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“Mr. Speaker, as the designee of the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Gottheimer), I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, after line 9, insert the following new subparagraph: (B) is updated periodically to ensure the curriculum includes both past and present communist and totalitarian regimes, with a focus on-- (i) ongoing human rights abuses by such regimes, such as the treatment of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) by the People's Republic of China; and (ii) aggression by such regimes against democratic nations and democracy, such as actions taken by the People's Republic of China to deter pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and the increasingly aggressive posture by the People's Republic of China toward Taiwan, a democratic friend of the United States. Page 4, beginning on line 10, redesignate subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1602, the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Manning) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from North Carolina.”