[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 170 (Monday, October 28, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H8463-H8464]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Kansas (Mr. Marshall) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. Speaker, last week the biggest news in Congress was 
overshadowed by an impeachment circus. The Republican Study Committee 
and our task force introduced a framework for personalized, affordable 
healthcare.
  Mr. Speaker, our current healthcare system is broken. It is simply 
not working. Healthcare costs are out of control, and it is time we 
modernize it.
  We promise to all of America that we will deliver personalized 
healthcare where you and your doctor will remain in control of your 
healthcare. This is phase one of a two-phase plan which will protect 
vulnerable Americans with preexisting conditions, chronic illnesses, 
and serious health issues while reducing premiums, deductibles, and 
overall healthcare costs.
  Personally, I can't wait to continue working on these important 
issues to improve the lives of Kansans and deliver for America.


                        National FFA Convention

  Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. Speaker, today dozens of Kansas FFA members, Future 
Farmers of America, are in Indianapolis, Indiana, for the start of the 
2009 National FFA Convention. They will be joining students from 
Pennsylvania to California and more than a dozen high school students 
from my own district will be competing in various competitions, 
including Clay Center, Kansas, FFA member Garrett Craig who will be 
competing for a position as a national FFA officer.
  Good luck to you, Garrett.
  While it is known for agriculture education, Kansas FFA chapters are 
thriving in rural America as well as urban school districts and have 
introduced thousands of new students to agriculture and ag-related 
career opportunities.
  I want to wish all Kansas FFA students participating in Indianapolis 
this week the best of luck and trust that Kansas will continue its long 
legacy of

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premier FFA leadership and achievement.


                                 USMCA

  Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. Speaker, this morning I want to applaud the efforts 
of my colleagues across the aisle on their efforts and the United 
States trade team for getting closer to approving the USMCA trade 
agreement. I remain very optimistic that we can get this passed in 
Congress and that we can get this done this fall.
  It is time to deliver the USMCA agreement for Kansas. We have waited 
over a year, and it is now time to pass this agreement. This agreement 
will mean thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars of 
increased exports for Kansas.
  Today I want to remind the Speaker of the importance of the USMCA 
deal and to please bring it to the floor where we can vote on it and 
deliver for America.


                            China Trade War

  Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. Speaker, I want to applaud the administration's 
effort on the China trade war. I want to applaud President Trump and 
his trade team led by Ambassador Bob Lighthizer for all their hard 
work. It seems like just yesterday they signed an agreement with Japan. 
But they didn't rest on their laurels and have quickly moved on to the 
significance of a Chinese trade agreement.
  There seems to be more good news coming out of the White House every 
day, and we continue to encourage the White House and the Chinese 
leadership to develop this agreement and allow more agriculture 
products into China. We look forward to future engagements with our 
Chinese counterparts in the near future as well and continue to hope 
that we can work toward a strong agreement yet this fall.


                      Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Mission

  Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to stop and congratulate 
President Trump and the intelligence officers and the U.S. Special 
Forces who risked their lives in a daring raid this weekend where the 
leader of ISIS died by detonating a suicide vest killing himself and, 
very sadly, his three children after he was cornered in a tunnel.
  Mr. Speaker, I have to stop and ask the question: What type of a 
person would sacrifice his own children?
  ISIS is among the most depraved organizations in history. They have 
committed genocidal mass murder and enslaved, tortured, and beheaded 
innocent civilians.
  Americans can all be encouraged by President Trump's Syria policy. He 
has destroyed ISIS, and he has kept American troops out of harm's way. 
President Trump continues to support the Kurds in eastern Syria where 
he sent a military convoy on Saturday.
  President Trump is keeping his promises: leading American foreign 
policy abroad through strength and showing our enemies there is nowhere 
for them to hide.


                              Rural Energy

  Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. Speaker, this morning I want to stop and say thanks 
to Mother Nature for all the blessings she has given Kansas, in 
particular the fact that we are an energy rich State. She has given us 
oil, natural gas, ethanol, wind, and solar production.
  We want to stop and applaud the efforts of what the USDA and the 
Department of Energy formally did last week as they began working 
together to facilitate energy-related investments in America's rural 
communities to encourage investments in our new and improved rural 
energy production and infrastructure.
  Additional focus on cybersecurity and grid improvements to secure our 
rural energy networks are also happening. This work builds upon 
President Trump's energy task force on agriculture and rural 
prosperity.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank the President so much for making rural America 
stronger today.

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