Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the privileges of the floor be granted to Manisha Gupta, a fellow on my staff for the remainder of the 114th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Clearly, these are the kind of things that we now know looking back that if we had fully funded them and kept them going, the achievement gap might not be what it is today.

I have continuing concerns about the changes that we are contemplating to patent law.

I was one of the handful of House Members who voted against that bill.

Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote No. 86 on February 24, 2016, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' personal explanation

If we had canceled the Manhattan Project during World War II so that we could build a few more aircraft carriers, I don't think it would have been a good decision.

How many times has China attacked us here at home with cyberattacks? It is ongoing.

Now, this Congress recently passed a science bill, really just a thinly veiled attack on climate science, but it prevented funding for NSF projects that are not in the, quote, 'national interest.'

I think it is very important on this subcommittee that we talk about numbers of ships and capacity and whatnot, but sometimes I get a little frustrated when we seem to focus exclusively on that.

Do you think that our capability lead over Russia and China is growing or shrinking?

So, General, do you think that we need to revise the current policy to be able to do that kind of training, to better meet this hybrid warfare or whatever you want to call it threat from Russia?

The success or failure of our financial reform efforts cannot be judged by the list of rules finalized by the CFTC.

There used to be 300,000 soldiers in Europe during the height of the Cold War. Today we have 30,000 with the same mission: to assure allies and to deter Russia.

Mr. Speaker, there are few places in our country that have both strong historical significance and scenic beauty. Harpers Ferry is perhaps the greatest example of both. Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, was founded in 1734 by Robert Harper…

Covered agreements and pre-emption were designed to harmonize reinsurance standards across national borders.

I also think our standard of insurance regulation is by far the best in the world.

Those are things that need to be discussed because right now if we are going to it use to pay them, we are at negative interest rates.

I laud the chairman for this bill. I think it is important that Congress continue to be in the driver's seat on this.