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This is what she wrote: I live in a border state. She lives in Texas. I appreciate the need to enforce and protect our international boundaries, but this zero-tolerance policy is cruel. It is immoral. And it breaks my heart. Our government…

It sounds like the beginning of a trade war to me, Mr. Secretary.

They do not need your sympathy; they need you to act reasonably.

What is the national security basis for the tariff that you have placed on Canada?

The antisocial behavior--even accepting that description--was certainly provoked by the tariffs, was it not?

I want to welcome everyone to the Military Personnel Subcommittee's hearing on 'Military Health System Reform: Pain Management, Opioids Prescription Management and Reporting Transparency.'

We want to treat these folks. We want to get these folks medication-assisted therapy.

To that end, I look forward to examining these issues in more detail in executive session and to hearing what commitments these agencies can make to address the vulnerabilities.

As I stated before, given the sensitive nature of this information, I support your motion.

So I think my point is, so if somebody undergoes this regimen of treatment due to surgery or due to some injury that they have sustained, they then--you have a monitoring system for them postelection--postprescription or whatever you want…

I know we agree that preparing this country for a bioincident is of critical importance.

With the opioid and heroin crisis, the American people are currently facing one of the worst drug epidemics in our Nation's history. My State of Colorado is certainly not immune. In my travels throughout the Third Congressional District…

The threat, as you said, is real and it's growing.

We have real concerns about what's happening to these children. And we have real concerns about their long-term prospects, being taken from their parents.

And I thank the gentleman for yielding the customary 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule that provides for consideration of H.R. 2851, H.R. 5735, and H.R. 5788. We could have done so much better. I am going to get…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of adoption of the…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 233, noes 175, not voting 19, as follows: [Roll No. 262] AYES--233…