Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that we bring up H.R. 724, which would rescind President Trump's refugee ban on individuals like Amir Haji-Akbari, a computational statistical physicist from Iran who was just offered an assistant professor job at Yale University. The SPEAKER pro tempore. As previously announced, that unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida.
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