So while we can continue to debate this rural or 340B program, but all the while people aren't getting health care because of the $1.6 billion in cuts.

I think now, they have found a new tool to use and manipulate to do that, and that is the internet and cyber space.

I think it's been enlightening to listen to some of the debate--some points--and it's where I wanted to make my remarks.

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the comments of my colleague from the District of Columbia. H.R. 5729 is a very straightforward bill. It fixes something that needs to be fixed quickly, and I urge Members to support it. Mr. Speaker, I yield back…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5729) to restrict the department in which the Coast Guard is operating from implementing any rule requiring the use of biometric readers for biometric transportation security…

So I guess the question, Mr. Chairman, comes back is, has the mission of this program 25 years ago to 'reach more patients to provide comprehensive services,' has it been accomplished?

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, to comply with the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 and the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006, the Coast Guard is establishing rules…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 5729, as amended. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…

So I am hoping that we can keep this focus, and I know I've talked to the chairman about this.

Can our health care system afford nearly 30 percent reduction in health care funding and still survive? I think the answer is of course it can't, and we have not achieved the mission.

We want to put a moratorium on that rule because there are consequences for that rule as it goes forward with it.

What a great statement.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 1700, the SCORE for Small Business Act of 2017. H.R. 1700 amends the Small Business Act to reauthorize the SCORE program (Service Corps of Retired Executives) for FY2018-FY2019. The program is…

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