kaptur is recognized for one minute. ms. kaptur: thank you. thank you, madam speaker. today we welcome representative chantal brown of ohio's 11th cop gretional district to the halls of congress, america's temple of democracy. representative brown's great lakes-northern ohio-cleveland region has weathered enormous challenges over the years. and now more than ever her intelligent, innovative, personable and collaborative leadership are needed. representative brown has a remarkable record of such accomplishments. she follows in the footsteps of former congresswoman and now h.u.d. secretary marcia fudge. representative stephanie tubbs jones. and representative louis stokes. representative brown will now become the 5 #th member of the black caucus, a historic high for our nation. first as the warrensville city councilmember then as a chi hoe gay county -- cuyahoga county councilmember she's driven progress through health, human services and education at i every juncture to help incentivize good-paying jobs. chantal knows well how importants for federal and local government

kaptur: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. kaptur: as co-chair of the congressional ukraine and polish caucuses and member of the belarus caucus i rise with deep concern about russia's expansionnary combativeness in europe. she is amassing tens of thousands more troops and equipment near ukraine's border which it has already invaded and killed over 13,000 individuals, threatening global security. now belarus work the support of russia is working to undermine the european union by spearheading a migration crisis at the board we are poland. patrolled by, guess what, russian troops. the free world must strongly condemn belarus' cruel weaponnization of immigration and thes will of life. it is causing as well as. we must work to protect our polish alliance the lives desperate migrants at the border. if that's not enough, europe is facing an energy crisis forced upon it by the kremlin. russia is seeking to rep size energy to weaken the tran

kaptur is recognized for one minute. ms. kaptur: thank you. thank you, madam speaker. today we welcome representative chantal brown of ohio's 11th cop gretional district to the halls of congress, america's temple of democracy. representative brown's great lakes-northern ohio-cleveland region has weathered enormous challenges over the years. and now more than ever her intelligent, innovative, personable and collaborative leadership are needed. representative brown has a remarkable record of such accomplishments. she follows in the footsteps of former congresswoman and now h.u.d. secretary marcia fudge. representative stephanie tubbs jones. and representative louis stokes. representative brown will now become the 5 #th member of the black caucus, a historic high for our nation. first as the warrensville city councilmember then as a chi hoe gay county -- cuyahoga county councilmember she's driven progress through health, human services and education at i every juncture to help incentivize good-paying jobs. chantal knows well how importants for federal and local government

kaptur: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. kaptur: i rise in support of section 232 steel and aluminum agreement that president biden's administration reached with the european union. critical as a safeguard for national security to restore and improve our transatlantic alliances and bolster the steel and aluminum industries that serve as the backbone of this country. establishing a robust playing field will ensure that american companies are able to compete in the marketplace, not forced to con tepid with the cheaper and shoddier metal dump around the globe by china and others. president biden is delivering for domestic manufacturers and our union brothers and cysters who build up america. together we'll continue our work to create the good-paying middle class joshes families deserve. let us rebuild our communities with the innovation and ingenuity that only american entry industries can produce. thank you and i yield back. the speak

kaptur: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank those dedicating their lives to health care for our veterans. thank you so much. as we can tell today, we are very concerned about the brain conditions, that onset during or as a result of military service. i was happy to hear about -- we need to understand who is coming into the military with conditions that were created before they came to the military. we know pts onsets faster for those who have experienced reenlistment violence. -- pre-enlistment violence. one of my goals is to improve the number of health care providers, doctors and nurses, who specialize in the psychiatric arena. that is a long battle but one i would welcome all of your recommendations for. i am interested in proving as well the diagnostic capability to identify brain related functions, particularly through high-frequency imaging to pinpoint where underlying conditions present. maybe we would have markers in biochemical interactions in a nervous system of brain function where we could predict be

kaptur: thank you, madam speaker i rise today to applaud bribe's -- president biden's bipartisan infrastructure investment and jobs act. this historic legislation is an enormous win for the american people. finally from coast to coast in every state, district, and territory of our nation the infrastructure and jobs act will deliver significant new resources. together america will restore our nation's crumbling infrastructure. together we will create millions of good-paying jobs over the next decade. the great lakes region will be empowered with billions of dollars to rebuild our roads, bridges, rail lines, revitalize our water, infrastructure, and airports. we'll deploy modern broadband, connectivity, and new carbon free energy system. by properly rewarding those who make and build what makes and build america, we will create a fairer, more just, and more prosperous future for our middle class workers, families, and communities for years there's been talk about infrastructure, president biden is delivering. and building back better for america's -- america from coast to course, thank you. i yie