Fred Keller

Mr. KELLER

Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, last week I had the honor of presenting Korean Ambassador of Peace Medals to Korean war veterans and their families in Towanda, Pennsylvania. The Korean Ambassador of Peace Medal is an honor from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea for American veterans who served in the Korean war. One of the greatest parts of representing Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District is hearing our veterans' stories of service and sacrifice for our Nation. As the names of these heroes are read on the House floor, it is my hope that their legacies echo through these Halls and across America for generations to come: Glen Ellis, United States Navy; Silas Mills, United States Army; Charles Miller, United States Army; Kent Edsell, United States Marine Corps; Nicholas Williams, United States Navy; Edward Moritz, United States Army; Earl Mayo, United States Army; Carlton Repsher, Jr., United States Army; and Keith Haight, Sr., United States Marine Corps. It is incumbent upon us to honor these individuals and reflect on their heroism in the name of liberty and our American way of life.

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, every day our men and women in law enforcement put their lives on the line to protect us, doing so willingly, faithfully, and without praise or need of recognition. Occasionally, however, I have the opportunity and the distinct pleasure to stand before this Congress and recognize these men and women for their outstanding work. Today I am honored to recognize Mansfield University Director of Police Services and Chief of Police Scott Henry for receiving the 2020 Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars John Radko Police Officer of the Year and the VFW National Law Enforcement Officer Award. These awards are presented annually to a law enforcement officer who has shown resounding commitment to their profession and community. Chief Henry has served our community for more than 30 years, and his service has made a lasting impact on our region. Congratulations to Chief Henry for this wonderful achievement and reminding us all how important our police officers are in our everyday lives.

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting America's childcare providers and the essential services they provide to our Nation's families. As millions of families have learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, childcare is a critical component of our national economy. In addition to the significant benefits that childcare provides for children's social and emotional development, access to reliable childcare continues to play a vital role in America's economic recovery. As parents return to work, they need to be sure that their children will be looked after and kept safe. The Ensuring Children and Child Care Workers Are Safe Act of 2020, H.R. 7909, would make these assurances to families by equipping childcare providers with the resources they need to perform their jobs safely and effectively. This legislation would provide funding for States to implement technical support and training programs to assist childcare providers in meeting safety guidelines and acquiring personal protective equipment. Childcare providers have supported millions of American families, providing an essential service during good times and bad. I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 7909.

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 2683, the Child Care Protection Improvement Act, legislation that is essential to the safety of millions of American children. I am a proud original cosponsor of H.R. 3986, which is almost an identical companion bill in the House. Childcare services play an integral role in our society. Families across the Nation entrust childcare providers with the well-being of their children on a daily basis. Every parent deserves the peace of mind of knowing that their childcare providers are passionate, caring, and above all, qualified. While this is the case with a great many providers, it is imperative for States to be able to effectively conduct background checks, especially across State lines. Faults in our criminal background check system can leave our children vulnerable to bad actors. No child should ever be placed in the care of an unqualified or dangerous person. S. 2683 will help States address challenges in implementing background checks required under current law, ensuring our children receive the safest and highest quality of care possible. I urge my colleagues to support this commonsense legislation.

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Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I would be remiss without mentioning another interesting benefit of the Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act. Thanks to another law that the House Oversight and Reform Committee has previously produced in the last Congress, the 2018 Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act, congressional budget justifications also list unimplemented inspector general audit and GAO report recommendations. Therefore, H.R. 4894 will also centralize documents containing valuable IG and GAO recommendations for the public and Congress to easily find. This will empower better oversight over a sprawling and complicated Federal Government. I hope we can continue to find ways to continue building on such good government reforms in a bipartisan fashion. Mr. Speaker, I strongly urge my colleagues to support this commonsense legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of H.R. 4894, the Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act. The Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act is a long overdue reform to ensure that the Congress and the public can understand the full scope of the Federal budget. This bipartisan bill will make it possible for the public and every Member of Congress to readily find and compare the annual budget justification and supporting materials that each agency prepares and sends to Congress. Taxpayers should know how agencies plan to spend their hard-earned money. Last year, the Federal Government spent more than $4.4 trillion. We have transparency tools like USAspending.gov to track Federal spending after Congress appropriates taxpayer dollars. However, the annual Federal agency budget justifications provide detailed and plain-language explanations of how agencies plan to spend congressionally appropriated funds. In other words, an agency Congressional Budget Justification provides the necessary details in context to actually understand how agency missions connect to eventual Federal spending. Currently, agencies send these plans directly to congressional appropriators. However, if the rest of us wish to review these valuable government budget materials, we are left to manually search through hundreds of individual agency websites. H.R. 4894 solves this problem by requiring the budget justifications of every agency be publicly available at a central, single website. The bill would require the Office of Management and Budget to provide a comprehensive list of each agency's budget justification with a stable link to where the documents are published on agency websites. This way Congress and the public can know that they are looking at the complete picture of the budget request materials. Each agency would also be required to publish their materials at a consistently named web address to further simplify the public's discovery of these budget documents. The bill would also require the U.S. Treasury to centrally publish all materials themselves on USAspending.gov as open data. USAspending is a current one-stop shop for the public to find information on how the government is using their tax dollars. It tracks all Federal spending activity, as required by the 2014 DATA Act, which is an example of the strong bipartisan work the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and Congress has accomplished in the past. Adding congressional budget justifications to USAspending.gov for future generations will provide greater context to Federal spending information. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this bipartisan bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of S. 2193, the Charging Helps Agencies Realize General Efficiencies Act, or CHARGE Act. The CHARGE Act would direct the General Services Administration to allow Federal employees to use official Federal travel charge cards to pay for electric vehicle recharging at commercial charging stations. This simple change would help Federal Government employees take greater advantage of Federal electric motor vehicle fleet vehicles while traveling for official business. By ensuring the government can utilize expanding commercial charging stations, we can help drive down costs to the taxpayer and avoid the need for the government to buy and maintain more electric vehicle charging stations. If Federal employees must use their travel charge cards to refuel their traditional vehicles, they should also be allowed to use these same cards to refuel or charge their electric vehicles. This is a commonsense and easy step toward modernizing the Federal Government and granting more flexibility to Federal employees. As an added benefit, according to the Congressional Budget Office, this new policy will not cost the American taxpayers anything to implement. Further, this new flexibility for the Federal Government and its employees to utilize electric vehicles could help bolster the American market for electric vehicles. As we have learned throughout the coronavirus pandemic, American manufacturing is vitally important to our success as a Nation. By allowing the increased use of electric vehicles in America, we can secure all the American ingenuity and innovation that comes with the vehicles of the future. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of H.R. 1668, the Internet of things, or IoT, Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2019. Our Nation's use of technology has shifted dramatically in recent years. Internet of Things, or IoT, devices have found a way into nearly every aspect of our lives, work, and now government. A recent Congressional Research Service report cites market estimates that, by 2025, there will be more than 21.5 billion internet-connected devices. IoT devices, such as smart TVs and appliances, home security systems, thermostats, and many other home and work devices, are now connected to the internet. This offers ever-increasing gateways into our most valuable networks through our weakest technology devices. We traditionally think of computing devices such as computers, smartphones, and tablets as our primary interface with the internet. These computing devices have securely designed, mature, and powerful operating systems. However, IoT devices normally have less computing power and, therefore, security capabilities than traditional computing devices. As our economy has embraced the convenience of IoT devices, we have also created more entry points to the internet and our networks for malicious actors to exploit. For example, building elevators, HVAC, lighting, audio-video, fire suppression, and even security systems are now capable of being monitored and updated remotely through networks. IoT devices play an integral role with industrial and manufacturing infrastructure as well. These systems can be potentially manipulated in a manner that can put our security at risk. With new technology capabilities come new cyber vulnerabilities that can be taken advantage of in unpredictable ways. But why are we talking about IoT devices here in Congress? Well, Congress, and the House Oversight and Reform Committee, in particular, have the responsibility to ensure appropriate oversight of the technology that our Federal Government procures and the security of our Federal networks. The IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act will ensure that any security gaps in Internet of Things devices are properly and transparently identified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. It then requires that the Office of Management and Budget develop and the Department of Homeland Security implement policies requiring Federal agencies to only procure IoT devices that can be securely incorporated into an agency's information systems. It does this while ensuring that leading private-sector security standards are adopted and improved upon by the Federal Government. Such government and private-sector partnership is key to developing widely useful and effective security standards. Lastly, H.R. 1668 would ensure that proper disclosure mechanisms exist to report and fix newly discovered security vulnerabilities related to the government's use of IoT devices. In summary, this bill will help improve the mechanisms protecting the Nation's valuable cybersecurity infrastructure as new technology devices are increasingly used by Federal agencies. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this bill. I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hurd).

Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. We often talk about the need for government to be a responsible steward of taxpayer dollars. This responsibility of stewardship extends to safeguarding the public's data and government systems. With H.R. 1668, we can take positive steps to secure the devices that connect to and interact with our valuable Federal Government networks. These same networks enable critical government missions and protect America's valuable information. I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss the need for meaningful, long-term reform for the United States Postal Service. The USPS provides an essential service to every community in the Nation, yet this agency has lost $78 billion in the last 13 years. In 2009 the Government Accountability Office published a report placing USPS on the high-risk list, doubting the self-sustaining financial viability of this agency. The financial state of the USPS has progressively worsened due to declining mail volume, liabilities, and debt. Proposals to give the USPS $25 billion in cash without serious reforms will not address the fundamental issues that the agency faces. The proposals before us today only delay real reform and throw taxpayer dollars at a problem with no clear vision forward. Rather than politicizing the mail, we should be working to give the USPS longevity through comprehensive reforms. Rather than trying to fix a problem by simply spending more taxpayer money, we should be enacting reforms to equip our Nation's outstanding postal workers with the tools they need and deserve to continue delivering the mail. This is the only way we will ensure that Americans continue to receive this vital service without interruption.

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to share a remarkable story of heroism by our first responders in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District. On the evening of Saturday, February 15, 2020, in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, a multiple alarm fire was reported at the Broadway Hotel and Restaurant, quickly engulfing the building and the multiple residential apartments in the upper levels of the structure. The situation quickly escalated as reports indicated that a man was trapped on the third floor. With complete disregard for their own well-being, Chief Howard Fausey and Assistant Chief Ethan Goodbrod of Citizen's Hose Company Station 45, Jason Clarke, and Ron Daley of Independent Hose Company, and Patrolman Shawn Hummer took decisive action knowing life was at stake. Under thick smoke and extreme heat, the firefighters breached the structure, retrieved and extracted the victim while sharing their oxygen with the man due to overwhelming conditions. I am happy to report that the victim has recovered from his injuries and is undoubtedly alive today because of the bravery of these men. We can all sleep safer knowing that there are dedicated and selfless first responders that stand ready to give their lives for ours. Madam Speaker, I thank Chief Fausey, Assistant Chief Goodbrod, firefighters Jason Clarke and Ron Daley, Patrolman Shawn Hummer, the police department, and the responding companies for their service and heroism in the line of duty.

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Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, Lewistown Printworks is a central Pennsylvania small business that is undoubtedly a PA-12 COVID-19 hero. Lewistown Printworks is a small business in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, that experienced the struggles of operating a small business through the COVID-19 pandemic. This small, family-owned business saw an opportunity to help others. In their ``Support Small'' project, Michelle and Caleb Fetter, the owners of this small, family- owned business, asked local businesses for logos that could be printed on T-shirts. Those T-shirts were then sold as part of an online fundraiser with $20 of each sale going to local businesses whose logo was on the shirt. As of mid-May, the project earned $5,300 for local businesses to help them weather the COVID-19 pandemic. For their ingenuity, resourcefulness, and generous spirit, Michelle and Caleb Fetter of Lewistown Printworks are recognized as being PA-12 COVID-19 heroes.

Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the work of the outstanding corrections officers and staff at FCC Allenwood and USP Lewisburg during the COVID-19 pandemic and recognize them as PA-12 COVID-19 heroes. Prior to and during the pandemic, the corrections officers at these two facilities, located within Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District, stepped up in a big way. These dedicated men and women went to work every day, overseeing Federal inmates, many of whom had been moved across State lines to Central Pennsylvania. In the face of these unprecedented challenges, our corrections officers took on expanded responsibility at great personal risk. These corrections officers and staff at USP Lewisburg and FCC Lewisburg answered the call and they deployed to other BOP hotspot facilities to assist with diminished staffing capacities due to COVID- 19. Answering the ongoing call to duty, USP Lewisburg was asked to step up in a big way when storms destroyed portions of FCI Estill in South Carolina, requiring nearly 1,000 new inmates to be moved from that facility to Central Pennsylvania. For dealing with unprecedented challenges under pressing conditions and answering the call to duty, it makes me proud to recognize the corrections officers and staff at FCC Allenwood and USP Lewisburg as PA-12 COVID-19 heroes. Recognizing Orrstown Bank as a PA-12 COVID-19 Hero

Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, for their work in facilitating paycheck protection loans for small businesses across Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District, I recognize Orrstown Bank as a PA-12 COVID-19 hero. Enacted as part of the CARES Act, and later replenished due to its success, the Paycheck Protection Program has been a tremendous asset to small businesses and their employees across the country, and the employees were able to stay employed. In April, to highlight the success of the program, Orrstown Bank's Executive Vice President, Luke Bernstein, I was welcomed to the White House to discuss the bank's work in processing and facilitating loans. Asked to facilitate loans with little Federal red tape and even less notice in order to help our economy survive this terrible virus, banks like Orrstown have been instrumental in keeping America employed and small businesses operating. I thank them for their work and again recognize them as a PA-12 COVID-19 hero. Recognizing Penn State University as a PA-12 COVID-19 Hero

Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, Penn State University is undoubtedly a PA-12 COVID-19 hero. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Penn State University, one of the world's best research institutions, put their assets to use in a new way. They scoured their campuses and schools for personal protective equipment that might be used in research or other academic endeavors and found 10,000 pieces of PPE they donated to local hospitals to aid in the fight against COVID-19. Not only that, but Penn State put their academic skills to practice by partnering with local businesses in the State College area to use 3D printing to make PPE for smaller healthcare providers and nursing homes. While President Trump and his administration worked to make sure our hospitals and healthcare providers had what they needed to meet the surge capacity and combat COVID-19, critical community partners like Penn State helped to meet the need. For their work in providing needed PPE supplies, Penn State University is recognized as a PA-12 COVID-19 hero. Recognizing Lewistown Printworks as a PA-12 COVID-19 Hero

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Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my amendment 198 to the National Defense Authorization Act. For too long, our supply chain, including critical defense materials, has been overly reliant on resources located and produced within the People's Republic of China under the absolute control of the Chinese Communist Party. One area of supply crucial to the United States is tungsten. These materials are used in critical defense products like penetrators, artillery shells, projectiles, and tank shells. The fiscal year 2019 NDAA prohibited certain materials from being acquired from China and other non-allied nations, including some tungsten materials. While this was a step in the right direction, we need to do more to support tungsten manufacturing right here at home. At latest count, China controls over 80 percent of tungsten mining in the world and remains by far the world's leading producer of tungsten. As it does with other things, China uses its supply dominance to manipulate the global market. Given what has been exposed about China's intentions during COVID-19, and with China's growing military influence throughout the world, it is clear that we need to ensure domestic production of this critical material. Mr. Speaker, that is why, going forward, the United States and our allies will no longer have to rely on foreign sources, especially China, for any of our tungsten supply.

Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, this amendment would direct the Secretary to prioritize domestic procurement of this critical material so we can strengthen our vital industrial base and improve American national security. Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to support my amendment.

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Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in opposing H.R. 1425. While we can all agree that Americans pay too much for healthcare and that the rising costs of prescription drugs need to be addressed, this bill is not the answer. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected each of our communities in different ways. We need to remain focused on helping our constituents reopen their businesses, get back to work, and remain protected from the virus. This bill does none of these things. Once again, we are wasting the American people's time debating something that will harm the healthcare system, move us toward socialized medicine, and provide fewer cures. This is especially troubling as it is at odds with the Trump administration's steadfast goal of finding treatments and a vaccine for COVID-19, as well as protecting Americans from future pandemics. Just like H.R. 3, this bill irresponsibly coerces drug manufacturers into negotiating drug prices with the government, slapping a 65 percent tax on revenue if they don't come to terms, which increases to as much as 95 percent. In any negotiations that I have been part of, that is not how it works. In fact, according to the analysis done by the Congressional Research Service, letting the government set drug prices would violate both the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause and the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause. Before the pandemic, I traveled across Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District and met with patients and medical professionals, who have told me that the best way to address rising prescription drug costs include patent reform to get generics to market quickly, price transparency so consumers know the actual cost of the medication they are purchasing, and incentivizing innovation to help find new cures. Rather than working toward fixing the disaster that has been brought about on the healthcare industry by ObamaCare, this bill expands its flawed structure and attempts to force non-Medicaid expansion States into complying with the radical fantasy that resembles socialized medicine. There has been bipartisan work on healthcare reform, like H.R. 19, which Republicans put forward last year. If the majority were more interested in finding real results, they might have engaged with us in real discussions to find common ground. We are interested in lower prices, more cures, and a healthier healthcare marketplace. Unfortunately, this legislation continues us down the wrong road. For these reasons, Madam Speaker, I oppose H.R. 1425 and urge all others to do so.

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Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to talk about how for over 200 years lawmakers have come from every State in the Union to work and live in this District. The city was not meant to be a prize of conquest like the ancient walled cities of Europe. It was not meant to be the hub of trade like the early American cities. Above anything, it was meant to represent a center of the federation created by our Constitution. The city is tied to the idea of the American Republic, a living piece of collaboration, the star on the map representing the 50 stars on the flag. With the creation of a 51st State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, a State the size of a small county, that collaboration will be gone. The majority believes it is a small price to pay for two Senators. Republicans need assurances that the interests of our constituents will be reflected in this new State that will have undue influence over the Nation's Federal Government. So, my motion contains reasonable additions to H.R. 51 that will require the President to ensure certain amendments to the State constitution are incorporated before granting statehood. These provisions reflect the entirety of the Nation's views, not just those of cities controlled by Democrats. There is provision that prohibits the former capital from being a sanctuary city. These are provisions that prohibit taxpayer funds being used for political campaigns. These are provisions to protect Americans' Second Amendment rights. These are provisions that provide full funding for law enforcement, that prohibit the destruction of our national monuments, that prohibit the creation of so-called autonomous zones. Since early entry of new States into the Union, Congress has required that constitutions of the new States reflect certain considerations before granting admission. Nevada and West Virginia were required to prohibit slavery. Various Western States were required to prohibit polygamy. These requests do not violate the Supreme Court's equal footing doctrine, but the idea of the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth containing wholly within it the entirety of the Federal Capital does, in fact, violate this doctrine. A State with a controlling influence over the Nation's Federal Government and Capital is simply not on equal footing with the other 50 States. It is above them. A vote for the majority's design for D.C. statehood is a vote for D.C.'s superiority. The Founders recognized the status of Washington, D.C. House Republicans do not support deviation from their vision. However, if the Democrats insist on creating this new State, it is only fair that it be established as a State with policy values that more closely reflect the rest of the country. I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this motion to recommit, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.

Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.

Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I am opposed to the bill in its current form.

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Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the attempted veto override of H.J. Res. 76. When this legislation was advanced through this Chamber in January, the majority sought to turn back the clock on borrower defense leading to dangerous consequences for students, those repaying their loans, and the American taxpayer. The Obama-era rule, which the majority seeks to return us to, in this legislation was marked by regulatory chaos, excessive punishments, and ridiculous costs. The Obama rule provided no clarity and sought to forgive student loans at a massive scale, regardless of the cost to taxpayers or merits of the borrower's case. Mr. Speaker, most importantly, the Obama-era regulations did not distinguish between deliberate fraud and unintentional errors made by schools, which is critical because the Department can levy substantial financial penalties against institutions found to engage in fraud, which can cause a school to close despite no intentional wrongdoing, thus ending access to alternative avenues for higher education for some current and prospective students. Estimates put the total cost of the Obama Loan Forgiveness giveaway as high as $40 billion. That is why in 2019, the Trump administration issued the new Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability Rule. The new rule, which takes effect on July 1, provides regulatory clarity; affords due process to both students and institutions; provides students relief relative to actual harm; holds all institutions accountable for misrepresentation; provides students with more options to continue their education, should their school close; and allows for faster relief by allowing institutional level arbitration. Importantly, the 2019 rule is estimated to save taxpayers $11 billion from the 2016 Obama-rule baseline. Mr. Speaker, we simply cannot afford to return to the outdated, costly, and confusing Obama-era rule. I also urge a ``no'' vote, because with respect to this issue, Congress should stay in its lane. The Trump administration was rightly using its authority to implement the laws promulgating the new Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability Rule. They did so at a substantial savings to the taxpayer, while protecting student borrowers and holding bad actors accountable.

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Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, as Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District continues to emerge from the COVID-19 virus pandemic, we can recognize the people in our community that have played a uniquely outstanding role in this unprecedented time. Today, I recognize the work of Dr. Rutul Dalal, the head of the infectious diseases unit at UPMC Williamsport. In the early days of the pandemic, Dr. Dalal, along with the administration of UPMC Williamsport, provided a critical voice of reason, calm, and thoughtfulness in reassuring our community of local health providers' ability to deal with COVID-19. Dr. Dalal was a participant in a rural health roundtable our team held in March that discussed COVID-19 testing capabilities, surge capacity, and what government can do to ensure the medical community has the tools it needs. Dr. Dalal later joined me for a telephone townhall on COVID-19, where he spoke to over 10,000 residents in Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania about how to protect themselves in the pandemic and answered their questions. Throughout the pandemic, Dr. Dalal has spoken with many area lawmakers, community leaders, and others, while maintaining his hospital responsibilities on the front lines of fighting this terrible virus. For his work, professionalism, and expertise, Dr. Dalal is truly a PA-12 COVID-19 hero.