That is the purpose of the Independent Review Committee, and we would like to know how the Bureau of Prisons is responding to that set of recommendations.

Access to evidence-based recidivism reduction is crucial to the successful implementation of the First Step Act.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to stand before you today to memorialize the remarkable life and legacy of Elizabeth Buffum Chace, a leader of the abolitionist and suffrage movements in Rhode Island, by naming…

That would be great.

Will that information that you are developing and collecting in this process be shared with Members of this committee?

No, no, I understand. Maybe I am not making myself clear.

The First Step Act requires the Bureau of Prisons to assess an evidence-based recidivism reduction programming or productive activity to each person incarcerated.

Is that a yes--yes-ish?

So, what is the status of that second part?

We look forward to receiving information from the committee, and we will go from there.

I thank the chairman for yielding. I rise today with a heavy heart. Ten days ago, President Trump sealed the fate of our Kurdish partners in Syria when he gave President Erdogan of Turkey the green light to invade. I believe this callous…

I ask unanimous consent that the vote be extended until 4:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Seeing none, without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the ranking member and the chairman for their work on this proposed resolution. But I want to remind my colleagues that one of the problems that we face in Turkey and Syria today is the failure of congressional leadership to…

it's hard to find one thing this President has done to stand up for America and against Russian interests in a variety of different ways.

what we're learning is that career diplomats, individuals who have dedicated their lives to serving our country and representing the United States in dangerous places all over the world expected the President of the United States will…

Ten days ago, President Trump sealed the fates of our Kurdish partners in Syria when he gave President Erdogan of Turkey the green light to invade, setting off a humanitarian disaster and reigniting chaos in northern Syria.

holding that up and threatening not to provide it in exchange for a favor, as the President described it in the phone call, is the worst kind of leverage you can imagine for a new president.

It's a terrible betrayal of his oath of office. It's un-American, unpatriotic and we're collecting evidence that I think will compel the Congress to take action to hold the President accountable.