milies across our country by parental counseling and boys town national hotline where it's also a counseling hotline where about 150,000 children and families are helped each year. the boys town national research hospital is a national leader in the field of hearing care and research of usher syndrome. all of this thanks to the vision of father flanagan when he borrowed $90 to start a boys home. now, also i should mention that probably around the 1970's, i can't remember the date, women, young girls, were allowed in there. nd in fact, when i just i was invited to dinner in one of the houses there where they have a host family and eight girls in this house that were

then ordered by court or placed there by a family to help them with a variety of issues, mostly disciplinary and in fact boys town is the leader in research for pharmaceuticals for young children, for children, teenagers, most of them have come to the boys town with, while, geez, four, five different prescriptions and boys town in dealing with it, can get most of them off of the prescription drugs. but this is what boys town stands for. the father once said, i know when the idea of a group home grew in my mind i never thought anything remarkable in taking all of the races and creeds, to mimi they are all god's children, they are my brothers, they are children of zpwod.

i must protect them to the best of my ability. 97 years later inspired by him, here we are in that vision and that vision stands as true today as it was in 1917. the insubscription on the boys that stood at the centerpiece at the village, he ain't heavy, he's my brother. that's the boys town way. full of compassion to help our fellow man. i encourage all of my colleagues to support this legislation. and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. waters: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. fitzpatrick: i thank mr. terry of nebraska for his hard work on this issue and so many

other issues. passage of this bill is an appropriate way to commemorate his work and and medical center that bears that name and the great work that the boys and girls that have come through the facilities of boys town throughout the country. i urge my colleagues to pass it on suspension and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid n the table.

for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i move the house suspend the ruse and pass h.r. 5461. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: a bill to clarify the clarification of certain leverages of risk based to improve upon the definitions provided for points and thieves in connection with a mortgage transaction and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan and the gentlewoman from california will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. i yield myself as

much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. huizenga: thank you, mr. speaker, i rise in support of and co-sponsored by mr. miller from california and myself. this bill contains four titles, three of which have already passed this house with overwhelming or unanimous support and one of which passed with a dozen no-votes. it's rare that the senate sends us meaningful legislation and are that they they fix the dodd-frank act. as we have seen, our friends on the other side of the aisle usually defend it and normally reserved to the text. while we should agree that cock doesn't get it -- congress

doesn't always get it right there are areas that need clarification and that is what we are talking about here today. whatever one's position, we should be able to agree that the text is not sacred and does need some fixing of the the senate sent us a bill to clarify that regulators should not send us capital requirements on insurance companies. the senate bill, senate bill 2270 passed the other body unanimously. there is broad support in the house for a companion measure but there is support for amendments that have previously passed this house. r. barr bill, mr. grimm's bill and my own bill on how points and fees are treated under today

and frank's rule. my legislation that is included in this package is a provision that modifies and clarifies the way points and fees in a real estate transaction is calculated. and without overturning the important consumer protections and sound underwriting requirements that dodd-frank's provisions have in place. ownership has been the pillar for american life for home ownership and this particular provision will help more americans realize this portion of the american dream. this bill is a commonsense measure should and does have broad bipartisan support. i was puzzled by a dear colleague letter produced by congresswoman wars. he wrote that congressman barr would have divisive legislation.

what are you referring to? is it the c.l.o. bill which passed the bill on house vote or the end user vote that passed the house vote and only a dozen ney vote or my bill? i don't see the divisiveness and i don't see where the problem is. the americans continue care about the parliamentary process. we are pleased that the senate has come to the table. this is legislation that represents a step forward in working with the other body to make sure my constituents and your constituents can get mortgages to buy their first home, farmers can assess the financing and americans can buy insurance policies without severe premium increases. i encourage my colleagues to support this bill when my democrats support every

component of the package. i reserve. ms. waters: i yield myself such time as i may consume. before i begin my remarks, i just must correct the gentleman from michigan when he talked about our unwillingness to look at dodd-frank in any critical way and our willingness to modify, amend or do anything to dodd-frank. it's not true. as a matter of fact, i'm recorded time and time gep, even before my speech before the chamber of commerce and i have said and acted in this manner d in this fashion that there were complications, i was trying to deal with those complications so everybody would understand what was intended, where there intended to be conflicts, i would work to undoe those

conflicts. i have no problem with changing or modifying or dealing with problems in dodd-frank and acted that way time and time again. i rise to express my disappointment with a republican party that has politicized consensus legislation that would provide real tangible relief. democrats on the house financial services both agreed to support technical fixes that have broad bipartisan support. in that spirit, what is on the floor this evening, representative mccarthy worked hard, provided leadership and worked with both sides of the aisle to come together in a consensus around the legislation that we are going to hear so much about. i worked with ms. mccarthy and i worked with both sides of the aisle also and we came with

targeted bipartisan insurance capital standards and we fixed it. and our hard work paid off. after months of holding hearings, we delivered to our chairman a bill with no opposition. democrats and republicans supported the measure as did outside experts and the financial services industry. it was a bill that passed the senate, a bill that represented the kind of work that congress should be doing. in other words, virtually no one opposed these reasonable changes. instead of passing the measure, this noncontroversial technical change has been repack acknowledged into a broader bill by attaching provisions that makes substantive changes to dodd-frank that unlike the standards fix are nontechnical

in nature and not universally he supported. by circumventing, this commonsense legislation is going no where in the united states senate. countless senate dell cats have made clear that any changes to dodd-frank must be targeted and have overwhelming support. and senator collins whose contributions to the dodd-frank act peasted it as well. her statement, quote, i would hate for a bill for us to achieve consensus to get bogged on. and she says, i quote, this isn't reopening a major issue in dodd-frank but bringing clarity to a provision that i authored. i think how closely we worked with everyone is really more of

a technical correction, quote, unquote. another author of the clean senate bill wants to see an up-and-down vote on the house side and he said, my hope is we can do it in a straightforward way and get it done. if changes were made to the bill, he has to quote, start all over, quote, unquote. this congress hasn't gotten anything done. on this one issue, we have managed to get the policy right and get broad support. we have a clear path to getting something done. but unfortunately the chairman has decided to throw a wrench in the works at the last minute for no reason. and finally, this is an exercise in political theater. it is well known and widely reported that republican leadership has told private

insurance stakeholders they will bring up a bill after the midterm elections. it shows the partisan tactics that is in the political process. rather than do what is right, the chairman has decided to create a fight where there was none. make no mistake, but for the chairman, the insurance capital fix bill could be on the president's desk for signature tomorrow. i oppose this bill due to the frage entrant afront to this san efforts to fix bill. i thank you and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: got reserves. the gentleman from michigan is ecognized.

mr. huizenga: she has voted on three different bills, how it is divisive and how it is not targeted. i personally -- my bill has been sitting in the senate since june and been targeted and had democrat and republican support. we cannot get the senate to move. and i'm not sure you are not supportive and not expect the senate to look at our materials. mr. speaker, i yield now as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from kentucky. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. barr: i appreciate the gentleman yielding so we can talk about why every member of congress should support this package of reforms. before i get to the substance, i do also want to thank the ranking member, thank her for

voicing support for the underlying policies in this legislation. i want to thank her for expressing absolutely no concern about the substance of the policy in her remarks and i would like to thank the ranking member for her recognition that the dodd-frank law may have flaws, even for those who adamantly supported the passage of the bill and for her acknowledgment that she would have no problem changing or dealing with some of the flaws of the dodd-frank law. well, this is our chance, mr. speaker. s the chance to deal with those flaws. the legislation on the floor tonight is a package of four commonsense financial services bills that all share a common theme. they all have proven bipartisan support. they all have passed either the house or the senate with unanimous or near unanimous support and most importantly, put aside all of the procedure

here, think all promote jobs. they all promote durable economic growth in this country. and members on both sides of the aisle, and members in both this chamber and in the senate, agree about that. let's stop the games in washington and let's get the american people back to work. that's what we have an opportunity to do here, in a bipartisan way. so i call on my colleague to support this bill. this is a simple, 14-page bill that is about fixing unintended consequences of the dodd-frank law. these fixes are technical corrections and they're meant to clarify provisions in the law where although congressional intent was clear, the authority provided by the statutory language led some regulators to enact or promulgate economically destructive regulations. the four titles of this

legislative package represent the hard work of a number of members of congress on both sides of the isle. so let me just go through those quickly. title 1 of the legislation is an important provision that clarifies the capital requirements applied to insurance companies subject to federal reserve board supervision. mr. huizenga did a good job explaining what this title does, but just in sum mear, it is important that the capital rules for insurance companies are carefully tailored to the business of insurance rather than arbitrarily holding insurance companies to standards that are meant for banks. and i want to thank congressman gary miller a republican from california, congresswoman maloney, democrat from new york, for their leadership, their bipartisan leadership for this insurance standards clarification act and for helping push this provision forward. i'd also like to further team size the bipartisan and noncontroversial nature of this tite bill noting that the senate

version of the -- passed the senate by unanimous consent on june 3. then there's title 2. title 2 is text of the bill that i introduced in march which passed the house by a voice vote this was a bill that no one opposed. this was a bill that simply incorporates bipartisan provisions of the restoring proven financing for american employers act, and it's about jobs. it's about restoring a robust and dependable commercial lending market to u.s. companies so they can attain affordable financing to expand their businesses. collateralized loan obligations, known as c.l.o.'s, have proven to be a rit call source of funding for u.s. businesses for over 20 years. today, c.l.o.'s continue to provide $300 billion in financing to u.s. companies on main street, including companies that are well known to all of us in this room. dunkin' donuts, american

airlines, burger king, toys r us, delta airlines, good year tire and even a mattress company in lexington, kentucky, my home district, tempur-saley. because of this, u.s. employers have expanded, jobs have been created and the economy has grown. despite a track record, this valuable form of corporate finance is under assault because of the volcker rule. further relief from the volcker rule for these c.l.o.'s is necessary to prevent a fire sale in the c.l.o. market that will cause significant losses for banks after all sizes. this defined, narrow fix which clarifies that the volcker rule hould not be required to require divestitures if they were issued before january 31, 2014, is a commonsense solution. it clarifies that a bank shall not be considered to have an ownership interest in the c.l.o. if such debt security has no

condition of ownership other than the right to participate in the removal for cause and the selection of a replacement investment manager of the c.l.o. this title a bipartisan, commonsense fix to a real world problem voiced by community banks and by companies on main street that want access to this affordable, reliable source of commercial credit. it prevents an unnecessary fire sale in the c.l.o. market that would cause significant losses to banks currently holding these legacy c.l.o.'s and it will help keep the cost of borrowing affordable in the future for main street u.s. businesses looking to expand, grow, and create much needed jobs. soipt to personally thank congresswoman maloney and ranking member waters for working with me to enact the c.l.o. fix so it can pass by voice vote in april. then also, title 3. this is the package of -- this is the fix that congressman huizenga helped pass and

congressman huizenga worked in a bipartisan way with congressman meeks to support this mortgage choice act. and it passed the house. by a voice vote. not a single objection on june 19. and i won't go over the detail which is congressman huizenga has done well but i will say it will help the housing market and economy recover as members on both sides of the aisle have demonstrated with their support and supporting it by voice vote. finally title 4. this is the fourth and final title of this package and it is a provision that has broad support for main street and businesses of all sizes. like other provisions of this package, title 4 is meant to alleviate the unintended consequences created by dodd-frank. it is a technical fix that has proven bipartisan support and pass passed the house on june 12 with 411 votes in favor. the provision simply clarifies

and codifies congressional intent that dodd-frank was not supposed to impose margin requirements on end user derivative transactions. we're talking about nonfinancial companies that produce goods for the american people and simply use derivatives to hedge against commercial risks. this provision is not about speculation. it's about promoting responsible risk management practices among u.s. companies. in fact, fail wrur to enact this provision could lead to more risk as companies may be detered from engaging in hedging transactions if it requires them to needlessly tie up capital that could otherwise be used to do more productive things like expand an operating plant, perform research and product development and ultimately create jobs. again,s that provision that previously passed the house with near-unanimous support. so in conclusion, mr. speaker, what do we have here today? we have a package of four bills, 14 pages, unlike the 2,300 pages in dodd-frank.

14 pages. each of which of these four bills overwhelmingly bipartisan. each of which are vital to preserving and creating jobs. each of which are noncontroversial in nature. and two of these provisions previously passed the house by voice vote, a third passed with 411 votes and the fourth is a commonsense, critically important solution for the 75 million american families that rely on life insurance for financial and retirement security, a bill that passed the senate by unanimous consent. the substance and the policy behind this -- these bills, is bipartisan. it is solid. i would certainly expect that if you would support the underlying policy, then you would support this commonsense package of bills to promote jobs and durable economic growth. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. waters: thank you, mr. chairman. i am so proud to yield to the gentlewoman from new york, a distinguished member of the financial services committee, a woman that's worked hard to bring a clear bill to the floor, who will speak for as much time as she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york is ecognized. mrs. mccarthy: thank you, and for my colleague who was speaking, my name is carol mccarthy, not carolyn maloney. just to get that straight. i'm not sure, my memory is not good since i've been sec but i was on financial services when we did dodd-frank. and we worked very hard,

bipartisanly, on that committee. and we saw the problems on some of the language and we corrected them, bipartisanly. we made sure that when we were dealing with derivatives, that it didn't have the language that you're complaining about. that came from the senate side. when we're talking about the insurance companies and making it easier to make sure they could to their job and not be treated like a bank, we got the language here on the house side. again, the senate side misinterprets and had the wrong ladgewadge. gary miller and i have been working a year, over a year, to make the corrections coming out today. now, i support everything that we're going to be voting on but i'm reluctant about it because

talking to my colleagues on the senate side, they have said they will not do it. so something that you all want has a really good chance of never seing the light of day. maybe -- never seeing the light of day. maybe next year. that's fine. who are you hurting? who are you proving? maybe because now the insurance companies will be in limbo. we don't know what's going to happen. so you're putting off something again. you know, i'm ending my career here in congress. i'll be retiring, and i have to say for 18 years, i have worked bipartisanly and i've gotten a lot of things done and i hopefully will continue to get some things done between you and -- now and when i retire. but i also think what i've seen

ere is this politicking that words are said and people don't get to know each other. now the audience might not understand everything that's going on here on the floor, but i do believe that what we have done on dodd-frank and now, yes, there are technical changes, but to be very honest with you, in 18 years, i do not remember any bill, major bill, being passed here, going through the senate, that didn't come back for technical changes. we are not perfect as many times people want to think we are, we are not. we are human beings and unfortunately, we do not take the time to legislate and to work things out as we have done in the past. i'm not blaming republicansing i'm not blaming democrats. we've got good people on both

sides of the aisle. and it hurts me terribly to see this going on when everybody should be working together for the country, not whether you're a republican or a democrat, there are many of us who care very much about getting jobs. there are many of us that care to get everybody forward. and i think that is something that people have to start realizing. we have so many members on your side of the aisle, members on our side of the aisle, that have been friends for years and years. and you've got to learn to work together. you can have your opinions. we have ours. but you've got to sit down and work together. i know the big word around here, don't compromise. it's not compromising. it's trying to represent all of our constituents. for the whole country.

and ms. waters is absolutely right. she worked very hard during dodd-frank. as many of your republican colleagues did. but it was gary miller and i that have been working with the senate for over a year and to see this bill come onto the floor, which it's going to pass, upsets mel pass, what is, it's not going to go anywhere in the senate. another bill will die. nd there's no reason for it. 204 members bipartisanly want to see the clarification act of 2014 pass. i understand we want to put everything together so you see it's efficient. sometimes you have to know how the senate works so that we can be efficient and work with them

as we go forward. because if you had done that, you would hear republicans and democrats in the senate and their aids are saying -- aides are saying, this is not the way it's done. that's why we're upset. when you have so many people working on this, many of your colleagues, my colleagues, signing onto having it done, and now we're going to see most likely it die. or put off until next year. which is really a shame because the companies you're talking about, everything you're talking about, as far as the jobs bills, and everything else like that, i'd like to see that signed by the president tomorrow. it's not going to happen now and it's not going to happen now. so ms. waters is correct but i will vote for this bill tomorrow. many of my colleagues will vote for this bill tomorrow.

because we're hoping we'll go forward. but in my heart of hearts, because i've been around here too long, i don't think the senate's going to pass it. and that's a shame. because that's what you're working for, that's what we're working for. but the senate's procedures do not do it. they'll take a stand-alone bill and from what i understand mr. miller and i will hopefully introduce a stand-alone bill in the next few days. because if this dies in the senate, we'll take up the senate bill, which is our bill, and hopefully get a vote here and have the president sign it within a few dales. with that i yield back the alance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields to the gentlewoman from california. ms. waters: i'll reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california reserves. members are reminded to direct their remarks to the chair.

the gentleman from michigan is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i believe my colleague from kentucky would like to clarify. so with that i'll yield him an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky, 30 seconds. >> i thank the gentleman. i thank the gentlelady's comments and i appreciate what she's saying about bipartisanship and let me just make sure i clarify. i was referring to congresswoman maloney on the legislation that she and i worked on together, the c.o.o. bill. so in a very bipartisan way, i worked with her on that. mr. barr: but to the substance of the gentlelady's remarks, i appreciate what she's saying. absolutely. and that's what's such a shame about this whole situation. because we have four bills that have been worked on in a bipartisan way. and there shouldn't be any controversy about this whatsoever. let's do the business of the american people, get them back to work, pass these bipartisan bills and i yield to my friend from michigan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields to the

gentleman from michigan -- the gentleman yields to the gentleman from michigan. -- just a : i am moment. ok. thank you, mr. speaker. i do -- will consume additional time myself. but i am curious why we are here. if the house of representatives is only going to pass senate bills. i'm curious why my colleagues would be willing to do that. and i'd love to hear from my colleagues, which overwhelmingly passed house bill does the senate object to? we simply cannot get them to take our bills up. and i'm glad to hear that my colleague, mrs. mccarthy, is going to be supporting this bill package. i too am hopeful. but i do believe that this is not political theater. for the robust list of supporters like credit unions,

banks, insurers of all size, the entire real estate community, end users strongly support the policies that are within this bill and i do have that list available as well. so, mr. speaker, i am prepared to close and with that reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to cape house resolution 722, resolution providing for consideration of the joint resolution, house joint resolution 124, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. waters: thank you, mr. speaker. may i inquire as to how much time i have left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady has 7 1/2 minutes

remaining. ms. waters: very good. i yield to the gentleman such time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, the bill we took up before this one on father flanagan, that's the kind of bill that we should be doing on suspension calendar. in fact, the heart of this particular bill is not controversial and i think a lot of people would be looking forward to just voting up the insurance capital standards clarification act. i think a lot of people would like to just get this bill up, passed, send it right to the president, we could do that. unfortunately this bill, even if it does have bipartisan support, has been loaded up with other bills in the senate -- and the senate has caddied they're not going -- has indicated they're not going take it up. to the gentleman's point from michigan, why we're not just here to pass senate bills, that's a fair point of view to hold. t it's a matter of pragmatic legislative action. this is the bill we could have passed and could be passing

into law and signed by the president. so to pack this bill up even with bipartisan legislation slows it up which delays good outcomes for people who could have them. and in my opinion that's unwise and ill-advised and i'm very sorry that the president is not going to get the insurance capital standards clarification act on his desk because he certainly could if there was a spirit of cooperation. so with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. huizenga: i'm prepared to close, mr. speaker. and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. waters: i yield to the gentlelady from new york as uch time as she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. >> thank you and thank you again for yielding the time. what i was trying to explain to you, it's not that we're giving up our power from here to the senate.

mrs. mccarthy: the senate will not accept everything as a package because they have to change all their language. and that's not going to happen. they want -- they'll send back here a stand-alone bill, probably pass the package, that's fine. but they're not going to change or open it up. that's what i meant to tell you, that you have to understand how the senate works and how -- the house is totally different. that's all i'm saying. and that's why this bill might die unfortunately over in the senate. because they're not going to get to it because let's face it, we have too much to do between now and when we come back for a lame duck session. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. ms. waters: i yield back the balance of my time -- i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. huizenga: again, mr. speaker, i'm prepared to close and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan reserves. the gentlewoman from california. ms. waters: thank you very much . mr. speaker and members, i think the argument that we had

piece of legislation here authored bibi mrs. mccarthy and mr. miller that truly had bipartisan support, that had been worked on so long and so hard by the gentlelady from new york, that could have passed and it should have not been placed in this controversial position. this bill should have been a clean bill that was put forth in a way that would allow the senate to support it and to place it -- well, the senate, we would put this on the president's desk if in fact we just passed this bill out as a clean bill. it's quite unfortunate. and my colleagues can say all that they want to say about jobs and creating jobs, you know, they talked about bills that had been supported in the committee and bills that were supported on the floor. why are you bringing them back

again? why are you repackaging them? why are you taking bills that you are identifying as having had all this great support and passed off the floor, passed off committee, why are you repackaging them? i'll tell you why you're repackaging them. because you're trying to create this picture that somehow you have this great jobs bill, that somehow you have worked in some extraordinary ways to put together, despite the fact that you're just repackaging bills that, as you said, had support. the gentleman from michigan said he's confused. yes. i think you are. and i think you're confusing others. and that's my point. my point is it doesn't matter whether or not we have bills that were jointly supported or passed out of committee or passed off the floor. this process and this procedure that you're employing is one

that is not fair to the members of this house. you are putting forth a process that is complex, that is not easily understood and now the members who come to the floor, if they have to take a vote, are going to try to decide, did i support that or didn't i support that? i think that the way that you're doing this is somewhat dangerous. and i can just envision that for the future, that we may have a situation where you will hold all of the bills that perhaps do not have bipartisan support and again you will package them with maybe one bill as you are doing on this one with support, and we will never have an opportunity to have the kind of debate and amendments that we should have. it is about process, it is about procedure, it is about making sure the american people understand what we're doing and how we're doing it. it's not about being slick,

it's not about being cute, it's not about trying to take the process and package it in such a way that you can get what you want with a big title of jobs to make people think you've done something new, creative and extraordinary. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. members are reminded to address their remarks to the chair. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. huizenga: mr. speaker, i will address my remarks to you. but again, this is not about parliamentary procedure. this is about results. the only bill that we will see here that may bring confusion to this entire process is the one that my colleagues are advocating for, the senate bill. it's the only bill that we haven't dealt with in committee, it's the only bill we haven't had a vote on in the house. the other three bills have passed, two of them unanimously, by voice vote, and

the other one had 12 people out of a body of 435 vote against it. sounds like overwhelming. if it's that confusing to my colleagues to figure out what bill and how they voted for it when they come to the floor to vote on this package, they maybe should reconsider their current line of work. this should not be that tough. this is, again, something that we need to move forward on. the political theater that seems to be happening here is on the other side. and i'm not sure why. if it's about trying to play to a base for an election issue or what. but this is the one time i think in the history of my working career that the whole is worse than the sum of its parts. this doesn't make any sense. so there has not been bipartisan work on the underlying bill, dodd-frank, which i might remind my colleagues passed with zero minority republican votes when

e bill was passed, this package of bills has passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. i applaud my colleagues on the other side of the aisle when they oppose the senate and i guess i needed to clarify that my comments about people acting like this is wholly writ from the heavens does tend to act or does tend to be concentrated with my colleagues over in the senate who apparently don't want to touch this. or others in the administration who oppose the nine-bill package on derivatives reform that passed overwhelmingly bipartisanly out of our committee as well. that's the kind of holdup that we have that is frustrating americans, that's frustrating me as a policymaker and my colleagues, that's frustrating frankly future generations as they look in on this process. it is time, mr. speaker, to pass this package of bills that includes three bills that this house has already dealt with, that the senate should have

absolutely no opposition to or excuse why they will not take up. and with that i again ask my colleagues to pass this particular bill, house bill 5461, and look forward to its passage here soon. thank you and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 5461. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and -- ms. waters: mr. speaker, i request the yeas and nays on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered.

pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> i move to suspend the ruse and pass the bill h.r. 2996, the as talized american act

amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: a bill to require the secretary of commerce to require the network. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana and yasm of the gentleman from massachusetts will each control 0 minutes. mr. bucshon: i ask all members may ip clued extraneous material. the bill now under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: works. mr. bucshon: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bucshon: the revitalizing american manufacturing innovation act of 2014 strengthens a critical sector of

america's economy. thanks to congressman tom reed from new york for his work on this legislation and the gentleman from massachusetts, joe kennedy. i want to acknowledge the leadership of science committee chairman and members on both sides of the aisle in order to reach a bipartisan consensus on this legislation. a strong manufacturing base is fundamental to u.s. economic success. manufacturing supports 17 million direct a indirect american jobs. this includes 12 million americans, 10% of the work force who work for small, medium or large manufacturing companies. with the millions of americans who are employed in manufacturing fields, what matters most the manufacturing creates supporting communities. manufacturing is important in indiana as it makes up 28% of

our gross state product, the highest in the country. indiana leads the nation in manufacturing employment. in indiana's 8th congressional district, i have seen the work being done in manufacturing being done. the thriving manufacturing district is thanks to universities like the university of evan ton and producing a well-trained work force to working closely with the manufacturing employers in the district. my district is home to a coal mine in indiana. sources such as coal and natural gas are vital in boosting american manufacturers. the united states continues to have one of the largest manufacturers in the world and

adapt and innovate time and time again. our position is not guaranteed. competing nations have been ramping up their investments and taking steps to equal and surpass the united states. for instance, the world bank reports that china has forged ahead in high technology exports with 28% of the global market compared to 18% for the united states. we need to take steps now to emphasize the strengths of american industry and shore up its weaknesses. with a limited government role, we can be competitive and ensure that we reap the benefits of high manufacturing jobs. his bill will help us to accelerate the pace into better manufacturing processes and improve products. and this legislation will make

america remain competitive. and come equipped with made in america on their labels. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. contend contend -- mr. kennedy: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i thank my colleague and friend tom reed as we built momentum. i would like to thank the chairman of the space, science and technology committee and ranking member for their leadership as we worked out this bill through our committee. by my metrics, the economic picture in this country continues to improve. unemployment is down. businesses are growing and innovation is growing. there is a flipside to that coin that we cannot ignore. in my district, proud industrial

cities like fall river, taunton others are working to work. our manufacturing center -- sector is a critical vehicle for bringing working-class cities into the fold, providing a critical link between our middle-class work force. the resurgence in american manufacturing has reaped enormous economic gains supporting 17 million jobs with an average annual salary of over $77,500. there is a lot more potential on that table. and that's the idea behind this bill. this bill creates a national twork to improve our

competitiveness and bring new products to market and facilitate exchange and best practices. these public-private sectors will be leveraged and targeted with government funding matched dollar-tore dollar. each center will be based. partnerships will be new and small businesses. federal labs and nonprofits. centers will leverage the regional assets to overcome challenges. groups will joffer come funding and industry and reseverers facing the next big challenge. each application will go through a review process minimizing conflicts of interest and ensuring that best proposals move forward. it's a model we have seen.

where institutes are creating jobs and bring products to market, clean energy to semiconductors and digital designs. i urge to support american manufacturing act and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from indiana is recognized. >> i yield five minutes to the gentleman from new york for five minutes. mr. reed: i thank the chairman to address you. i rise today in strong support of this revitalize american act that we have offered today. as we speak about the details, i want to thank a few people. i would like to thank my good friend from massachusetts, joe kennedy and i started on this and we any months ago

went through the process and we are here tonight after lengthy negotiations and input from stakeholders from all across america can and i'm proud to call him a friend as we consider this legislation for passage. i thank chairman smith of the science committee for standing firm and leading on this issue as well and my good friend from appropriations committee and appropriations committee. i'm excited about thm legislation. when i came here to washington, d.c., in 20 , i came here to do something and this is the kind of legislation, bringing parties together, democrats, republicans, standing together in a concerted, drected effort to give policy adopted that will grow the american economy and

put people back to work. we heard it tonight again, jobs. well, mr. speaker, this legislation will accomplish that. but on top of that, this legislation is designed to the heart of advanced manufacturing in the united states of america. these are the great innovations of tomorrow, that we are taking from the concept phase and putting into the commercial phase. and how are we doing it, with a united plan, democrats and republicans for identifying the technologies that are emerging that we can put as a priority on the national stage to create the jobs of today and tomorrow. this is what it is all about. build it here and sell it there. and building those products that generations before us envisioned that couldn't get to the finish

line. that will take the technology and innovation from the shelf and put it in mainstream america so taxpayers will have an opportunity for this generation and generations to come. i applaud this effort. as we do this, let us recognize that we came together to pay for this legislation tonight, fully offset, the program and priority we are putting together. look forward to the senate and their efforts to take this legislation up and things i have heard today and tonight are positive. and i encourage my look forwardd their efforts colleagues in the senate to pass this legislation that will provide for generations to come. we have created an opportunity to creailt american jobs. it is time for us as we did many times before to come together,

solve america's problems and put this type of legislation on the president's desk which all indications are that he will sign and get the american manufacturing back on its feet so it builds products for generations to come. and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. kennedy: i yield such time o the gentlelady from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. >> i rise in support of h.r. 2996, the revitalize american american act of 2014. when it comes to creating jobs, many of our promises can seem empty. but the bill will differ

results, not just rhetoric. this bill if enacted and funded will do more than any other measure this congress has enacted to revitalize create high-paying jobs. the decline in u.s. manufacturing has been a threat to middle-class jobs to our entire economy. many of those jobs were low-skilled jobs never to return. but we have seen a large number of jobs moveoff shore along with the supply chain that supports manufacturing. the good must news, we have experienced a rebound as our economy continues to recover and manufacturers realize the advantages of being on the high skills. however, these skills remain modest in the meantime.

our international competitors are business i and -- busy and send our best talents overseas. yime concerned that we could reach a tipping point beyond which it would be impossible to build it in the u.s. we must now act to ensure that american companies and factories maintain their capacity and american colleges and university graduates graduate the work force to fill jobs on our shores. the revitalize act is a critical step towards this goal. this makes strategic investments in research, development and education across our nation. in keeping with our entire

history of innovation, this bill our s partnerships and great resource institutions for research institutions for the benefit of americans. however, even if this will bill gets enacted this month, our job is not done. specifically, i'm specifically i'm worried about an unnecessary obstacle we've added to the bill that will make it difficult to stand up and sustain this program. to meet majority rules about offsetting all new authorizations, the bill that passed out of committee contained language that for some subsequent interpretations looked like appropriating on an authorization bill. i want to assure my appropriations colleagues that if i had my way, we would have written a straightforward authorization, as we've always done throughout this committee's history.

clarifying language has been added to the bill. we now look to the appropriators to take the next step. -- step necessary of standing up for this program in fiscal year 2015. in that regard, i look forward to working with my appropriations colleagues to ensure that this program gets funded next year and for the duration of the authorization. i'd like to thank my colleague, messrs. kennedy and reed, for their bipartisan work to develop this legislation, and determination and moving it forward. i'd also like it thank chairman smith for his efforts to bring to the floor. this includes the manufacturing strategy introduced by mr. lipinski and the re-authorization of reasonable innovation programs introduced by mr. hultgren and mr. kilmer. these are two important steps in the right direction. i strongly support this

legislation and i urge all of my colleagues to do the same. i thank you and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. >> i reserve, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from indiana is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i yield five minutes to the gentleman from texas, the chairman of the committee on science, space and technology, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. first of all, let me say to the gentleman from new york, mr. reed, and to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. kennedy, that i appreciate all their time, effort and work that has gone into this piece of legislation. it is because of their patience and diligence and persistence that we arrived at this particularly important place tonight where we are considering this legislation. i also want to point out that this bill will, with everything expectation that we have, create thousands of manufacturing jobs in the united states.

the fact that new york and massachusetts will benefit from these jobs is an important consideration, but the jobs that are created are going to be across the country and so the gentleman from new york and the gentleman from massachusetts are doing an immense favor tower economy and to our economic -- favor to our economy and to our economic growth in america. advanced manufacture something fundamental to future u.s. economic success and national security. america has led the world since world war ii, but our global leadership is not guaranteed. competing nations have increased their investments in advanced manufacturing to surpass the united states. the world bank reports, for example, that china now leads the u.s. in high-tech exports. 28% of the global market versus 18% for the united states. in order to be competitive, our advanced manufacture -- manufacturers, large, medium and small, must accelerate or indeed develop next generation products, new manufacturing processes, retrain their work

force and introduce new technology to supply chains. this legislation, thery viteliesed american manufacturing and innovate act of 2014, authorizes up to $300 million for fiscal years 2015 through 2024. for the commerce department, nist, to develop the network for manufacturing innovation or n.m.i. the n.m.i. will not increase spending. $250 million will come from annual appropriations for the department of energy's office of energy efficiency and renewable energy and $50 million from annual appropriations for industrial technical services. n.m.i. will accelerate private investment, commercialization of technology and cooperation among multiple industrial entities, research universities and other stakeholders to increase competitiveness and innovation in u.s. advanced manufacturing. also included in the legislation is a bill developed

by mr. lipinski which requires the president to submit an advanced manufacturing strategic plan to congress, a comprehensive assessment of the global competitive situation and recommendations for strengthening the competitiveness of u.s. advanced manufacturing. in the latter category, for instance, three obvious steps stand out right now. two of these steps are highlighted by the just released 2014 international tax competitors index which ranked the overall u.s. tax system as 32nd worst among the 34 developing -- developed nations. we would go a long way toward reinvigorating our economy and putting americans back to work if we would first reduce the u.s. corporate tax rate from highest in the developed world and, second, encourage more business investment in new technology by making the r&d tax credit permanent. the third crucial step to bolster u.s. manufacturing is

to recognize the importance and take advantage of abundant, affordable, domestic natural gas. shale gas is a major revolution that is contributing to the manufacturing renaissance taking place in america. manufacturing accounts for 30% of natural gas consumption in the u.s. and represents more than 1/3 of some manufacturers' costs. not only does affordable, abundant natural gas benefit our entire manufacturing sector, the co-products of natural gas are primary feed stocks for the production of chemicals, fertilizers and plastics. an industry expert recently reported that u.s. chemical manufactures have surpassed $100 million in investments related to shale gas, with an anticipated $81 billion in annual chemical industry output and more than $6 -- 600,000 permanent new jobs in the u.s. in texas alone there have been nearly 30 projects announced in the pet roll chemical manufacturing sector. finally included in the bill before us is a provision authored by mr. hultgren and co-sponsored by mr. kilmer to

support regional innovation efforts to make u.s. manufacturers and businesses more competitive. funding for this five-year program will come from annual appropriations for the commerce department's economic development program. including, mr. speaker, i want to acknowledge -- concluding, mr. speaker, i want to acknowledge the bipartisan corporation that's gone into moving this legislation through the science committee and to the house floor. to all of my colleagues on the committee, to the research and technology subcommittee chair and rank member mr. bucshon and i will pinsky and to the ranking member of the science committee, ms. johnson, the gentlewoman from texas, thank you for your good work that has brought us to this point of passage of the bill. with that i'll yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: reserve the balance of my time. -- >> i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. reed: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to introduce a statement from one of my colleagues, congressman lipinski, who could not be here this evening. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kennedy: thank you. and i yield to the gentleman from rhode island, mr.

cicilline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cicilline: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in support of the revitalized -- revitalize american manufacturing and innovation act of 2014. rhode island, the birth place of the industrial revolution, was a very strong and long manufacturing history, is seeing the benefits of investing in rebuilding manufacturing. and this bill will create exciting opportunities to do more. this important legislation will establish the network for manufacturing innovation program and a grant program to support domestic production, drive, innovation and leverage private funding and commercialization to develop sustainable business strategies. across the united states, industry experts and economists are increasingly optimistic about a resurgence in american manufacturing. this is of crit -- this is a critical time for congress to help federal, state and local entities leverage existing resources, spur regional collaboration and support economic recovery and job creation in the high growth

manufacturing sectors. in particular i want to thank the gentleman from new york, mr. reed, and the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. kennedy, and the entire committee for the inclusion of a provision to re-authorize the regional innovation program for five years. i particularly want to compliment both of my colleagues, mr. reed and mr. kennedy, for their worken on this bill and for approaching this important issue with a spirit of real bipartisanship and genuine collaboration. in an effort to promote innovation and regional collaboration, the america competes re-authorization act of 2010 established a regional innovation program within the economic development administration. the program is designed to encourage and support the development of regional innovation strategies including regional innovation clusters and science and research parks. funding for the program supports the e.d.a.'s interagency effort to build regional innovation clusters such as the jobs innovation accelerating challenge and the make it in america challenge. through the regional innovation program, local leaders are

empowered to maximize existing assets and are provided resources to ensure that historically under-represented communities, including those hardest hit by unemployment and economic decline, are able to participate and benefit from growth in a regional cluster. to close, this bill recognizes that manufacturing and innovation are critically important to america's ability to compete in the 21st century global economy. to compete in the 21st century, america must invest in scaling up promising technology and inowevative ideas. supporting the development of regional innovation clusters strengthens our capacity to sustain and grow our economic recovery. this legislation will help do just that. i again want to urge my colleagues to support this bill and compliment my friend, mr. kennedy and mr. reed, for their great work and with that i yield back to the gentleman. >> reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from indiana is recognized. >> mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to recognize the ranking member of the research and technology subcommittee, mr. lipinski, as many others

have for his years of work on this issue and including his manufacturing competitiveness act that is included in this bill. at this point i yield four minutes to the gentleman from illinois, mr. hultgren, a member of the science, space and technology committee, another sponsor of the bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for four minutes. mr. hultgren: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my good friend, mr. bucshon from indiana, also want to recognize the important leadership of chairman smith and want to thank him for his great work on this. and also want to thank the sponsors who really did so much of the heavy lifting on this. congressman reed and congressman kennedy, great work for a wonderful bill. manufacturing is a vital component of my district's economy. there are 554 manufacturing facilities in the 14th congressional district with so or -- 10 or more employees in them. manufacturing facilities employ also more than 27,000 workers across my district alone. the workers at manufacturing facilities in the 14th congressional district of

illinois have felt the economic down turn disproportionately. as federal and state governments have failed to change outdated or unneeded policies that keep my constituents from regaining full employment. later this week the house will vote on a package of bills to help alleviate these problems but there are more ways we must act to help ensure our manufacturers have the tools they need to remain competitive on the world stage. this legislation gives needed direction to the administration for funding a national network for manufacturing innovation. these programs would bring together our country's vast research capabilities and help align our institutions with industry partners. our universities and colleges must know what industry needs in order to provide valuable research as well as train our next work force. this legislation would also help remove some of the barriers that keep industry from working together and innovating in the 21st century economy. i'm also very glad to see authorization for the regional

innovation program. this is a smart, targeted program that allows local regions to pool their resources and work together. industry clusters are one of the most effective ways to compile and share best practices and the fact that these programs get preferenced to bids is another reason to support this bill. these boards are doing all they can to help my constituents find work and this is the cooperative federalism that will ensure taxpayer dollars are not wasted. i'd like to commend the gentleman from new york for introducing this legislation and i urge all of my colleagues to vote in favor of this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: mr. bucshon: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. kennedy: i yield to the gentleman from washington, mr. kilmer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. kilmer: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you for yielding me time. i want to thank representatives kennedy and reed for work across the aisle to develop

legislation that len courage the growth of innovative technologies and the creation of a manufacturing work force that will be able to compete on the global playing field. i also want to thank the representatives for working with representative hultgren and myself to include the re-authorization of the regional innovation program. accelerates job creation and economic groth in the united states. it acknowledges something important, that innovation and job growth don't happen in our nation capitol. but happens on the ground. it happens intake coma where clean water is happening in a collaboration between our companies and university and happening on the penla of washington where people are developing technologies. the united states is going to be

a global economic competitor, we need to focus on growing a work force in our communities. spent a decade in working in economic development. we work with everyone, every day, everywhere. it will help us make things in the united states. and as the dad of two little girls, it will provide make things in america. the revitalize bill is a sign we are moving in the right direction and i thank you and i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the alyields. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kennedy: i would like to address this, as recently as languagegress included pointing out that the appropriations bill did not

address a manufacturing network as congress had not considered or approved a legislative proposal. the bill before us today solves that problem. even more recently, the fiscal year 2015, the appropriations bill that passed the house on y 0, 2014, included language had language. congress has been waiting for this bill to authorize this important program. after we pass this bill, i look forward to working with my colleagues to provide much needed funding. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana is recognized. >> i yield to mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognize dollars for 30

seconds. mr. smith: mr. speaker, before we conclude debate on this bill, i wanted to thank senior staff who have worked long months in developing this legislation and in refining and getting it to the point where it is bipartisan and where we blove the prospects for the passage in the nat is good as well. on , chris, and if i may, the minority side, and we appreciate their support and many members of the staff who have contributed to this legislation. with that, i urge my colleagues to support this bill and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. kennedy: can i inquire how much time i have left?

the speaker pro tempore: seven minutes. mr. kennedy: i yield to the gentleman from california. mr. honda: thatching you, mr. speaker, as co-sponsor of this bill, i rice in support of this ill, the revitalize american act. it will help rebuild our nation's capacity and grow manufacturing. i hail from silicon valley, the nation's epicenter. silicon valley is experiencing a manufacturing resurgence. companies see the benefit of locating their manufacturing in areas of r and d and work force. and these advanced manufacturing

jobs are high paying. this bill will replicate some of the important qualities of silicon valley across this nation. it will build partnerships and industry ment to address targeted manufacturing challenges. i applaud president obama when he proposed a network of network manufacturing institutes and i thank the co-chairs, mr. reed, and mr. reed, for authorizing this legislation to authorize such a network. i have worked with my constituents to help build strong, bipartisan backing of this bill and i'm gad we are on the floor. once this bill is enacted, we can win for silicon valley and developing the next generation of semi-conductor manufacturing tools. this bill is an important step

for counting the senses that other countries are offering innovators to relocate overseas. i urge my colleagues to support this bill because it will help revitalize the american manufacturing. it's a game changer. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. kennedy: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. mr. huizenga: iry serve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. kennedy: with co-sponsors and supporters on every concher of the country, we must pass this bill. we are here today as part of a process that involves many, many people. ast month, we had a markup addressing several concerns. most importantly, this bill

represents how congress is designed to work. ideas from across the continue try coming together to formulate policy that will move our country northward. he sigget house work for their tireless efforts and echo some of the names that chairman smith already mentioned. jamie, cliff, tireless efforts and kristen, c ris, minority staff, dick, marchesey, kim, john and and ssman reed's office, senator brown's office, and nora, senator blunt's office, the and tracy and from national institutes of standards

and technology. mr. speaker, through the revite aysation of our american strigs, our industry makes far more than the widgeet by supporting government, we can go many, many stry and others. i urge my colleagues to vote in this bill. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. bucshon: a strong manufacturing base is essential. manufacturing supports millions of good-paying american jobs. for the millions of americans that are employed, that's what matters most. supporting community-sustaining

jobs. i urge my colleagues to support this legislation and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the amended. 2296 as those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the chair will entertain one-minute requests. for what purpose does does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek

recognition? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: over the past two years the house of representatives has advanced bill after bill to grow our economy. the house has passed legislation to keep our small businesses growing through through smarter legislation. we passed legislation to increase job opportunities. the house has passed legislation to make energy more affordable and keep the country on a path to energy security. the house has passed legislation to reees to ip crease timber production. we have advanced legislation to dernize science miking and protecting our economy. the senate has failed to act.

the house has passed a series of reforms including repeal of the 2.3% act. american people deserve better. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. capito of west virginia for today. mr. gingrey of georgia for today. misjackson lee of texas for today. mr. lowenthal of today for today and ms. moore of wisconsin for today. the speaker pro tempore: woirks request is granted. -- without objection, the

request is granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from texas plrks ohmert is recognize until 10 p.m. >> mr. gohmert: the president made a speech last thursday night and amazing that he is ready to go ii h sil andsis or the islamic state is not as islamic. and what i have seen in the beheedings, they think they are nts. religious and the ar quickly here.

president obama talks about this great coalition. after all those things after president bush and the 40 countries that did participate in the war in iraq, president obama's coalition of the unwilling is a better way to talk about his coalition. nato ally turkey will not allow the u.s. to talk about this. so much for their real cooperation. germany said it is not going to join air strikes. the united kingdom has therefore , they will not join air strikes, om to be contradicted by the prime minister. they signed it aagreeing to qualify, cooperate with the u.s. but without any u.s.

>> and has criticized the attacks on isis. and refuse to back any efforts cause it might have -- important to note that this administration has admitted, using back channels to cooperate with iran. gee, that would have been like roosevelt saying, we are working with hitler because japan attacked us when they want to kill us. vetted moderates, u.s. weapons. it's important people to know that september, 2013. isis raids, raided a free syrian

c.i.a. epot, that the provided and in 2013. nd that is near syria-turkey border were seized by islamic front to stop shipment. and in april, they began using weapons including weapons provided by the united states. good thing that our southern border is not pourous. une of 2014, the u.s. is roviding weapons

i move that we do hereby adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m.

now the debate between candidates in kansas. democrat chad taylor has withdrawn from the race but is included on the ballot. race at aas the virtual tie. the ads look at some of running in kansas. really?s greg orman, orman's run against pat roberts before as the democrat. fact, orman's given $38 grand to liberal democrats. orman gave thousands to hillary clinton, to harry reid and to barack obama. like obama, greg orman will say evening to get elected, pretending he's a conservative like pat roberts. >> i agree with senator roberts. agree with the senator. i don't disagree with the senator. i agree with senator roberts.

just so we're clear, i agree with the senator. you're going to take a stand and tell us what party you're going to caucus with. be a republican one day and a democrat the next and democrat one day and a republican. you going to be? >> phony politicians like orman problem. are the principled conservatives like pat roberts are the solution. >> i'm pat roberts. i approve this message. >> if we want to get things done america, we need to have true independents in washington, people people who are willing to stand up for the best idea regardless from.t party it comes our system's broken. problems we have as a country aren't getting solved. businessman who solves problems every day. i believe that we can become the aace you go to start business, that we can become the innovation nation but we can't the current leadership that we have. i'm greg orman and i approve this message.

washington's broken, we all know it, and that threatens the future of every kansan. a businessman who solves problems every day and i believe we can have another american century, if we elect problem partiesans. extreme i'm greg orman, the independent senate. >> welcome to the kansas state hutchinson as we bring debate.u.s. senatorial wibw radio andh kansas radio networks, serving moderator for the u.s. senatorial debate. i want to introduce the folks

be asking the questions. the new media member panel is montonyo with the kansas in topeka and two people -- michael swanker and nick swain. our time keeper is todd director with radio in salina. two candidates will have 90 seconds for an opening and closing statement. minute tohave one respond to questions and the candidate who answers first also will have 30 seconds of rebuttal time. listen to not here to me. you're here to listen to the candidates. on to our candidates. first off, greg orman, the candidate. olathe, kansas,

businessman, involved in several thenesses and he co-founded common sense coalition in 2010. mr. orman, your opening statement. morning. my name's greg orman. parentup in a single family -- good morning. orman, i grew up parent --e shhhhh. come on, folks, settle down. morning. my name is greg orman. i grew up in a single parent brothers andive sisters. i learned how to solve problems at a young age, having to share bathroom sort of guaranteed that. i watched my mom struggle every bills and maker ends meet but with the help of dedicated teachers, great public schools, i was able to go to college and ultimately start my while i'ves and

lived the american dream, i realize all is not right with america. is system of government broken and we all know it. we're sending the worst of both there, bitter partisans pleasingmore about extremists than solve be problems and we have serious problems to solve as a nation, from healthcare and higher affordability to stagnant wages to living within our means as a country. if we don't solve these status in the world, our standard of living and the very existence of the middle class in america is at risk. i've tried both parties and like of kansas, i have been disappointed. that's why i'm running for the united states senate as an independent. i realize it's sometimes to know what to think about a non-partisan candidate.

my opponent would like you to believe i'm a liberal masquerading as an independent while some democrats are starting to call me a conservative. i guess they can't even agree on that. what i am is a fiscally responsible businessman who will work hard to go to washington not play problems, party politics. only to you,olden not to party bosses and not to special interests. >> u.s. republican senator pat completing his third term in the united states senate. he's served in the house of 1981 totatives from 1997, serving as chairman of the house agriculture committee and has served as chairman of the senate intelligence committee. he is the senior member of the committee.culture senator roberts, your opening statement. you.ank

thank you, greg. sponsoringibw for this election year event. it's a great day. cats! this is a crucial election both can sans and our nation. me, heb dole endorsed said when the world is on fire and we have chaos we must have experienced ourership to safeguard security and get our economy on track. candidate herene today with that experience in leadership. i have a proven record and as a senate agber of the and finance committees i look forward to what we can under a newogether republican majority. we must, we must stop the obama agenda but before we can do that reid's to break harry

stranglehold on the senate. passed over 350 bills all of which are stuck in senate where now good legislation goes to die. the choice is clear. on this only candidate stage that will vote to put andy reid out to pasture break the gridlock. opponent wants you to believe he's an independent. he is not. liberal democrat by philosophy. thousands of dollars to barack obama, hillary clinton, and -- listen to this -- harry reid. kansans know better. they won't be fooled by opportunism or misleading rhetoric. forirst vote will be republican majority in the u.s. senate. that is a vote for kansas and you can count on it.

time, please. to ourre we get questions and i echo kelly's thoughts. seene the enthusiasm we've here so far this morning but a reminder, please be courteous in responding to each of the please refrain from responding until they have completed their statements. truly, hasor, yours the authority to add time to a candidate if they feel their response has been interrupted by audience members. you didn't come to hear me. the candidatesr and we'd like for that to happen undecidedose who are in their rote -- vote for november 4. question from liz montonyo with the kansas radio in topeka to senator roberts. >> thank you very much. actually my question is for you to answer but senator, the epa and the army

corps of engineers have a proposal to dramatically expand jurisdictions of waters under the clean water act, a plan under sharp criticism from municipalities, agriculture and business. critics claim the waters in already regulated at the state level and the plan is nothing more than a government overreach. you support the proposal? why or why not? the proposalupport of the government taking over the u.s. waters. on the last day, on the last day withe congress, we met secretary gina macarthy, nine to her howd said much damage this is going to do to farmers and ranchers. proposal started out as two pages. the there's 88 pages in federal registry, 363 pages if read it and yet we're supposed to be exempting farmers and ranchers.

what we're talking about is farm ponds. farm ponds are supposed to be the farmers atll 5:00 can swim in the farm pond. that's ridiculous. that no self pond respecting duck would ever land on. itold yeana macarthy and showed her all those pages of paper, no farmer, no farm organization, nobody could that out and we urged her to back off, let the state control this. our governor has a 50-year water plan. that, let's keep the federal government out. we might back off, we might back off. >> time. i think we will back off. i think she will back off until the election. out.look >> mr. orman, you have one minute. >> i agree with senator roberts. farm ponds shouldn't be regulated by the epa. a businessman, i

have to face regulations every day. father, who's owned a furniture store in stanley, for 41 years, refers to this as the beehive of regulation. up facing regulatory burdens from state, local and agencies and i agree those burdens are inappropriate and bad for business. the i will say is i think senator could demonstrate more leadership here and could changes to thee rules that make it explicitly notr that the epa is regulating farm ponds and i think that's what he should have so thatis staffers do there can be clarity for farmers kansas.tate of >> senator roberts, 30 seconds rebuttal time? i've already done that. we already have a bill and it's and it asks bill

the secretary of epa, gina wearthy, the very person were investigate -- visiting with, back off, and as i tried to say, i think she will until the election. record oft has a voting for barack obama, running against me as a democrat and to harry reid. if we didn't have harry reid in we could consider that bill by senator barroso and it.ould take care of >> the next question is from swanky from wichita to mr. orman. >> this is for both and i think we have to address it because it's been a little crazy in the last three days. we were supposed to have three last three days. in the last three days we've learned that the democrat in the has decided to take himself

out of the race. mr. orman, you said the news is unexpected. senator roberts, you said it was a corrupt bargain between orman and national democrats. change the race? >> if that question is addressed will say is and repeat what we said in our statement, it was unexpected by us. i have been asked by a lot of people, did you have anything to do with it? is, i thinkn say our progress in the polls was obviously something he had to take into consideration. i think the fact that our resonating with kansans really do believe washington is broken, we'reeally do believe sending the worst of both parties to washington and that if we want to solve our problems nation, we're going to have to get back into the serious problem solving instead of simply positioning to re-elected.

and ultimately that's what our campaign is about. led over 11,000 petition toign a get us on the ballot. >> senator roberts? first timeis is the i've ever seen national democrats work very hard to get ballot.at off the with claireked mccaskill across the aisle in a got tosan manner but i tell you, when claire mccaskill calls the democrat candidate and him to get off the ballot, you know something fishy is going on and i have a message we have --acaskill, we've had a lot of people from missouri come across the border.

think of quantrill. stay in missouri. to fiddle around with kansas politics. again, my opponent has a record obama,ng for barack running against me as a democrat and donating to harry reid. if you want to make change in washington, get rid of harry reid, put him out to pasture. i'm the only candidate that can do that. >> mr. orman, 30 seconds rebuttal. this does sort of create a really unique situation. i think it's the first time i've a republican complain about disenfranchising voters.ic want to go to washington to all partisanship and focus on problem solving and about.all this is >> the next question comes from the hayes daily

news and this question will be senator roberts. residencymi permanent matter for a senator or congressman? what are the pros and cons are tourning to the district live and work when congress is not in session vs. maintaining residence in the washington, d.c. area? thanknow more about kansas anybody else on this stage. i have walked with families in rubbles of greensberg, you stood with farmers during the dust in the recent drought and have been in fields of water the missouri fields have flooded. i have been corner to corner and border to border. i have been in all 105 counties many times. i have been on more main streets public official.

as a matter of fact, as a matter fact, bob dole just called me and said he's out here trying to catch up. am a fourth generation kansan, i was born here, educated here, done my life's work here. from tell me i'm not kansas. the people of kansas elected me to go to the u.s. senate. the u.s. senate is in washington. my home is dodge city and i'm it. proud of >> mr. orman? i suspect, senator, i have been to dodge city more have.ear than you >> how many times? timesave been this four this year. >> five? >> i have been there four. >> i have been about 7 so you're wrong on that. thank you. >> i'll look for the camera roll on that.

and i probably lived more of my adult years in kansas than you will say to be perfectly candid is i don't think it matters. it matters where someone lives. i think it matters how they vote and when it comes to voting for kansas and standing up for kansas values, senator roberts has taken a sharp turn to the right. he voted against the farm bill. against veterans benefits, he voted against funding for n-bath and ultimately maybe the most egregious thing is, when the bill came up, he didn't bother to vote on it and i think that's an affront to all veterans. senator roberts, 30 second rebuttal. >> i've worked very hard for day that i've had the privilege of public service. i stood up to the president, keeping terrorists out of kansas.

brought the big red wand back to fort riley. ensure thatght to the world's biggest tanker atfueling fleet will be mcconnell. i'm responsible for the lewis and clark center being based at leavenworth, the finest military university in the world. father of n-bath in manhattan, real jobs, real will transform our economy and i protected and improved province for kansas farmers. here's a classic example. the farm bill. >> time. next question is from liz montonyo with the kansas radio networks in topeka directed the first towards mr. orman. action should be taken by congress to curb the growing intensifiedcrisis by influx of unaccompanied children fleeing central america?

question. and the immigration crisis in of what's an example wrong with washington. when my opponent went into the house of representatives we had undocumented people in this country. today we have over 11 million. had anh parties have opportunity to solve this problem. both democrats and republicans it. failed to solve what i've said is, for immigration reform to work, it tough, practical and fair and by tough i mean we need to secure our borders, we need make sure that we continue our commitment to border borders.and secure our by practical i mean i think it's absolutely impractical to think we're going to find and deport 11.5 million people and i advised.s frankly ill there are whole towns in western kansas that would go away. agricultural industry, the meat packing industry would go away. how do we make it fair to taxpayers? if you're here on an undocumented basis, you should

fine, obey our laws, hold down a job and pay think youthen i should be able to stay here but let's be clear, this is a problem both parties have failed to solve. >> senator roberts? border.e the no amnesty. the biggest problems we're going to face right away when i go back to washington is the president of the united he will declare by executive order an immigration policy with amnesty. know i think it's ironic. i think it's ironic. we wouldn't have this tremendous the border unless the the united states two years ago told people 16 years and under they would not deported.

as a result, we've seen thousands come over the border. have to secure the border. it is a humanitarian problem that has to be done. ladies and gentlemen, we this problem if we didn't have barack obama and senate.id in the and every day i am fighting to undo the damage that my opponent with his support for obama and for harry reid. time. mr. orman, 30 seconds rebuttal. >> this may surprise some people agree that president obama taking executive action on immigration and bypassing right thing't the to do. i believe that we are a nation of law. and as a result of that i really that we need to solve this problem legislatively but failure lies.he

both parties have had an opportunity to solve this problem and both parties haven't the political courage to address it. >> the next question comes from kwch-tv innky with to senatordressed roberts. >> kansas continues to lag behind other states and the comesal average when it to job growth. if elected, how will you specifically support job growth new business development in kansas? shows -- make it rain. greg, can i have a little help here? >> ladies and gentlemen, please. we said, we want you to be courteous. let the candidates answer their questions. to the respond candidates but we want both sides to be fair on this to be

able to do that. >> i think the business climate that people such want to know how to plan ahead. they want certainty. all thist want tremendous overflow with regulations. a comprehensive bill on regulatory reform. i have every republican vote and 10 covert democrats because they didn't want to tell harry reid. even let usould not vote on it but look at the record. look at the record. when werought jobs back had the tanker base at mcconnell, when we have the biggest university in america the world up at leavenworth, theintellectual center of army, the big red wand moving back to kansas and n-bath will be $3.5 billion to the kansas economy. father of n-bath. we will get it done this session and it will be the jewel in our the animal health quarter which will help economy. our kansas

>> mr. orman? senator's with the statement that we need to have certainty but what certainty startis congress needs to getting its business done. barry flinchbaugh dr. flinchbaugh said we would have significantly more growth in the ag sector in created certainty in our immigration policy. i think we would have significant additional growth in in congress just got their act together and let american businesses know that we're going to solve our crisis that we have in this country and so i think congress getting their act foremostis first and what we need to do. the other thing i will say is, businessesand grown my whole life. i've traveled the state of kansas. industry into build kansas is going to require a very diverse approach. in western kansas isn't the same thing we need in manhattan and isn't the same

need in the kansas city area. and so i think we need to take a to take a very distinct approach in order to create jobs and growth in the state. [applause] >> senator roberts? 32nd rebuttal. 30-second rebuttal. >> getting business done. really. getting business done in the united states senate. really. 300 bills have come from the house and our gathering dust in the senate. this is where good legislation goes to die. it is because of harry reid, who will not allow any amendment, republican or democrat. he does not want to put his democrats online. i am the only one on this stage that can make a republican majority, put ha