our office a couple months ago trying to understand what is the foreign infiltration into our ability to communicate in our society? how many bad actors are basically filling up this thing with crap? with things that are completely not true? and it turned out we found academic article after ac democratting article -- academic article, microsoft doing huge data analytics, all sorts of things out there that in many ways we're at war. we don't actually understand it. but we have a war going on and it's a war for hearts and minds and there are bad actors around this world. the number of data points we

have here showing particularly china, russia, iran, and it's getting weaponized at a level i don't think any of us are intellectually ready for because a.i. is here. the plain language is here. and they're moving off of just your facebook page or your social media accounts. it is moving into now fake text messages. all sorts of other ways where they're going to try to pollute and take down the west. and we are not the only ones. we have map after map of what china just did to taiwan. now, taiwan actually has built a policy on how to help combat it. they get attacked on social media with fake stuff, they have teams that turn around and say, ok, here's what they said, here's the documents, look it up yourself. i don't think we're ready for

this. how do you and i and our brothers and sisters on the left and anyone that actually cares about this country, how do you have honest debates, honest discussions about the, in my case, i call it crushing debt, but other policy things when you actually lay out facts, you lay out the information of what's going on, and 90 seconds later there's a bot that basically is putting out absolute crap? how do you hold a society together? when you can't even agree on the baseline facts to build the debate from when article after article -- and some of these are huge. i brought the -- these are the executive summaries. i mean, some of the ones we've gone through are hundreds of pages of tracking entire troll

farms that -- there's one document here saying that china may be spending multiple billions of dollars in influence operations here in this country to basically distort reality. and the point i'm going at right now, this seems like a weird place to go for a guy that wants to talk about the numbers of what's happening in our government. i'm incredibly frustrated because i do not know how we have an honest debate when we have a disinformation wave coming at us from functionally governments, let alone the private troll farms that do it just for clickbait, to make money. but how do you have an honest debate when our brothers and sisters, our constituents at home, our activists see things that are absolutely not true? we're going to have to find out some way for us to have a

commonality of these are the facts, or how do i make -- i hate to say this, how do i make the public absolutely cynical, don't believe me, don't believe the crap -- ex cue me, yeah, the crap on your phone, look up yourself, find things you trust and confirm it. because we have articles after articles here documenting the troll farms, documenting the new bot farms, documenting the use of new a.i. and this one is actually sort of scary. because it's going to be industrialized. you think things are screwy right now? wait a couple more months when we're in the middle of the election season and this government here has already decided they're going to -- look what russia's done to ukraine. what people believe about ukraine. look what the palestinians and their teammates in iran and oddly enough, coming through china, are doing to israel.

... we're going to have to grow up and deal with the reality of it, as much of the information that's coming smashing into this country isn't real. and we're going to have to become much more discerning on it. so look, that's my caveat. please, because we have such incredibly difficult things to deal with. and there's hope. but it's hard. you know, i've said a dozen times behind this microphone, a family of saying, for every hard, difficult problem there's a simple solution. that's absolutely wrong. it turns out complexity often requires complexity. but we have hope if we just get off our hineys and start to deal with reality. let's walk through retail of united states math right now. we made this chart today.

it's accurate but it's also missing a couple of things. but the point i want to make is you see this blue area? that's what a member of congress gets to vote on. that's defense. and that's what we call nondefense discretionary. that's the park service, the f.b.i., that's the state department. this. see all that red? none of that gets a vote from a member of congress. the vast, vast majority of our pending is on auto pilot and this interest number here is actually the net number, not the grows number, because there's another $300 billion or so that's borrowed if the trust funds that we still have to pay back. we still have to pay interest. but we sort of hide that. where other european countries have to tell the truth about their total borrowing. how do we, as members of congress, go home and explain

every dime you, as a member of congress, vote on is borrowed. every dime we vote on. and if you use my projections on the borrowing for this year, $800 billion of medicare is borrowed. and the economy is actually ok. how can we be at the current g.d.p., and i didn't check g.d.p. now on the atlanta fed before i walked in here, i think it was like 2.4, 2.5. which is a fairly decent g.d.p. growth considering where interest rates are and those things. yet a couple of days ago we were breaking in, forgive me, i'm going to do this slightly out of order to make a point. no, i don't even have it. in the last week we have had two times where we went over

$100,000 a second in borrowing. every second we were borrowing over $100,000. it came down a little bit today, today i think we're back to $98,000 a second, that's over a 12-month period. 365 days of borrowing, averaging it out, dwiegd it down so you know per second. if i had come to this body a couple of years ago and said we're going to be borrowing $100,000 a second, you'd have thought i was out of my mind. but we're doing it. $100,000 a second is our borrow rate. and there's my anger. we will have honorable debates here but we're often debating over a couple of minutes worth of borrowing. because we're unwilling to talk about the driver of debt. interest and health care.

there's not a lot we can do about interest because here's how bad the interest numbers continue to be for us. i did this board a couple of weeks ago, actually a month ago. i was saying my math is gross interest, will be $1,067,000,000,000. i got some crap for it how much can you say that? you'll be happy to know that yesterday the treasury announced, no, schweikert was rock. interest will be $1,143 -- $1,143.6 trillion. if you saw what interest rates did this week with the highest inflation data, the number is going to go higher. understand the hierarchy right

now. social security is going to spend $1,450 billion. but that's how tax receipts and the trust fund. now the trust fund will be gone in eight or nine years. but right now it's self-contained. interest. is the second biggest spend in this government. you know what the third is? medicare. defense is now number four. and because i know every member of congress here sits around, doesn't have a life, and reads,s the med p.a.c. report from last week. yes, i'm an idiot, i read it. there's one thing in here i wanted to make the point because i'm trying to get hi h tissue -- i'm trying to get my head around this. in 2022, way back then, medicare was 13% of income tax and corporate tax receipts. excuse me 13-rbg%.

in five more budget year, medicare spending will be 22% of all income tax, all corporate taxes. that's a remarkable movement. we had a tai tay point a couple of days ago saying medicare spending is up 10%. this year. but we're not allowed to talk about that. it's an earned benefit. you worked in america. it's just like social security. you worked your 40 quarters, you earned it. that doesn't mean we have to lie to each other. just as i'm angry about the foreigners polluting our information set, we do something similar. we avoid telling the truth. because the math is uncomfortable. and we're talking trillions and trillions and trillions of dollars here. maybe the debates on this floor shouldn't be rounding -- shouldn't be about rounding

errors, it should be about taking on the actual drivers of our debt. and now back to the point. even here i'm actually having to adjust so now we actually believe what we call net interest. let me explain the difference between gross and net. net interest is where we have to sell bonds. we have to get your pension system, your personal wealth, a nice family in japan, buying u.s. debt. gross is where we sell the bonds over here and we're borrowing from the trust funds. even though we have a technical problem. the transportation trust fund, medicare trust fund, social security trust fund, they're all gone in the next nine years. they're all gone. it's math. is it acceptable that this has become a math-free zone? and these numbers when i was starting to show these a couple

of months ago, and the inbound silliness we'd get, stop making up numbers. yeah, you're right, i missed them. i wasn't dark enough. c.b.o. will be updating all these numbers because it turns out interest has gotten more expensive. today's interest rate, we're back up to the highs, almost to the highs of next november. they haven't been going down, they're going the other direction. you saw the head of chase bank, jamie dimon in part of his report to share holders the past weekend, saying his economists believe there's a very good chance, interest rates are going higher. and look. put these down and try not to hit anyone with them. please look at this chart. please look at this. you see this line over here? this is 1975 to 2001, the

average on u.s. sovereign debt was 7.5%. the average for all those years was 7.5%. that was actually the average. now, i accept that has some of the 1980's. paul volker. but that was the average. then go 2001 to 2022. absolutely suppressed interest rates. we lived in a fantasy world. it was down to 2.2%. ok. that's your juxtaposition. what's the real interest rate? what's the real cost of money here? we're only right now at 3.3%. our economists in the joint economic committee republican side and even myself we're trying to figure out where it's going. we don't think it's going down. we need to somehow understand the reality. if you're borrowing $100,000 a second, duke there's lots of

liquidity out there to see your interest rates come falling? what would happen to the united states debt when you functionally have a total of, what, 34.7, in may we go to 35, in september we'll be over 36. because we're clicking you have a about $1 trillion of borrowing about every 110, 115 days right now. think about that. what happens if the interest rates go anywhere back to the historic norm? are we allowed to tell our constituents the truth? it's just -- it breaks my heart because there is a path but you have to be willing to be disruptive, you have to be willing to be moral in saying ok if these are the cost drivers,

the actual cost drivers, not the theatrics, i always love it when i go and read some of the comments. if you just got rid of your salaries. final, maybe we're overpaid. trust me, for our work, we are. but it's 2.6 seconds a day of all borrowing. foreign aid is about five days of borrowing. and there's the fantasy. and then there's the other side. the democrats. tax rich people! ok. fine. have at it. you've seen the -- done the economic studies multiple times here on the floor showing that you take your on plans, $400,000 and up and maximize every tax. state tax, capital gains tax, do it all. maximize it to the rev view producing maximum and do the economic adjustment you get 1.5% of g.d.p. that's studies. 1.5% of g.d.p.

we're borrowing over 9.6 right now. if you -- if someone out there is brilliant and you have an easier way to explain this, send it to me. i feel like i'm treading water here while people look and go, schweikert, you did another speech on the floor, that's interesting. i didn't watch, though. and you start to understand that when you do the comparisons of where we're heading, this is one numbers saying in nine budget years, you're going to have $62 trillion of borrowing. that's what we're trying to compare. we're slicing the difference

between our projection and the c.b.o. baseline but the punchline here. the president's budget in nine budget years has us at $70 trillion and the c.b.o. has us at $62 trillion. trillion, not billion, trillions. that's nine budget years from now. am i the only idiot here that's terrified? this is moral? but we're going to engage in theatrics that's not even a day's worth of borrow, even an hour's worth, a minute's worth of borrowing because that's what we're willing to debate over because we're terrified to stand in front of audiences and say unless we revolutionize the cost of health care, i can't make the numbers work. so what are you willing to do? and that's with all the leftist taxes. and you start to look, because

the other day i was taking inbound from one of my democrat friends, well, you had the tax cut. have you seen your own numbers on even just the inflation reduction act? seriously. you're right down here. that's going to only cost $20 billion the next year $14 billion. and the actual now number projections where some of the years it's over $120 billion outlays? that's cash money, subsidies, to corporate america. they basically bought the love of multinational corporations. god bless them. and it's more than the entire 10-year cost of the tax reform that actually spread out wealth. but they can't admit i'm sending in my own rules because i keep coming here and say maybe we should spend less time legitimating the past and dealing with the demographics

and the math right now. so let's take a look at some of the things we're up against. why is the public so cranky? seriously. i try to have this conversation with folks. and i'm blessed. i represent the phoenix-scottsdale area, i represent one of the most beautiful spots particularly in the winter months. i represent a well educated district and entrepreneurial district and a lot of my folks -- if you see on the surface they are dealing fairly well in life and they are stressed out of their minds because in my district, we have had the highest inflation in the continental united states. if you don't make 23.6% more money today than you did the day president biden took office, you

are poorer. so no matter what economic data the clown show -- body of congress wants to talk about, over and over and over, jobs are this, unemployment is this, this is what matters. when you actually look at the data of those who are nonsupervisory and supervisory, today they are poorer even when you put back in wage growth. our brothers and sisters are poor today. and in my district it's worse and i have a prosperous district. you want to understand why people are struggling and angry and frustrated. maybe an honest conversation that we made them poorer. so here's an fleul tease. what is the biggest tax hike in modern history? come on.

what is the biggest tax hike in modern history? if i came to you right now and said the thousand dollars, the dollar you saved up and over the next 3, 3 1/2 years, we are going to take away a quarter of its value, we made you poorer. that's called inflation. but where did that value go? it went to the debtors. who is the biggest debtor in the world? unions. we transferred your wealth through inflation and devalued the debt. the problem is now we hit the interest rate cycle and devalue youing the debt through inflation and now the financing of our debt explodes as well as the fact and this is a little trickier to talk about, social security, medicare, these other

things, have kickers for inflation in there. so you get a short-term benefit and see a little spike about a year and a half ago when debt to g.d.p. and it has grown because of the differential because of inflation. now all that benefit is gone and it's getting really ugly because of the financing of the debt. i just showed you, if you do the gross number, it's on its way to 1.2 trillion dollars just this year. interest now is the second biggest expense in our government. and in a little while, you got to understand back to my fixation of we need to find some way to -- through technology, disruption, cures to disrupt the health care, guess what,

mr. speaker? in a few years, medicare passes social security in total spending. the social security is number one, defense is number two, medicare is number three and interest is way down here. now interest is number two. but social security is number one and few years, health care costs will be the number one costs. this is medicare and not adding in indian health care services, the v.a., medicaid. now, look, much of its -- it is demographics. this is where there is a problem, we are so busy attacking the left, the fact of the matter is people are getting older, is that republican or democrat? it's demographics. we know it's going to happen.

67 million baby boomers for how long? 65 years. and we did brilliant planning for it, really. but understanding charts like this is in front of us and we will do everything we can to ignore it. this chart is a little hard to read and makes a point and uses it from our colleagues on the left. as we get near the eight-year window, we get back closer to 18%, this is structural. 18% of g.d.p. coming in as taxes. yet, the debt continues to grow even with that, because substantially interest keeps going and the other expenses particularly driven once again,

health care costs. unless we are willing to tell the truth, how do you take on the problem? and this one's more for my republican brothers and sisters. in 2023, how many times have you heard one of us say growth, growth is incredibly important. and you can spike growth by cleaning up the immigration system, moving to a talent base and not importing massive poverty. you can do getting technology as much as your regulator. there are dozens of things you can do policy-wise to create growth. but if you had someone who said

we will grow ourselves out of borrowing hundred,000 a second, they are not good at math. here's the basic simple rule. g.d.p., the size of the economy in 2023 grew a trillion and a half dollars. yay. but you do understand for that growth, you only get 17, 18, maybe even 19% of that in tax receipts. so -- it's wonderful, but it's not dollar-for-dollar. people will say you borrowed $2.5 trillion but the economy grew 1.5 but i only get 17% in tax receipts. do you understand the scale of growth you have to have for the tax receipts to come close to the borrowing. that would require elementary school math, wouldn't it?

and back to the baseline. our brt thyrse and sisters are struggling. many of them are having -- if you are in markets like i am where housing costs have gone up and food and americans are struggling. i have shown the inflation numbers. and into that headwind, we have to find a way to stabilize the borrowing to that growth of the economy at the same time we have to find a way to get beyond the liars out there that are trying to pollute the debate, because they want to see this country fail. and if we don't step up and do our jobs and start telling

people the truth, realize there is a path to stabilize our debt to g.d.p. and this could be a stunning century for america. but my fear is when i look at the debt spiral that's coming, if interest rates continue to go where they're going, maybe three years, five years and at that point then, most of what this government does is we have handed the power of this government to the power of the bond market because the bond market will be in charge of us and it will decide what our priorities are because they will control the price of our debt. they will control our resources. make a decision, are you willing to act like adults, digest facts, double-check your facts

and then demand members of congress start thinking like -- it's implight to curse beyond the mic, start thinking where they are willing to do difficult things that are accurate on their calculator and not their feelings, because you can't make public policy with feelings and have it actually work out on your calculator. and as the old family saying for the schweikert household, the math will eventually win. and with that, i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. under the speaker's announced policy of january 9, 2023, the gentleman from kentucky,

mr. mcgarvey is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. mcgarvey: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and submit extraneous material into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgarvey: thank you, mr. speaker, i rise today -- i rise this week with a heavy heart. it is exactly one year since tragedy struck my community in louisville, kentucky. it was just last year, it was a monday morning, the day after easter, the first day back from spring break, you know what kind of day this was, it's a kentucky spring day. the air was crisp.

the sun was bright, it was perfect. that type of spring morning that had families heading back into school and heading us back into work with a since of rebirth and renewal. unfortunately, it didn't last. spring's ritual beauty was shattered by the unfamiliar boons from ar-15, the smells of smoke, the sounds of sirens, of screams. it was a monday morning, april 10, 2023, that a lone gunman took an assault rifle into the old national bank on main street in louisville and opened fire on his colleagues and took the lives of five innocent people. josh barrett, dena eckert, jim tut, juliana farmer and my

friend tommy elliott. eight other people were injured, including officer nick wilt. he was in just his fourth shift as a police officer when he ran head first into gunfire. his heroism saved lives. but he took an ar-15 round to the head. miraculously, he survived. and he continues to recover and get stronger every day. that wasn't it. just hours later and just a few blocks away, shevaughn moore was hit at the technical college and struck by bullets in between

classes. thankfully she survived. that was a monday morning. it got worse. there was another mass shooting in louisville later that week, combined with the tragedies of every day gun violence, five more were killed by gunfire by week's end. it was awful. it ripped into us as a community. the scars are still there for so many to see, especially now, especially this week. . . . . i think any decent person hearing this story recognizes that it's tragic. anyone with an iota of compassion for the families, for

the lives lost, for the senseless waste of human potential knows how sad this is. but if i told you this story 20 years ago, the world would have stopped. it would have been all you heard about on the news, on the internet, and newspapers. a national crisis that would have demanded urgent action and all of our attention. today, it was off the news quickly. why? i can answer that. we've grown accustomed to this. unbelievably, this is our norm.

now louisville, kentucky, on a perfect spring morning, the day after easter, the first day back from spring break, isn't unique in the horrors it experienced from a mass shooting that day. no. it just got added to a very long list of american cities experiencing this tragedy. gone are the days of recognizing american cities for their contributions to our culture, motown the city of brotherly love, the gateway to the west, the big apple, the big easy. no. now we define our cities by their tragedies, aurora, you voleddee -- uvalde, el paso,

monterey park, and louisville, kentucky. it's one of those moments as a lifelong louisvilleian you'll always remember. i know where i was when i got the call. i was still with my family. and in these jobs, there's times you try to shield your children from some of the things you have to deal with, hear, or learn. but it was too shocking. i looked at my wife and i said, there's been a mass shooting. my elementary school daughter heard me. her face sank. she was ashen. she just looked as she said, which school? of course that was her first

reaction. in elementary schools they now do active shooter drills instead of tornado drills. gun violence is the number one killer of kids in america. we can't be shocked by that reaction. and even though it broke my heart, and maybe it should, we can't let it break our brains. i think we agree that 20 years ago these tragedies would have hit much harder, that they would have been an anomaly instead of the norm. what's changed? why is it different? well, i can point to one thing. the assault weapon ban has expired. and since then, the gun culture

has exploded. and i don't mean hunting and responsible gun ownership. i mean the toxic culture promoted by gun manufacturers and the n.r.a. the idea that weapons of war are toys and status symbols, that the right to arm yourself with the capacity to kill in mass trumps our right to live. america's epidemic of gun violence that takes more than 40,000 lives per year and more children than any other cause, almost always has a slew of common denominators, firearm, often a semi automatic purchased under a legal framework that only exists in america. nowhere else in the world has seen this epidemic of death and done absolutely nothing about

it. many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle insist this is a coincidence, that the very instrument of death for hundreds of thousands of our fellow americans makes us safer, and that the more we have, the safer we'll be, that somehow if every american had a gun, rates of gun violence would decrease. it would be comically absurd if it weren't so dangerous and so heartbreaking. but it should break our hearts, each time, each loss of life as if it were happening 20, 25 years ago. the gut wrenching disbelief we felt over columbine. we can't let it break our brains. it isn't that complicated. this is not the world we are forced to live in. this is the world we have chosen

to live in. and we in this body can do something about it. no. nobody is talking about coming to your house and taking your guns. nobody wants to stop hunting trips. we're talking about the most basic, commonsense measures like safe storage, universal background checks, stop will the free flow of assault weapons and armor piercing ammo. will this end gun violence? absolutely not. will it save american lives? absolutely. immediately. we can debate how many lives. but isn't even one worth saving? this is not some fringe fantasy

either. these are literally some of the most popular bipartisan proposals in america. they're approved by 70% to 90% of the american public. today the biden administration announced a new rule, expanding background checks for gun sales. this closes the gun show loophole, ensuring guns aren't sold or traded for profit without a background check. good. and there's more to do. our constituents are crying out to us. we're all tired of seeing children killed in their schools and worrying that ours could be next. common sense gun reforms, not only are they overwhelmingly popular everywhere, they're

necessary. but while they're overwhelmingly popular everywhere, they're not overwhelmingly popular where they need to be, here in this building. last year after the shooting in louisville, i approached many of my colleagues across the aisle. i did it one-on-one, not in front of the cameras or for social media, but really to ask and say i think we agree, we want our communities to be safer, where can we meet on this? what can we do to protect our kids and our communities and save lives? i had really great conversations, talked about things that we had in common, things that we can do. but routinely, i was told that at the end of the day, it's not

something we can get through here. why not? we're ready. we're waiting. and i'm tired of waiting. the american people are tired of waiting. we can start saving lives today, and we know it. i know that my friends on the other side of the aisle are good people. and i mean that. i don't know in this instance, though, what we're afraid of by simply putting these things to a vote. gun violence right now is a choice, and it's time to make a new one. we can start saving lives today, and we should. mr. speaker, i appreciate the time, and i now yield to the

gentlewoman from michigan, my colleague, representative tlaib. ms. tlaib: thank you so much to my colleague for his courage in trying to save lives, especially the lives of our children and trying again to address the crisis we have in our country. it is an honor, always an honor to be able to serve the families of the 12th congressional district in michigan. before i was a congresswoman, my two sons made me a mother. and i'm speaking to you all as a mother more than anything. and it is important to understand this is a true fact that gun violence is the leading cause of death for children and teens in our country. as of today, there have been -- already been 106 mass shootings. that's more mass shootings than the days in the year so far. and you know what's more horrific? the fact that gun violence in our communities that is happening every single day doesn't even make the news

anymore. congress has become so numb, this institution, truly numb to the gun violence crisis in our country that they aren't even paying attention any longer. we cannot continue like this, mr. speaker. i refuse to accept the death of kids is the status quo. we have not voted on a single gun violence prevention bill under this republican majority. guns now have more rights in our country than women do. it's sick. it's disgusting that campaign donations from the n.r.a. and gun manufacturers have bought inaction and bought the silence of many of my colleagues and blocked many, many important major reforms we need to keep our communities safe across our nation. every one of our colleagues that refuses to vote for commonsense gun violence prevention i truly believe have blood on their

hands. responsibility. it's clear, they value guns more than the lives of our children. our children truly believe -- i truly believe this, they deserve so much more than inaction and our continued silence. thank so you much. and again, thank you to my colleague. i know i've seen him on this floor being a father, being a congressman. we know what's at stake. again, no parent ever should worry about their child when they leave home that they would be a victim of gun violence. thank you. i yield back. mr. mcgarvey: thank you, representative tlaib. it is heartbreaking. i had a parent tell me after the uvalde shooting they now look at their child's shoes every day before they go to school just in case they have to recognize them. i always said every policymaker in america should have been required to drop their kids off

at school the day after uvalde like i did. this is something we can do something about. mr. speaker, i'd like to yield to my colleague, the representative from california. >> thank you for the time and hosting this discussion tonight. when we talk about gun violence and all its horror, what comes to mind is mass shootings, assaults, and murders. these tragedies are so important, an important part of the conversation, and unfortunately, too much discussion in america and everyday life. but do not represent how most americans will encounter gun violence. every day in america, up to 2/3 of the gun deaths come about because of gun suicides, which

account again for a disproportionate amount of gun deaths in the united states every day. this wasn't about self-defense, this was about americans taking their own lives. 35 years ago on april 20th, i lost my own father to gun suicide. i was the last of my four siblings to talk to him and he gave no indication 3,000 miles away from where i lived at the time that he was considering suicide. 35 years later, we've not done enough to address this epidemic of suicide. mr. desaulnier: and for too many people, they continue to what's deaths amongst teens and children rose between 2019 and 2021. and firearm suicides amongst those ages 10-24 is the highest

rate in more than 20 years. 10-24 year olds in the united states are experiencing an overepidemic of gun suicides. these statistics are sobering. and we need to take action now. fortunately research has shown that there are solutions that we can do to help stop this. gun suicide rates in states with the strongest gun safety laws, like california, have actually decreased over the past two decades. meanwhile in states with the weakest gun safety laws, gun rates have increased by 40%. they have gone down in states with con stocious neal legal evidence-based research gun violence protection laws but gone up by 40% in those states that are the weakest. if all united states experienced

the same trend as the eight states with the strongest gun safety laws, approximately 72,000 fewer people would have died from gun suicides. the gun lobby often counters this evidence in the debate to say, oh, these people would have tried something else. not surprisingly, they are lying, they are lying about people taking their own lives with their product. researcher research has shown that there is experience have not seen a corresponding increase in suicides using other methods. the other methods most commonly used or vastly slower than by the availability of guns in the use of guns. calling to honor those lives who took their lives and to protect the most vulnerable we must

enact national proven reforms because where you live should not determine the probability of losing a loved one to gun suicide. i yield back. mr. mcgarvey: thank you for your wonderful words and your courage in telling your personal story and using it to help others. we have talked about mass shootings today. and i think it is also important we put some focus on every day gun violence. we've talked about guns and talked about crime. talked about the root causes of crime as well. and make sure that we are doing everything we can from public safety to guns to things like jobs, affordable housing, health care, hunger, education.

we also do need to talk about mental health and make sure that people in this country have the mental health support they need and deserve. there is no argument, the number one cause of gun deaths in this country is death by suicide. but when you talk about suicide and death by a firearm, there are ways to help prevent it. i met this week with a trauma team who did an amazing job on april 10, 2023, keeping people alive and navigating an incredibly difficult situation. and because suicide is the number one cause of gun death in this country, i talked with them about it. i spoke with dr. jason smith, a

trauma surgeon at the university of louisville. and he shared that person is most at risk of taking their own life, when they reach their lowest point and that lowest point typically only lasts for about 10 minutes. if you can get someone through that lowest point, they have an amazingly increased chance of living a full life. we know that there are laws that work to protect us. in my state of kentucky, we watch it across the river in indiana, where they have a state red flag law. we can make this a national priority through law and through funding, to help people get what they need, to help people who are in crisis and temporarily remove them from a firearm while

retaining their rights. desaulnier referenced that suicide is growing among young people and unfortunately it is. but that is not the only group affected. in fact, a statistic that worries me because louisville is located just north of fort knox, we have 50,000 veterans that live in our community. the single most at-risk group with death by a firearm are white men over the age of 50 who own a firearm and are a veteran. i'm on the veterans committee where even today in a committee hearing with the secretary, death by suicide was brought up

for veterans. people who are brave enough to put on a uniform and sacrifice everything for us, we should be brave enough to pass policies in this body that will help them. mr. speaker, i yield to my distinguished colleague from colorado, representative neguse. mr. neguse: first, let me thank the distinguished gentleman, my good friend from the commonwealth of kentucky, whose leadership with respect to addressing the scourge of gun violence that has unfortunately taken hold in so many parts of our country, has been unparalleled since he stepped into this august chamber ha last year. we are grateful for his service and leadership and grateful for initiating this important conversation tonight. i must say that there are many

constituents of mine who are frustrated, who are outraged, who are anguished at the inaction of this body to address an issue as fundamental as this one. what could be more important, mr. speaker, than the safety of our families? of our friends, our neighbors, our colleagues, of our children, of our fellow citizens? this congress has a job to do. and that job must include addressing gun violence, enacting commonsense reforms that we know will save lives. i have the distinct privilege, mr. speaker, of representing the great state of colorado and we

have been no stranger to the anguish of gun violence. next week, will mark the 25th anniversary of the tragic and devastating massacre at columbine high school. 13 students and a teacher murdered 25 years ago next week. three years ago, my community was devastated by yet another mass shooting at our local grocery store, 10 community members, mr. speaker, gunned down, including one police officer who bravely died in the line of duty saving lives making the ultimate sacrifice. mr. speaker, we have lost far too many. there are far too many mothers

and fathers, brothers and sisters, children, americans, dying from gun violence. we have the power to stop it. if we follow the articulate admonishon of my friend and colleague, mr. mcgarvey, by inspect passing legislation. for those who doubt to do so, i will point to fairly recent history. there were many, many who doubted the ability of the united states congress and the president to enact laws, commonsense laws that ultimately would and could save lives. they were wrong.

because of president biden's leadership, we passed a bill in the last congress, the 118th -- 117th congress. the bipartisan safer communities act. that law is saving lives today. earlier today, the white house, thanks to the leadership of president biden and vice president harris, the leadership of our attorney general, attorney general garland announced yet another reform, new rule pursuant to the bipartisan safer communities act that will finally close the gun show loophole. an important step forward, mr. speaker, and one that i applaud and i hope i sincerely hope that it can be a building block for us to take on.

now i have to confess, i looked at the notice in the rules committee, committee on which i serve, with quite dismay just a few short hours ago, what did that notice portend next week. we will spend our time on next week snr not gun violence prevention. the refrigerator freedom act. i kid you not. that is literally on the agenda next week, refrigerator freedom act. how about a bill to address gun violence? is that too much to ask? my constituents don't think so. i don't think the people of kentucky think so either. i thank the gentleman from kentucky for initiating this important conversation.

it is the beginning and not the end. i yield back to the gentleman. mr. mcgarvey: thank you, representative neguse, for your wonderful words. and i can't believer it's been 25 years since columbine and i find -- i know where i was when i found out that news and i watched in horror as students fled from the building and parents wondering if their kids were alive. and we grieve with colorado, not just for columbine, for boulder, for aurora. and hearing representative neguse talk about the tragedies reminded me of the mass shooting in louisville last year had several members of congress reach out to me immediately. they were not only offering their condolences and

sympathies, many of them experienced the same tragedy in their communities. they offered advice on how to deal with it and how to help your community get through it while you yourself grieve. so, in essence, there is a playbook on what to do after a mass shooting. i would like this body to act and have a playbook on how to stop the shootings from happening in the first place. because we know how to do it. we know the damage that assault weapons cause. we know the need for safe storage and universal background checks. and i'm tired of hearing there's nothing we can do when we're doing nothing. we can solve this uniquely

american problem. and we can solve it together. keeping our kids and our communities safer. it just takes the political will from this body to do it. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 9, 2023, the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from illinois, mrs. miller, for 30 minutes. mrs. miller: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the topic of this special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. miller: thank you, mr. speaker.

tonight i am incredibly privileged to join the patriots at concerned women for america for the third year in a row by recognizing april as faith month. it's a time when we can set aside our differences and talk about the most important aspect of our lives, our faith. since our founding in america, we have believed that god governs in the affairs of men. and actually, every day here in congress, we acknowledge god by opening congress with daily prayer. it was my faith in god that first inspired me to run for public office. as a christian, my faith is at the heart of everything i do. before any major decision or conflict, i ask god's wisdom to guide me in concurrence with his will. for my husband and i, our christian faith was central to

raising our seven children. now they are making faith the central pillar for the upbringing of our 20 grandchildren. we also put our christian faith first in running our family farm, seeking to honor god as stewards of the land and everything he has blessed us with. faith was key to our nation's founding. in fact, the pilgrims came to the new world in search of religious freedom, making the voyage across the atlantic to the shores of massachusetts. the right to publicly express their faith was so important that they risked their very lives. and contrary to public opinion, our founders did not believe america should be an atheistic society that shuns god. benjamin franklin called for prayer at the constitutional convention when it seemed destined for failure. the convention then proceeded smoothly and a few weeks later

the delegates adopted the constitution that endures to this day. john adams believed that our republic could not function without faith. in fact, he said our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. it is wholly and adequate to the government of any other. and thomas jefferson attended and promoted a church service in this very building every sunday. our founders never meant for faith to be separate from public life. quite the opposite. they intended for faith to play a central role in our nation. in matthew 17: 20, jesus said if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, move from here to there, and it will move. nothing will be impossible for you. i believe faith is what it needed in this body today. we need faith to overcome our mountains of division so we can

do what's right for our country and the american people. i'm humbled to share my faith on the house floor and recognize that this sacred right has been preserved by those who have selflessly laid down their lives for our freedom. i'm honored to share this special order with several other friends and colleagues in this body. next i would like to yield two minutes to my friend, mr. aderholt from alabama. mr. aderholt: thank you, congresswoman miller, for organizing this and working with concerned women of america for making april faith month. it's an honor to be a part of this to recognize a country where we can recognize our faith. and i know and understand and recognize the distinct opportunity we have as americans to worship freely, to come alongside each other with great respect and also to respect various viewpoints. but we're blessed to live in a

country where we can worship freely. it is a very important part of the fabric of the united states of america. when i have visitors that come to the united states capitol, i like to take them into the rotunda. the rotunda, there is a painting called the embarkation of the pilgrims. in that painting, it depicts a pastor as they're getting onboard the deck of the speedwell in 1620, gathered in prayer as they go toward and look for a new nation where they can worship freely, which would ultimately become the united states of america. and i like that painting because it reminds us of the freedom that we have here in this country even today. tonight there are about 11 pastors in nicaragua that don't have that freedom. they're in prison for 10-15 years for their faith in nicaragua.

here in the states we don't have to worry about that. as a young boy back in alabama who recognized that i had -- that i needed christ in my own life and accepted christ as my savior, i am reminded that i have that freedom and i don't have to worry about going to prison or facing jail time merely because of my faith to follow christ, which is something i try to do, as you say, congresswoman, on a day-to-day basis, even though we all fall short of that standard. but in closing, i do want to thank my colleague from illinois for organizing this time and for bringing us together and reminding us that this country was built not on mountains of money and not on great prosperity, but on the faith of so many people that came before us wanting to worship freely and to honor our guide and maker. with that i yield back. mrs. miller: next i'd like to yield two minutes to mrs. harsh

barger -- ms. harsh burger and thank diana for being part of the caucus. two things made our country not only good but great, and that is faith and freedom and family. anyway, diana, you can have two minutes. >> thank you, mary. you're a dear friend and colleague. our founding fathers believe democracy and our system of government could only prosper in a western society guided by judeo-christian values. i raised my son with those values and he's raising his sons with the same set of values. and for nearly 30 years, i've instilled those same values to youth as a sunday school teacher. ms. harshbarger: we stem from a loss of judeo-christian values

that make up the foundation of our families and therefore our nation. religious devotion among americans is collapsing. more than a 1/3 of the country decline to attend religious services. less than 75% of the country holds strong, solid religious beliefs. is there any wonder we see the crime rates continue to serve and america's mental health crisis continue to worsen? the conclusion is simple, it's a direct effect of the erosion of our christian values, and it started with taking prayer out of the schools. america needs spiritual guidance now more than ever. christian values promote personal responsibility, compassion, and a sense of community. these are the essential pillars missing in today's society. and when these values are absent in a family or in a society, you will see a decline in morality that can be generational. we as leaders need to not only remind ourselves but our colleagues and our constituents that restoring judeo-christian

values that our country was founded upon offers a pathway for our country to heal. if our country or our families fail to embrace the principles that made our nation great, our nation risks further division and decline. that's why i'm proud to co-chair the congressional family caucus which seeks to value the values, while enjoying god given and family policies. it's time to chart a course for renewal, reconciliation and revival for our great nation. with that i yield back. mrs. miller: next i'd like to yield three minutes to my friend, congressman andrew clyde from georgia. i want to thank you, andrew, for making it obvious that your faith is so important to you by being such a principled and courageous man and how you handle your opportunity here as

a congressman. mr. clyde: thank you to my friend, congresswoman mary miller, for leading this important special order and for being a leader in defending american freedom. i rise in honor of faith month. during faith month we rejoice in god's gift for salvation and thank our lord and savior for the many blessings and celebrate his everlasting power and word. as said in matthew 5:16, let your light shine upon others so you may glorify your father in heaven. the bible calls on us to boldly champion our christian beliefs. as a believer, i'm thankful for this opportunity to celebrate our faith and precious freedoms,s especially at such a time as this when it's critical for americans to be grounded in faith. our country is hurting and americans are crying out for strong, effective leadership. it's becoming harder to achieve the american dream. communities are being overwhelmed by violent crime and

dangerous includings and illegal aliens and our rights are being chipped away for the very people responsible for safeguarding our constitution. we need more leaders here in washington who are rooted in faith, who put their trust in the lord and who use his word as a guiding light through these challenges. our founders not only knew the importance of christianity in society but proudly acknowledged and gave deference to our creator in the foundation and core principles of our nation. they correctly declared our liberties are not granted by the government but by our almighty god. this includes our most fundamental freedoms outlined in the first amendment which preserved our unalienable right to religious liberty. by safeguarding religious freedom and drawing the lord in to our government, our founding fathers were ensuring unity and prosperity for generations to come. as george washington asserted in his farewell address, of all the

dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. i pray we don't lose sight of those supports especially as we work to save our country and protect our freedoms. let us proudly join together to rejoice in and lead with our faith, and may others come to know salvation that only comes through faith in jesus christ. let us continue finding strength and wisdom in god's word and let us preserve and maintain our founder's religious principles, because a government whose foundation is built on god and his word is a government that will have peace, prosperity, and liberty. thank you, and i yield back to the gentlewoman from illinois. mrs. miller: the freedom to share our faith is not something we should take lightly. to preserve that right, we need to exercise it. next i'd like to yield two minutes to my friend, mr. allen

from georgia. i want to thank you, congressman allen, for always taking opportunities to share your faith. mr. allen: i want to thank you, congresswoman miller, for giving me this opportunity and this time and for hosting tonight's special order, recognizing this week as faith week. i am deeply honored to stand here tonight to express my personal faith and all that god's word has meant to me in my life. as i reflect on the timeless teachings of the bible, i'm reminded of the divine wisdom of exodus. in those sacred passages, god established laws and governance to uphold justice and righteousness. i'm looking right now at the full face of moses looking down on this body who led with unwavering faith and divine guidance, so, too, must we ensure our actions align with the purpose of restraining evil and promoting good in our

society. above the flag is "in god we trust" so that means we are without excuse in this body. during times of such division and uncertainty, the words of mark 3: 24, a kingdom divided against itself cannot stand. it's through our collective faith in drawing near to the word of god that we find the path to unity and truth and freedom. joshua 1: 8 speaks to the power of scripture and guiding our actions and decisions. in fact, his instructions guide joshua 1: 8 is one of the famous promises, do not let this book of law part from your lips, be careful to do what it says, meditate it on night and day and you will be prosperous and successful. as we meditate upon god's word, we are promised prosperity and

success, like abraham, whose faith was credited to him as righteousness. trusting god's promises and live vehemently by his word. our lead house ministry is leading through the change your life study bible. easter was especially meaningful this year as i was reading on that particular date about the transfiguration of jesus in luke 9:28-36. you have to understand there were three witnesses here, and in this passage i'd like to share with you, jesus took peter, john, and james with him and went up on to the mountain to pray. . while he was praying, the appearance of his face came and

his clothes became a flash of lightning two men appeared, moses and elijah, they spoke about his departure. peter and his companions were very sleepy but when they became fully awake they saw his glory and the two men standing with him and they were afraid. as the men were leave, peter said to him, master, if it is good for us to be here let us put up three shelters. one for you, one for moses, one for elijah. while he was speaking a cloud appear and covered them and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. a voice came from the cloud saying, this is my son. whom i have chosen. listen to him. listen to him. jesus also said, in luke, if you love me, you will obey my commands. during this special week, we --

let us seek god's blessing and protection as we navigate through the complexities of government and acknowledge this sovereignty over all things. during this special week, we are aware of so many thins that are profound, that impact our faith. one is hope. guiding us through life's trials and triumphs and unites us in a bond strongly -- stronger than an earthly tie. i hope those watching will join me in reaffirming our commitment to worship the lord and to draw strength and inspiration from his word. what was so meaningful at easter was, here we had three eyewitnesses. of the transfiguration of jesus christ. earlier this year, billy graham

was laid in honor in our capitol. i have read many of his inaugural prayers as a reminder and every week for the past 16 years, it resonated with me. this prayer was given in 1969. it's like billy graham was predicting the future. he said, our four and our god, thou has said, blessed is the nation whose god is the lord. we recognize on this occasion that we are one nation under god. we thank thee for this torch of faith handed to us by our forefathers. may we never let it be extinguish. thou alone has given us prosperity, freedom and power. this faith in god sour heritage and our foundation. thou has warned us in the scripturings, if the foundations be destroyed what can the righteous do? as george washington reminded us in his farewell address, morality and faith are the

pillars of our society. we confess these pillars of being eroded in increasingly materialistic and permissive society. the whole world is watching to see if the faith of our fathers will stand the test of this hour. too long we have neglected thy word and ignored thy laws. too long we have tried to solve our own problems without reference to thee. too long we have tried to live by bread alone. we have sown to the wind and are now reaping a whirlwind of crying, division and rebellion. and now with the wages of our sin staring us in the face, we remember thy words if the people called by my name will humble themselves, pray, and seek my face, then i will hear from heaven and forgive their sin and heal our land. i also served as chairman of the congressional prayer caucus.

one thing is, it's important to highlight prayer and how it's played a vital role in strengthening the fabric of our society and the bond in this chamber. the congressional prayer caucus is a bipartisan congressional member caucus, consisting of members from across the country who meet at first votes every week and in belief in the pow over prayer. you can go to my website, allen.house.gov, and submit your prayer request. members of the prayer caucus will lift you up in prayer. may god bless each of us abundantly during this faith week as we seek to help others understand the faith that we share and that we hold so dearly. and as we walk in this faith and righteousness, thank you and may god's grace be upon you and the

peace of jesus be with you. i yield back. mrs. miller: thank you, mr. allen. you can give -- i can give testimony that he's very faith to feel share the prayer requests with other members and we pray over them. mr. speaker, may i ask how much time we have left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman has eight minutes remaining. mrs. miller: thank you. it's hard to constrain ourselves when we're talk about our faith and the impact that the faith of many americans who have gone before us has had on our country and the world. and we know that faith without works is dead and when you consider just the amount of missionaries that have been sent from our country into the world, it's very profound and it's something to really celebrate tonight. and now i'd like to yield two minutes to my good friend, mr. webster, from florida. and i just want to say that it's a real privilege to meet

regularly with mr. webster and another group to pray for our country on a weekly basis. mr. webster: thank you very much for the opportunity to talk. about an important subject. that is a simple word, faith. it's defined in the striptures as faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen, provided the elders receive a good report. so it has substance. it has -- it's evidence. it's touchable. it's feelable. it's not just something in the air. so it's a simple word though. then where does it come from? faith comes by hearing. hearing by the word of god. it comes from the bible. that's where we get faith from. we hear it. we read it. we study it. we understand it. and then we practice it. by doing so, our faith grows.

then faith also though, it's important to note, we can't please god without faith. a lot of people want to please god in all kinds of ways. but the scripture says it's impossible to please him. impossible without faith. for he that cometh to god must believe that he is and is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. then also though work all that, it adds up to really a simple life. a life that takes a simple word, turns it into real faith. believes it. lives it out. so the scripture says thousand hast hold me by my right hand. that's when we find that first initial faith. faith in christ.

faith that he's our lord. faith that he's our savior. faith that is he -- that he is the god he said he was. then thou shall not only -- not only do they take me by my right hand, thou shall guide me by thy counsel. where is his counsel? it's in the bible. we study it. we know it. we live a life. eventually that life comes to an end. the scripture says, then thou shall take me to glory. that's heaven. a simple life. a life that just, god holds us by our hand. leads us by his counsel and afterwards takes us to glory. to heaven. what a great thing. it's a simple word. it's a simple life. and it's a simple faith. yield pack. mrs. miller: thank you.

next i'd like to yield two minutes to mr. good of virginia. mr. good: thank you, congressman miller, for hosting this important initiative to tonight. after ratifying the constitution in 1789, the founders had the wisdom to compose and pass the bill of rights in 1791 to further protect americans from a potentially oppressive federal government. they believed that we needed to codify into law, to further protect american -- believed that we need to codify into law, in fact, into the highest law of the land, the enumeration of certain right, god-given rights, for which the specific responsibility of the federal government to ensure and protect. the bill of rights did not begin with the right to free speech, to a free press, to assemble to petition the government, to keep and bear arms or even the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. the first enshrined and protected right was the freedom of religion.

the freedom from a government-established religion. the founders understood the most important, most precious, most fundamental right is the right to freely believe or not to believe, to worship or not to worship, to exercise or practice our faith or not to do so. throughout human history and across every corner of the globe, mankind has exercised the god created yearning to reconcile with his creator. mankind has wrestled with the purpose of life and the question of the afterlife. sadly and unfortunately, those questions cannot be asked freely and those rights cannot be practiced freely in many parts of the world today. but we are so blessed to live in a country where we have that freedom today and it is critical we endeavor to ensure that unobstructed freedom endures for those mind us. the good news is the question of life, the rethistle eternal life, have been answered in the bible, gods inspired, inerrant, infallible written record.

the death and reds rex of the savior, the son of god. 2,000 years after his sack official death on the cross, an undisputed historical fact, this son of a carpenter remain this is most prominent figure in hume history. how did someone who never had an education, never traveled very far from home, how did he literally change the world with billions of followers ever since including around the world today? this despite many efforts to prohibit the distribution hof bible and practice of christian faith around the globe and throughout history. the answer is he was and is the son of god. that's why his disciples, his inner circumstancele of chosen followers who witnessed his crucifixion died in testimony of having also witnessed his resurrection. they gave everything to spread the gospel, the good news of their savior jesus christ so others may know the salvation they experianed. i am eternally grateful that o's

shared that faith with me. when i was just a young child of 9 years old i surrendered my life to jesus christ my lord and savior. my faith is think joy, my peace, my confidence and my eternal destination. thank you again for hosting this special order recognizing the importance of our faith and i yield back. mrs. miller: and now i'd like to yield two minutes to representative grothman of wisconsin. mr. grothman: thank you. as has been said earlier tonight, john adams said, our country is built for a moral and religious people, and totally unfit for any other kind. we are right now in danger in this country. we know that the government cannot establish a religion. but we live in a time in which our government is outright hostile to religion in general. and to christianity in particular. we live under a welfare state in which we are openly hostile or certainly financially hostile to

a traditional family. during the 1960's, kate millay, a famous feminist, said that one of her goals was to destroy the american family. and the feminists had a lot of influence in the 1960's. we have black lives matter desiring to destroy the so-called western prescribed nuclear family. and countless members of congress stand with people like that. the marxists of course, many people are apparently following marx were hostile to the family. we live in a time when sex ed classes are paid for by federal government, when the governor of florida tried to delay these classes until a person is 10 years would, should have been until 17 or 18 anyway, he's under attack. we have the f.b.i. monitoring christian or religious parents

who object to this anti-christianity. we are using our material wealth to lean on other countries around the world, hungry -- hungary in particular. african countries. hostile to the practice of religion in those countries. it is important that congress in general, or congress in particular, and americans in general, stand up and protect the christian values, the religious values, that our country was founded under. and stand up and prevent our current government if the hostility, not just neutrality, hostility to the moral and religious people that our country was founded to protect. thank you. mrs. miller: i want to thank my friends and colleagues for participating in this year's special order on faith month. none of us knows what tomorrow holds but we can rest assured that our sovereign god is

watching over our nation. america has endured nearly 250 years and i believe the secret to our greatness has been our faith in god. through vicious wars, economic hardships and conflicts that threaten to rip us awart -- rip us apart, god has graciously preserved the united states of america as a shining city on a hill. second chronicles 7:14 says, if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then i will hear from heaven and i will forgive their sin and heal their land. if we truly humble ourselves, if we pray and repent and turn if -- from our sins, i believe god will heal our deeply divided land. we're never beyond the reach of his grace. thank you.

and mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlewoman from illinois have a motion. mrs. miller: i move the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. s of their own conference for the legislation to be considered as early as tomorrow. live house coverage when members return here on c-span.

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