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I am outraged, and I condemn in the strongest terms, the executive order issued by President Trump aimed at the world's most vulnerable people: refugees and asylum seekers who are fleeing the most horrific wartime conditions. The order has also swept up individuals who have previously been carefully vetted by our national security system including students and faculty, green care holders, tech workers, dual nationals and others. This is an action aimed at excluding individuals based on religion and country of origin and does nothing to enhance our security.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 5015, a bill that would improve the fairness of the tax code and treat our service members with the respect they are due.

Veterans who suffered combat-related injuries who separated from the military are not supposed to be taxed on any one-time disability payments. Unfortunately, an accounting error has cost about 14,000 veterans more than $78 million in taxes. Just under 500 of these veterans are from my home state of Illinois.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to address underage drinking, a public health and safety issue that is often lost in the pile of other stories in our 24-hour news cycle. Back in 2005, the Federal Trade Commission initiated a consumer education program to reduce underage drinking called ‘‘We Don’t Serve Teens.’’ It is a valuable resource to raise awareness among parents, educators, and other adults that furnishing alcohol to minors is illegal and irresponsible.