Donna Shalala: “On Monday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 758, providing for the consideration of H.R. 3…”

“On Monday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 758, providing for the consideration of H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act; H.R. 5038, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act; and the conference report to accompany S. 1790, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3 under a structured rule and makes in order 12 amendments, including the Republican substitute. The rule provides 4 hours of general debate, with 3 hours equally divided among and controlled by the chairs and the ranking minority members of the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, and 1 hour equally divided and controlled by the majority leader and minority leader. The rule also provides a motion to recommit. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5038 under a closed rule, with 1 hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee. It also provides for a motion to recommit. The rule further provides for consideration of the conference report to accompany S. 1790 with 1 hour of debate and a motion to recommit, if applicable. The rule also authorizes the chair of the Intelligence Committee to insert in the Congressional Record explanatory statements as he deems necessary.…”