-- trade measures that are set for debate on friday as well. now live to the house floor here on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. god of the universe, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we pray for the gift of wisdom to all with great responsibility in this house for the leadership of our nation. may all the members have the vision of our nation respect and understanding are the marks of civility and honor and integrity are the marks of one's

character. give them the grace to see the best and those with whom they find disagreement and the courage to move together with them towards solutions that best serve our great nation. bless us this day and every day and may all that is done within these hallowed halls be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal's last day's proceedings and announces his approval thereof. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise. mr. wilson: pursuant to clause 1, rule 1 i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker: the question is on agreeing to the approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed no. in the opinion of the chair the jourm stands approved. mr. wilson: i object to the vote that quorum is not present and make a point of order that a quorum is not present.

the speaker: further proceedings on this question will be postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlelady from california ms. hahn. ms. hahn: i invite everyone to join in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker: without objection. mr. wilson: mr. speaker earlier this week president obama admitted that he does not have a complete strategy to fight isil which he belittled as junior varsity, putting american families at risk. the president should change course to prevent more failed foreign policies.

under his watch, the victory he cited in iraq has evolved into the beheading of americans and mass murder of muslims by isil. safe havens exist to murder americans worldwide. under his watch syria crossed his red line when it used chemical weapons to kill opposition yet face no consequences. iran continues with nuclear weapons developed -- by building intercontinental ballistic missiles by continuing death to israel, death to u.s. under his watch putin's regime invaded ukraine leaving 7,000 dead. extremists threatened u.s. under his watch, murder and kidnaps have swept libya nigeria kenya which the president should address through peace through strength. in conclusion god bless our troops and the president, by his actions, never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the

gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. veasey: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. veasey: -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. veasey: mr. speaker, i rise today to remind republican colleagues it's time to get serious about our country's transportation needs. with another highway and transit fund -- trust fund deadline on the horizon, we can no longer keep our nation stuck can small, short-term funding that fails to meet the challenges of our nation's crumbling roads and bridges. in the dallas-fort worth metroplex a long-term bipartisan fix will ensure that texas department of transportation txdot can continue long-term projects like the horseshoe project near downtown dallas and the i-35 w near fort worth and make sure that they can utilize reliable transit services like the t and

dart. transportation funding will expire in the middle of the summer season. it's time for republicans to put aside their rhetoric and make their word good. don't let folks get stuck in traffic. pass a long-term extension bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> well mr. speaker, i congratulate two high school students for doing so well in the national securities industry and financial market associations foundation student essay competition. mr. paulsen: tyler placed second in the essay competition and senior megan plumber faced fifth. the invite -- thesta competition asks students around the country to analyze the investment scenario in 1,000 words or fewer. tyler and megan both used their

analytical skills they learned in their home school and their teacher. mr. speaker, as a member of the financial literacy caucus, i believe that our youth need more opportunities to learn how to effectively manage money in order to plan and achieve their financial goals. events like this will encourage our students to learn the ends and outs of our world economic views. once again, mr. speaker, i want to congratulate tyler and megan on their great opportunity to do so well in this competition. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? ms. hahn: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized 1. -- is recognized for one minute. ms. hahn: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to voice my opposition to the fast track legislation making its way through our house this week. let me be clear i am pro-trade. i represent the port of los angeles, and i understand the potential benefits of a good trade deal, but i'm also

pro-worker pro-environment, pro-immigration reform, pro-human rights and pro-food safety. and these goals i believe would be undermined by this fast track legislation that limits our president's ability to negotiate those critical issues. moreover, the president gets fast track authority then our only role as members of congress would be an up or down vote on the final deal -- limited debate, no amendments. we cannot afford another bad trade deal. nafta caused our nation over 800,000 manufacturing jobs. i do not want to vote against a trade deal. i want to shape a fair deal that does not hurt american workers. i want a deal i can vote for. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute.

>> mr. speaker, i rise today to celebrate the anniversary of one of the world's most important documents, the magna carta. on june 15, 1215, king john added his seal to the magna carta after it was drafted by barons in england. the magna carta, which is latin for the great charter, established the rule of law in england and served as an inspiration for the american revolution and the basis for the declaration of independence and our bill of rights. as thomas payne said in 1776, in free countries the law ought to be king and there ought to be no other. mr. speaker, it seems that far too often our problem is we don't fully understand our history and that's why we stray from it. mr. byrne: we're dealing with a president who is changing laws through executive fiat. i believe it's vitally important to remember the magna carta which is based on the idea that no person regardless of their position will ever be above the law. people from all over the world

have fought for centuries in order to preserve and defend this basic principle and that fight can never end. so on this 800th anniversary, i call on this body to remember the magna carta and work every day to carry forward the torch of freedom. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from new hampshire seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise in support of cutting the red tape strangling our small businesses. the commodity futures trading commission implemented guidance that would prevent families and individuals from obtaining auto financing discounts. the cfpb issued this guidance without a period for consumers and stakeholders. this guidance not only affects auto dealers in the granite state but it also affects granite state families and individuals.

mr. guinta: for example, the young couple in manchester struggling to afford a new minivan to accommodate their new family or the logistics company in conaway wishing to get another fleet to grow their business. this detrimental aspect of the onerous regulation are felt throughout our state and our nation. that's why i introduced 1737, a bipartisan bill to rein in the cfpb's overreach and merely bring more transparency, accountability and clarity to the formal rulemaking process. it will reverse the cfpb's auto financing guidance and allow the public's voice to be heard. this bill has 49 republican co-sponsors and 40 democrat co-sponsors, and i look forward to working with all those interested in continuing to reverse this rule. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you mr. speaker.

i rise today to recognize an extraordinary 15-year-old named hunter gandy from monroe county, michigan. mr. walberg: hunter's 8-year-old brother brayden has share balance palsy and cannot -- creeb rale palsy and cannot walk on his own. he carried him on his back for 57 miles to raise awareness for the disease. the three-day journey took them from lambertville to the university of michigan's pediatric rehabilitation center in ann arbor where brayden has upcoming surgery. along the way, there were hugs cheers and outpouring of support from communities across michigan and the country. two brothers, one journey an inspiring story of love courage and sacrifice. may we all learn from their example and do our part to make the world a better place. god bless hunter, god bless brayden. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman

from tennessee seek recognition? mr. roe: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. roe: thank you mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize my constituent and friend eddy lowry as the founder and president of honor flight of northeast tennessee. under eddy's direction, they honor veterans by araging trips and transporting former service men and women to washington, d.c. to visit their war memorials all at no cost to veterans. eddy first became part of the honor flight in new jersey after reading about the program in a newspaper article. during an honor flight in 2008, she witnessed firsthand the impact honor flight program has on veterans' lives. after discovering in 2010 that the honor flight did not exist in our area, eddy established a chapter in northeast tennessee. honor flight of northeast tennessee has helped dozens of

veterans visit their memorial and to receive the honor and recognition they deserve. i thank eddy, my friend, for her service to veterans in our community through honor flight of northeast tennessee. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize the great achievement of the 10th district hero, jerry. working with the f.b.i. and the d.e.a., the special agent served as a lead special investigate to shut down the notorious black market website silk road. for more than two years special agent worked undercover to infiltrate the silk road network, an underground website used by thousands of drug tealers and criminals to facilitate drug sales and

illegal activity around the globe. mr. dold: his innovative, cyberinvestigation led to drug seizures, the conviction of the owner and operator of the silk road website in helping bring down this dark website, jared has left his mark in making this country a safer and more secure place. i'm honored to have jared as a constituent of illinois' 10th district. i thank him for his service to this nation and i look forward to many more bright achievements in the future. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today in support of this year's fiscal 2016 defense appropriations bill. as we rapidly approach to final vote on this year's bill, i want to recognize the outstanding work that appropriations committee has done in crafting this year's

bill. i am proud to represent the first congressional district of georgia which is the proud home of kings bay naval submarine base hunter army airfield moody in fort stewart. mr. carter: this is -- this has many missions that help our students abroad and home. i'm grateful that this appropriations supports the first district's important missions and i commend the committee for its accomplishments all while operating under budget. through this bill, the georgia first military installations and their personnel will continue receiving funding for critical missions that will ensure future success for our service men and women. . i yield the remainder of my time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for

one minute. >> thanks, mr. speaker i rise to honor ed olander who passed away at the age much 91. he was a dedicated family man and friend. he was a volunteer and service as a firefighter and life member of the american legion and the v.f.w. you would never guess the rest of his life story. born in 1923 in new york, he joined the army at the age of 17. he served in the pacific in world war inch i and earned a bronze star and a purple heart. he also served in combat in korea and vietnam, earning a second purple heart and various awards. he retired in 1974 as a command sergeant major and also earned the silver star and earned the

combat infantryman's badge three times. he was married for 53 years, two children, two grandchildren. i rise to commemorate this great american hero, a humble and incredible experience for all of us. may god bless him and his entire family. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose 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: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: yesterday, i teamed today up with jerry connolly of virginia to introduce a legislation to ensure that future trade partners of the united states are active in the recovery efforts of our p.o.w.'s and m.i.a.'s. i thank god my son returned home safely but pains me that there are still men and women who have not been recovered. this bipartisan resolution makes

it clear that we as americans take promises that we made very seriously and hopeful that future trading partners will become partners in our efforts. mr. speaker, according to the department of defense, 80,000 american citizens are still missing in action. and i will not rest until our men and women are returned home. these american heroes deserve no less. i urge my colleagues on both sides to support this resolution h.r. 56. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent that the order of the house of june 10, 2015 regarding consideration of the senate amendments to h.r. 1295 be modified by striking quote submitted for printing

closed quote. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. so ordered. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the house resolution 303 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 2685. will the gentleman from florida please take the chair. the chair: the house is in the

committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 2685 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the department of defense for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2016 and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, an amendment offered by the gentleman from virginia, mr. forbes, had been disposed of and the bill had been read through page 162, line 25. the clerk will read the last two lines of the bill. the clerk: this act may be cited as the department of defense appropriations act 2016. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. frelinghuysen: i move that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted.

accordingly the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 2685, directs me to report that it has come to no resolution there on. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 2685 and has come to no resolution thereon.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition. >> pursuant to the order of june 10 2015 as modified by the order of the house today, i call up the bill h.r. 1295, with the senate amendments thereto and i have a motion at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill designate the senate amendments and designate the motion. the clerk: h.r. 1295, an act to amend the internal revenue code

of 1986 to improve the process for making determination with respect to whether organizations are exempt from taxation of such code. senate amendments, mr. ryan of wisconsin moves that the house concur in the senate amendment to the title of h.r. 1295 and concur in the senate amendment to the text of h.r. 1295 with amendment numbered one smithed for printing in the congressional record. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of wednesday, june 10, 2015, the motion shall be debatable for one hour, equally divided and controlled by chair and ranking minority member on the committee of ways and means. mr. ryan and mr. rangel, will each control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r.

1295, the trade preferences extension act of 2015, currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. . mr. ryan: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise today in favor of the trade preferences and extension act. this bill will strengthen america by promoting free enterprise all around the world. first, we extend the africa growth and opportunity act for 10 years. it allows countries in africa to sell goods duty-free. it strengthens ties between our two countries when america grows, they grow too. i thank congressman rangel for his work on this. he is a champion of this and primary authors and the person who has done so much work to help forge better ties between the nations of africa and our

country and to help the rising tide lift all of the boats. i thank him for his leadership on this issue. . g.s.p. lowers duties on thousands of products around the developing world and we make a few changes in the bill and i want to articulate those changes. we make eligible for g.s.p. things like purses, briefcases and backpacks but only after they receive extensive review and only if they are found to be nonimport sensitive. this is a trade bill so there are lots of things like this in trade bills. the purpose of all of this is to give american consumers access to better products at better prices to help grow the economies of america and the countries we're trading with in the developing world. we create a new tariff for performance outwear, outwear that's not made here but that we buy that is needlessly more expensive for consumers. we lower duties on things like

hiking and running shoes. i also want to thank congressman blumenauer, congressman reichert for their work on performance outer wear and footwear. i want to thank congressman smith and congressman crenshaw from florida for their work on luggage. all of these programs have strong bipartisan support. and both developing world, free enterprise, free enterprise is the way to go. that is the key to success. that is the key to upward mobility. we extend the hope programs for products in haiti for 10 years. these programs build up haiti through trade and investment. that's the best kind of foreign aid and support you can have, more economic growth, more trade, more investment. they can create more opportunity and bring our countries closer together. that's why it's critical that we continue these programs. and finally, i'd like to say a word about the offsets in this bill. this bill will eliminate the medicare sequester extension that was in the t.a.a. bill and

in exchange it will set up stronger tax compliance laws. so we reached a bipartisan compromise here. it fixes concerns that members of both sides of the aisle, the doctor caucus, as you had it, about the medicare sequester and it removes the medicare sequester. these are commonsense programs that are fully paid for and so with that i urge my -- all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support the legislation. it passed with a huge bipartisan margin over in the senate. i hope and expect it will do so as well here and with that, mr. speaker, i will reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. rangel: i rise in support of this bill, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 minutes. mr. rangel: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rangel: mr. speaker and my members, this is more than just a trade bill. and i want to thank chairman

rhine for making certain -- chairman ryan for making certain this did not come anywhere near the controversies that surround this in the trade area which he could have done but he made certain that this extension of agoa, the support for haiti and also the g.s.p. would not be surrounded with controversy but would move seamlessly. i want to thank also ed royce of the foreign affairs committee for being so cooperative in each stage of the way. it's a moving period for me because it hasn't been this type of cooperation between the house and the senate republican and democrats in a long time and it feels extremely good. and so i want to thank you for this and to realize that it's not just african countries.

it's an expansion of what i think this great country is all about. it is not really just to exercise the economic power that we have but to explore the potential that other countries have especially in africa that has been bypassed for so many, many decades. i want to thank jim mcdermott who was one of the original authors, phil crane, who was the chairman of the committee, and of course then-speaker gingrich, who was the first witness we had for this bill. and with roots like that, it properly carried over so that we can have this extension so that investors and importers of africa and the african people themselves will be able to have a better idea of not where they are today but where they can go

with the cooperation of developing countries so that we will have the true meaning of peace and that's through prosperity. as far as haiti is concerned again, we have found throughout the world a general compassion for all of the things that we would want but for other people we enjoy ourselves and by extending this to 2025 it gives them a better handle on what they can do in the future. and g.s.p. has been with us since 1970 and we hope that developing countries can graduate into being full-fledge partners. again, as i said earlier, there's been no one like dr. jim mcdermott who brought his experiences with us from the peace corps, having served in

these countries and feel in the marrow of his bones what we have to do and i've already given my appreciation but he just walked in at the right time, as he usually does, and i'd like to thank him publicly once again. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? mr. ryan: let me just yield a minute to add a couple of responses before i yield to the chairman of the trade subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. ryan: i appreciate the gentleman's kind words. this is a bipartisan bill. and there's a time sensitivity here. it's very important, particularly for african nation and agoa that this gets very done very quickly so that the proper signals are sent to the investors, to the factories, to the employers so that people can keep their jobs. that is one of the many reasons why we wanted on to the commitment with the gentlelady from california with the gentleman from new york to keep this distinct and separate and moving through. and so it is our intention that

this gets moved through here and then it's off and done. so i would just want to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for their indulgence. this is one of those kind of rare these days moments of bipartisan support where this is good. and this is something that we should all be pleased that we're seeing done. it elevates our principles. it forges our ties with other countries. and the time sensitive nature of this, i'm glad we can come together and get this done like we are. with that i yield five minutes to the chairman of the trade subcommittee on the ways and means committee, mr. tiberi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for five minutes. mr. tiberi: thank you, mr. speaker. i, too, want to add my congratulations to the chairman of the ways and means committee, mr. ryan, for the bipartisan nature of the work on this bill and without his leadership this wouldn't happen. the leadership of ranking member of the trade subcommittee, mr. rangel, who's been an advocate for this for a long, long time.

ranking member levin the gentleman from washington state, as has been pointed out, and his leadership as well. and the gentlelady from california. chairman royce from california as well. mr. young from indiana who has been a strong advocate of getting this done and getting this done quickly, as the chairman said. the entire process of developing a long-term extension and enhancement of agoa reflects the strong bipartisan commitment that's always surrounded this issue and the bipartisan commitment of our chairman. agoa has been a clear success of economic development and national security terms as well. in the last 15 years since it was enacted, it has become the cornerstone of our relationship with africa. since agoa was enacted, trade has tripled and investment has grown almost six-fold. by one estimate, agoa supports over a million direct and indirect jobs in sub-saharan

african and over 100,000 jobs in the united states of america. and we know the countries that participate in agoa have higher average incomes per person higher good government scores including on the rule of law and political criteria than other sub-a saharan countries that do not participate in the program. the bill we're considering today will extend agoa for 10 years, the longest extension that congress has ever considered for this program. it also strengthens the program by simplifying rules building additional flexibility, improving certainty and prodictibility and expanding transparency and participation in the agoa review process. for all successes we have also heard concerns about conditions in sub-saharan african including very concerns that affects the agriculture industry like in my state, poultry and pork. we've worked to correct that. the bill provides new mechanisms for addressing these

concerns, including a petition process and an out-of-cycle review. the bill also renews the general system of preferences program through 2017 and provides retroactive relief to eligible products that were imported during the g.s.p.'s lapse. g.s.p. promotes economic development by providing duty-free treatment by approximately 5,000 nonsensitive products from over 126 developing countries. employers, employees in my district use this so they can grow their business and create more american jobs. finally, mr. speaker the bill ensures that haiti will continue to benefit from the hope and help programs like extending those preferences through 2025. this will encouraged investment in haiti and support its economic development and recovery efforts. with that mr. speaker, i urge all my colleagues to support this and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition?

mr. rangel: mr. speaker it's my great pleasure to yield two minutes or more to representative mcdermott, one of the authors of the original agoa, and the people in africa -- south africa as well as the united states that are deeply indebted. the speaker pro tempore: without objection so ordered. the gentleman from washington is recognized for two minutes. mr. mcdermott: it's a pleasure to be here today and to congratulate charlie. most people don't remember 1995. that's when we did a bill called nafta and tucked away in nafta was the beginning seeds of this particular bill. it didn't pass until 2000 when newt gingrich was speaker. newt gingrich ought to get at least a little bit of an acknowledgment for his part in all of this. our goal then was to set up a proposal in trade that would allow for sustainable development in africa.

in the last 15 years we really achieved that goal and that's why we're re-authorizing it today. this 10-year extension, it gives businesses an opportunity to actually plan. what we've done over the last few years has been a very short extension which has been very hard for the business community to make plans when you don't know whether it's going to be here at the next session. one company particular came in and told me they want to create a vertically integrated process for producing clothing in africa. everything from growing the seeds to spinning the yarn to producing the fabric. now, this will require a major investment on their part. this long-term renewal of agoa will provide that business with the certainty needed to make investments. when they go to the bank the question is -- how long is this actually going to last? they can now say 10 years when they go to get their money to do this. once again, i'm very proud and

pleased to have been a part of this and i think it shows that we can work together on things like trade. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from new york reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? mr. ryan: at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to the distinguished member of the ways and means committee, the gentleman from nebraska, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nebraska is recognized for two minutes. mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for the time for working to bring these issues to the floor. this bill includes a number of critical re-authorizations, including agoa, the generalized system of preferences and trade with haiti. it is an important first step as we address trade today and tomorrow. i also want to thank the chairman for working with me and a number of other members to ensure the inclusion of provisions to monitor travel goods, performance outer wear and foot-- outerwear and footwear. this would allow the international trade commission to consider whether travel goods such as suitcases and

backpacks are import sensitive. if and only if the i.t.c. determines they are not they would become eligible for duty-free treatment under the generalized system of preferences. such a determination would be constructed for us as well as our trade partners. this would mean increasing stability and economic growth in the developing world. it would also mean greater opportunities for retailers as well as consumers here in our country as we expand the availability of products. again, i thank the chairman for this provision's inclusion. i urge its passage and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from wisconsin reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. rangel: mr. speaker, after 45 years in the house, i will be less than honest to say there is certain legislation that i had concern of in terms of what happens after i leave after this congress. . i'm yielding two minutes to the gentlelady from california who has taken this little baby and

nursed it to make sure she would be the mother of the extension and see how it will continue to grow and most people in the house know i'm talking about representative karen bass from california. i yield her two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for two minutes. ms. bass: i rise today in support of h.r. -- the agoa act of 2015. i speak in favor of an extraordinarily important bill of which agoa is part and to be joined by my distinguished colleague ranking member, mr. rangel. and i do have to say it's appropriate that we are voting on this bill today as it's mr. rangel's birthday. as one of the original authors of agoa, we extend this birthday present to him because i know it will be passed with bipartisan support. i want to acknowledge the work

of mr. mcdermott and long time support for the nation's -- nations in africa and acknowledge some several ambassadors that are here from south africa. i also want to thank the chairman of the ways and means, mr. ryan, and really appreciate you for the timing. you made a commitment as soon as you took over as chair. you received numerous delegations from the continent and made that commitment and followed through on it and in particular the timing because it was so important as you and chair and ranking member and the chair of the subcommittee that we did this soon and didn't wait until agoa was near expiration. we did that a couple of years ago with third-country fabric and found that many jobs on the continent were lost. i thank you for your leadership and following through. the importance of re-authorizing agoa and strengthening trade and

investment between the united states and nations of africa is clear. since the enactment in 2001, agoa has increased exports to the united states and led to jobs. agoa has generated approximately 100,000 jobs in the u.s. and 350,000 direct jobs and a million indirect jobs in subsaharan africa. a byproduct of this trade is increase of u.s. exports. could i ask for additional time. mr. rangel: i would like to give her 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for 30 seconds. ms. bass: numerous countries have consistently been cited by the international financial institution as the fastest growing economies in the world. without question i'm pleased to have been part of this important process. i look forward to continuing my work with my fellow members of congress and the administration

in strengthening trade and investment relations between our country and home to the world's fastest growing economies and newest and most dynamic trade and investment frontier in africa. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. ryan: i yield two minutes to the member from minnesota who has taken a particular interest in trade that matters greatly to the jobs in his state. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> i rise in full support of the legislation that i'm holding in my hand right now, the trade promotion authority bill. tomorrow, the house will be voting on the passage of t.p.a. which is a vital step in ensuring america's future success as a nation. whenever i get asked why, why is it important, why is american

trade important, it's not just important to minnesota, it's important to the entire country, but i'll use my state as the starter. the state of minnesota is still home to 18 fortune 500 companies and the two main drivers of our private economy are agriculture and manufacturing. american trade is important. it's important to ensure that our superior workforce, our quality companies and products have full and fair access to other markets around the world. mr. emmer: t.p.a. is not a trade deal in its self. it authorizes the president to enter into an agreement only after congress and the american people have given their approval. it contains 150 objectives that congressman dates the u.s. trade representative must adhere to during negotiations. it has a provision that allows the house to withdraw t.p.a. at any time during its six-year

authorization, effectively stopping any bad agreement in its tracks and requires that any deal must be public for at a minimum, 60 days before any vote or consideration is taken by congress. i want to thank chairman ryan for his work on this important legislation. it's time for america to lead again and i urge my colleagues to support the passage of trade promotion authority. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from wisconsin reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? . mr. rangel: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? mr. ryan: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from florida a chairman of appropriation subcommittee and a person who brought this matter of luggage to our attention, mr. crenshaw. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for three minutes.

mr. crenshaw: i rise to support h.r. 1295, trade preferences extension act. and i thank the chairmen for i their hard work for getting this important piece of legislation to the floor. this bill contains many beneficial trade programs that have furthered our trade policies and national security goals. this renews the generalized system program that includes legislation that i authored with mr. smith on a commonsense and helpful update to the g.s.p. program. it helps many designated beneficiaries developing countries around the world. stable countries with employed and productive citizens deters wars, violent groups and allows our allies to develop their own economies and health care systems sm the update which would allow travel goods to the list of items eligible for

review, would specifically benefit our ally the phillipines which has suffered devastating weather events and would help cambodia. goods are not eligible for the g.s.p. program if they are quote import sensitive, end quote or compete with u.s. goods. this is decided by the international trade commission. therefore having travel and luggage items placed on the list does not give them preferential trade status. the program is a win-win program. through this program we are able to help countries develop their economies with little cost to the united states government. i thank you for your hard work, chairman ryan. and i urge passage of this bill the trade preferences act. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from wisconsin reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. rangel: i yield three

minutes to the gentleman from wisconsin, one of the house's more active supporters of free and fair trade and made an outstanding contribution to this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for three minutes. >> i rise in strong support of this legislation. it's a bill that came out of the senate 99-1. it has worked well for us in the past and will work well for us in the future. meaningfully engage the african nations and maintain a healthy and strong relationship with a growing area of the world along with other developing nations and haiti, which mr. rangel has been focused on too. i encourage my colleagues to support it. mr. kind: this fixes a problem that we have had with regard to the trade agenda we are trying to move forward.

there was some concern about how the bill was going to be paid for, what offsets were being used. that now is being fixed in this bill as well. through a bipartisan agreement, and i commend the chair of the ways and means committee, the republican leadership, their willingness to compromise on an issue, to make sure that this does not become a hurdle or a road block to advancing our trade agenda as a nation. that is in the bill. members of congress need confidence that that offset has been fixed and paid for. the senate plans on moving quickly, expeditiously in order to take up this amended version and pass it on their side. no member should be under any illusion that there was a problem with the pay-for. overall, the base of this bill is something that has worked and benefited us in the past. it's the reason why there was overwhelming bipartisan support in the senate. and we should have overwhelming

bipartisan support on the floor of the house today. i commend the leadership of the committee, ranking member rangel, and i encourage a yes vote on the underlying legislation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? mr. ryan: mr. speaker, i want to ask the gentleman if he has other speakers, we would be happy to yield to that. we don't have any right now but ready to come to the floor. if there is a speaker on the other side that can get in, that would work out pretty well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin reserves. mr. rangel: it's my understanding that his folks would be here, but i want to take time to thank the chairman for changing the pay-for for the t.a.a. and i just wondered why after

that very difficult and complex negotiation, why in the world they would tie that up with t.p.a. so that means that those votes -- it's my understanding that procedurally, the one vote and you won't have a chance to vote for t.p.a. and t.a.a. separately. i yield. mr. ryan: i was being distracted while the gentleman was asking the question. mr. rangel: it's my understanding that the t.a.a. complex paid for has been taken care of under your leadership under the bill that's before us. my question was, why in the world would you tie that up with t.p.a. when you accomplish one problem, seem you complicated that by not allowing the house to have two separate votes on two entirely separate issues.

mr. ryan: the bill came over from the other body together. both policies, t.a.a. and t.p.a. in the same bill, that is why these are not separate bills, but separate votes. as the gentleman knows from his years of experiences here, we can always choose to divide a question on a particular bill and we chose to divide it between t.p.a. and t.a.a. the issue before us right here is not just preferences, but also fixes the pay-for problem on both sides of the aisle members had concerns with. but the bill coming over from the senate has both issues together. we are simply dividing the question and having votes on each policy separate. mr. rangel: i want to engage in whether seeing your side is prepared to -- ok.

at this time, i would like to yield two minutes to mr. blumenauer who would be engaged in the colloquy in a later time as well and thank him publicly for the great work he has put into this issue. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon is recognized for two minutes. mr. blumenauer: i appreciate the gentleman's courtesy and leadership. it was my intention to engage in a colloquy with the chairman in a few minutes. we are awaiting somebody. but i wanted to make a couple of observations if i could about the subject at hand, because as mr. rangel you know from years of effort that one of our responsibilities in terms of promoting free and fair trade is to be able to focus attention on some of the poorest countries around the world. and i appreciate your work, what the committee is doing in the past and moving forward to be

able to deal with some of the anomalies where some of the worst, heaviest tariff burdens are on the poorest of countries. and our being able to extend to less developed countries opportunities to earn their own way, to have some modicum tariff relief and trade is cheaper than aid. and it helps them strengthen their economies, strengthen their societies and i really appreciate the tireless efforts to extend those opportunities to others. i think we've got a long way to go in terms of being able to deal with some of the poorest of countries. we have trade promotion authority we may be talking about with a dozen countries but there are other poor countries around the world that we need to work with to be able to pull into opportunities for

them to grow their economies, for them to be able to trade with us, for them to strengthen civil society and partnerships. and so i wanted to thank you for your years of effort in this and i wanted to express my appreciation for the underlying bill. i look forward to chatting a little further with the chairman when one our our partners surfaces. and i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. rangel: i would like to yield to mr. meeks one of the best knowledgeable men persons notice entire house on the issue of trade. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. meeks: i want to thank mr. rangel. i stand in support of this bipartisan legislation which passed the senate by a vote of 99-1. it includes preff preferences

that are critical to so many economies in the developing world. agoa, a core of close economic partnerships between the united states and a host of african-american nations, the generalized systems of preferences tariff preferences, which help developing countries compete and complete and build economies worldwide, the haiti hope and help programs would provide duty free treatment for certain haitians to help them build a 21st century economy. i know that my constituents have been calling for the passage of these provisions for many, many months. as i have traveled to many affected nations they, too, have experienced and expressed the serious and dire consequences that they could suffer without these benefits. this is not just about helping other nations. the fact is right here in the united states exports grow as a result of increased trade with these nations that result from extending preferences in trade

and investment flows are critical to my district and districts all across the united states. it is critically important, and i compliment also chairman ryan for putting this together in a way that we can pass it in a bipartisan way because this is an important aspect of also making sure that we are secure, because as we help these nations on their feet and put them as part of the global economy, we are making sure that we are giving hope and opportunity to all. and so i hartley support and ask everyone -- heartily support and ask everyone to support this bill which passed 99-1 in the senate. collectively we'll make this place a better place. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york, mr. rangel, seek recognition? mr. rangel: i continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? mr. ryan: mr. speaker i yield

myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. ryan: i want to thank mr. meeks, the gentleman who just left. he's been a great leader on this issue. -- issue on trade. let me explain to those watching who aren't steeped in the intricacies of trade law. what this bill is, the bill with respect to haiti the africa growth and opportunity act t.s.p., it's trade not aid. it is combining the need in america for high quality lower cost goods that are not made in america with the need for economic growth and jobs in developing countries. it's a win-win. take africa, for example. people are getting opportunity, people are getting jobs, people are getting out of pofrlt and

they are -- poverty, and they are making products that americans need, that americans don't make right here. and we are getting high quality, lower priced products as a result of it. so that means for the hardworking taxpayer in wisconsin, for the hardworking taxpayer in new york and throughout america, they are stretching their dollar more. that means their paycheck goes farther. that means that they are buying shoes for their kids or blankets at home or towels or luggage. they can buy more of it. it doesn't cost as much. that means their take home day can go to that and even more things because it gives them more take-home pay. that's why it's good for us. why it's good for people in the developing world is it is helping them build an economy. it is helping them attract manufacturers and exporters who create jobs and opportunity. so as a component of our foreign

policy it is so important -- you have heard it a million times we believe in trade not aid. you teach a man how to fish instead of feeding him a fish. we all know the parables we can get into. that's what this is. this says let's work together to grow your economy to be independent, to be self-sufficient, to help people get more opportunity to pull themselves out of poverty. that is in the interest of the human person involved but it's also in the interest of our countries. so that we can help the developing world get into the first world. we can help the developing world raise their living standards. by the way, just from a brass tacks material standpoint having the developing world grow, having people enter the middle class in their countries means more customers for our products. it means more trade for us. but from an international standpoint, from a foreign policy standpoint, it means these countries are more secure,

they are more safe, they are more prosperous, and they enter the world from the developing nation to developing world. that's good for everybody. that's good for all. that's why this is one of the more important components of our foreign policy as a country and our economic policy in general. with that i'd like to reserve the balance of my time and ask the gentleman if he has any speakers at this moment. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin reserves. the gentleman from new york. mr. rangel: how much time do we have remaining? the speaker pro tempore: 13 1/2 minutes. mr. rangel: i continue to reserve my time. mr. ryan: how much time does this side have remaining? the speaker pro tempore: 13 1/2 minutes remaining for the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. car bellow. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for three minutes. mr. car bellow: i thank the chairman for yielding. i want to take a moment to recognize the chairman, the ranking member, the subcommittee chairman and ranking minority member for their work on this critical legislation. south florida where i hail from

is home to thousands of haitian americans and i know that they will soon be expressing their gratitude to this house to this congress for passing this important bipartisan legislation. this legislation is going to provide opportunity, hope for the people, the continent of africa, but also for the people of haiti. and in south florida we have a very special bond with haiti. we know how much that country needs american involvement, opportunity. and the relatives of so many haitians who live in south florida will be beaming with pride and gratitude when they get the news that this house has passed this critical legislation. and as chairman ryan said this is not just trade legislation. this is foreign policy. this is foreign aid but the aid that really helps people prosper. the aid that allows companies,

governments, to provide opportunity for their citizens. and this will also provide opportunity for our citizens. the more markets that we help create for our products, american businesses, and american families will thrive. for a long time people have been complaining that the economic recovery has been weak. that it has left the people at the bottom behind. and this is our opportunity to change that, to create more markets for american exports. to give people hope and opportunity so that the united states can continue being that country, mr. speaker, will keep anyone who comes and wants to succeed and wants to work hard will have that opportunity. this is how we do it and we also do it by working together. all of us in this house want to strengthen medicare. today we have taken another

important step towards strengthening medicare. how? by working together. this is exactly what the american people sent us here to do. for too long, for too long members of this house have refused to cooperate have refused to find common ground. well we are doing that today. i'm so proud to be able to come to the floor of the house to congratulate our leaders for their fine work and offer my strong support of this important bipartisan legislation. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida yields back. the gentleman from new york. mr. rangel: i continue to reserve the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: i'd like to yield two minutes to a senior member of the ways and means committee, the chairman of the human resources subcommittee, mr. boustany. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for two minutes. mr. boustany: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the chairman for yielding time. this is a really important bipartisan bill.

i want to thank mr. rangel for his work and chairman ryan. this bill is important because it's part of our soft power. this is about how america exerts soft power in these regions. it's about helping to build trade capacity in the long run to get us to more -- expanded commercial relations in areas of need. this bill encourages the adoption and implementation of w.t.o. agreements, including the w.t.o. trade facilitation agreement which eliminates red tape at the border. something we have worked very hard to do and something that will benefit american companies in the long run, as well as our trading partners. this encourages the development by agoa beneficiaries of utilizing strategies to improve the effectiveness and use of the program. to make this program more effective. it commits the united states to working with the agoa beneficiaries to develop and implement these strategies and outlines a path for deepening and expanding trade. all good for american national

security, good for the american economy, good for job creation. the general system of preferences program extends this program until december 31 2017. it provides retroactive relief to eligible products that were reimported during the lapse of the program, and it implemented u.s. w.t.o. commitments by making duty free certain cotton articles eligible from least developed beneficiary developing countries. all good policy. with regard to haiti my colleague spoke earlier about this, this extends the hope and health programs for product from haiti until december 30 2025. encourages foreign investment, job creation by extending trade preferences to reinvigorate the apparel industry to trakt new and's spanneded foreign direct investment, and reaffirms u.s. foreign policy and national security interests. by promoting trade and long-term investments in haiti as it does with the other countries in africa through the agoa program. and we also correct the problem

that we had yerl dealing with the medicare sequester supplementing the entire package with a different pay for. this is really about keeping america's goals. this is about improving our economy. it's about growing jobs. it's about economic connectedness. it's about helping countries that have struggled and building new relations and stronger commercial relationships with those countries. this ultimately it's about doing what america does best and extending our values worldwide. i urge the support of this bill. it's a good bill. a lot of thought went into it on both sides of the aisle. and with that i'm happy to yield back, thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana yields back. the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield such time as he may consume for the purposes of a colloquy to the gentleman from oregon.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. blumenauer: thank you. i appreciate the chairman's courtesy as i have appreciated the opportunity to be working with you on the package that's coming forward. i know we are not quite there yet. i look forward to continuing this effort. but i would like to engage in an issue that is critical to mr. reichert, my colleague from the northwest, to our consumers, and important jobs in our district. today mr. speaker, innovative footwear industry must face an unreasonable reality at our borders. two identical looking running shoes are imported. one must pay a significantly higher tariff for a single reason. it contains a waterproof liner. waterproof means a lot in the pacific northwest for mr. reichert and i. it puts this bill -- this bill puts an end to an outmoded tariff code that charges

extremely high tariffs for no good reason. and i appreciate the chairman and his staff working with my team with mr. reichert to try to get this right for tariff relief for outdoor enthusiasts and businesses around the country. but there is another issue at work here. mr. reichert and i have been lead sponsors of the u.s. outdoor act that defines and creates tariff classification unique and specific to recreational performance outer wear and eliminates import duties on those apparel products. the preference bill achieves one of these goals of the act by creating new definitions and tariff classifications for recreational performance outer wear. . i appreciate your efforts to include the provision. it provides recognition that these are distinct and unique products that will help the industry to track the imports and sets the stage for tariff relief. however, due to a drafting

error i understand that the duty rates assigned are incorrect and in most cases will raise the tariffs on those products. and as a result on small and medium-sized outdoor businesses if they are not connected. i understand that the agreed-to language on the definitions of recreational performance outerwear should be included. mr. chairman, i understand there's a commitment from you and your staff to apply the correct duty rates and make the necessary changes to the definition in the conference report on the customs re-authorization bill. i further understand that there's a very tight window here that we both know to get this done. the new classifications will come into effect in 15 days after the preference bill is signed into law. i would appreciate your acknowledgement that i understand the commitment correctly and we will be able to get it done within this time frame. mr. ryan: i want to note that

the footwear not gym shoes. and i thank mr. blumenauer and mr. reichert who was involved in this issue for your leadership on recreational performance outerwear and footwear. it will lower costs and expand opportunities for u.s. businesses and i share both your interests in ensuring that the recreational performance outerwear provisions do achieve their intended result in a revenue-neutral fashion. and we commit to continue to do so in the conference discussions on the trade facilitation and enforcement act. i will make a good faith effort to work through these highly technical provisions and do it in a quick time frame. we anticipate a very quick and relatively brief conference so we can get these issues resolved

in a quick and timely fashion. be happy to yield. mr. blumenauer: i appreciate that very much. and i hope that there is one other area that we might be able to engage in some activity in the future. according to a 2007 report by the i.t.c., there is no commercial viable production of recreational performance outerwear in the united states, yet these products still face tariffs averaging 14% and some go up to almost 30%. i look forward to continue to work with you to achieve the next goal of the outdoor act which would be duty elimination. there is no viable domestic production, very high rates. there are not many opportunities to pursue tariff relief anymore because we have been moving in that direction and i think that's important. but i look forward to working with you to find the appropriate offset to deal with revenue neutrality and tariff relief on

those products. mr. ryan: i share your interests and appreciate your indulgence and with that, i will reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin reserves. mr. rangel: i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rangel: once again, i want to thank chairman ryan. he shows what can happen when we find a cause that's good for our country and the rest of the world. i thank speaker boehner who allowed this meaningful leadership agreement to move forward. congressman nunes who supported the extension of agoa and senator hatch who managed to keep the bill as clean as possible. senator bill nelson who is a long time friend and supporter of the extension of the trade

agreement that we have with haiti. and also the african diplomatic corps. they certainly did gain the confidence of republicans and democrats as we shared their problems in the ability to overcome the objections that some members had. and i know that chairman ryan joins me in thanking staffs on both sides of the aisle. we can come up with the great ideas as we normally do, but it takes the staff to put them into position and the legislation in place so we can move forward with it. so on behalf of the chairman and all the members, who played a part in the historic extension of this legislation, i want to thank the staff members that made it possible to bring us to this point that we can pass this important piece of legislation. and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman from new york yields backs. the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. ryan: how much time remains on our side? the speaker pro tempore: two minutes. mr. ryan: i will consume such time as i may consume. i want to thank the gentleman from new york. this has been an issue he has been passionate about for a long time, that he along with other leaders here championed. i want to thank the staff for working very well with each other. we know this is win-win. this bill to our colleagues who haven't paid attention, this makes a difference, a big difference. makes a big difference for our constituents, for consumers at home and it makes a big difference for people who are aspiring to live a dream, for who are aspiring to get themselves out of poverty who are a expiring to make a good life for themselves and children. we should be proud about this and i'm very pleased that we have the kind of bipartisan coalition we have on this issue.

so that's why i urge a yes vote. i'm pleased we were able to fix the other issues, such as the sequester in this bill. and i think for all of those reasons, we should vote yes on this. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin yields back. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to the order of the house of wednesday, june 10, 2015, the previous question is ordered. question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from wisconsin is ordered. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. mr. rangel: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman ask for the yeas and nays? mr. rangel: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote.

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the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 397 and the nays are 32. the motion is adopted. and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. pursuant to house resolution 303 and rule 18 the chair declares the committee of the whole for

further consideration of h.r. 2685. will the gentleman from georgia, mr. collins kindly resume the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house for further conscious of h.r. 2685. the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the department of defense for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2016 and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole house rose earlier, the bill had been read page 163, line 2. proceedings will resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were postponed. first amendment second amendment first amendment by mr. gosar, first amendment by mr. johnson of georgia, second amendment of mr. gosar, second

amendment of mr. johnson and amendment by mr. ellis son and the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote in this series. unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by mr. schiff on which further proceedings were postponed. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. schiff of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a recorded vote will rise and be couned. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 19 . the nays are 231. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on the first amendment by the gentlewoman from california, ms. lee, on which further proceedings were postponed and which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: first amendment offered by ms. lee of

california. the chair: recorded vote having been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 157. the nays are 270. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the

request for recorded vote on the second amendment offered by the gentlewoman from california, ms. lee in which further proceeds were postponed and noes prevailed bly voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: second amendment offered by ms. lee of california. the chair: recorded vote having been requested, those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 165. the nays are 264. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from northern mariana island, mr. sablan, on which further proceedings were postponed and the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. sablan of northern mariana islands. the chair: recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the recorded

vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. fun -- any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 173. the nays are 256. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on the amendment offered by mr. gosar. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: first amendment offered by mr. gosar of arizona. the chair: recorded vote having been requested those for a request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 81. the nays are 347 the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on the first amendment by the gentleman from georgia, mr. johnson, on which further proceedings were postponed and the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: first amendment offered by mr. johnson of georgia. the chair: recorded vote having been requested, those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 165. the nays are 265. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the second amendment of the gentleman from arizona, mr. gosar, on which further proceedings were voice vote and the noes prevailed by vose vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: second amendment offered by mr. gosar of arizona. commoip those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, -- the chair: those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. this so two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or

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the chair: on this vote the yeas are 51. the nays are 378. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the second amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia, mr. johnson, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes spre veiled by voice vote. cleag. the clerk: second amendment offered by mr. johnson of georgia. the chair: those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. this two-minute vote.

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the chair: on this vote the yeas are 166. the nays are 262. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from minnesota, mr. ellison, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. ellison of minnesota. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 187. the nays are 242. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the yice prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. smith of missouri. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the

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the chair: on this vote the yeas are 133. the nays are 297. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from kentucky mr. massie, on which further proceedings were postponed and the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the chair: amendment offered by mr. massie of kentucky. the chair: a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

c0eu7 on this vote the yeas are 255. the nays are 274. the amendment is adopted. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman i move the committee do now rise and report the bill back to the house with sundry amendments and the recommendations the amendments be agreed to and the bill as amended do pass. the question is on the motion of the committee rise. those in favor will vote aye. those opposed will vote no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises.

the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 2685 directs me to report the same back to the house with sundry amendments with the recommendation that the amendments be agreed to anti-bill as amended do pass. -- and the bill as amended do pass. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 2685 and pursuant to house resolution 303 reports the bill back to the house with sundry amendments adopted in the committee of the whole. under the rule, the previous question is ordered. is a separate vote demanded on any amendment reported from the committee of the whole? if not, the chair will put them engross. the question is on the amendment adoption of the amendment. those in favor will vote aye, those opposed will vote no.

in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendments are agreed to. the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor will vote aye. spone. -- those opposed, no. the aye vs. it. third reading. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the department of defense for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2016, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would ask all members to please take their seats. all members and staff to please take their conversations from the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> i have a motion to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman opposed fered to the bill? >> in its current form. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman qualifies. the clerk: moves to recommit the bill h.r. 2685 to the committee on appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the house forthwith with the following amendment.

in the operation and maintenance army account, on page 7, line 22, after the dollar amount incertificate intercrease by $2 million. in the opposition and maintenance defensewide account on page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount insert reduce by $9 million, increase by $2 million. and the defense health program account on page 36, line 1 after the dollar amount, insert increase by $5 million. and the defense health program account on page 36, line 9, after the dollar amount relating to research development, test, and evaluation insert increase by $5 million. and the defense health program account on page 36, line 20 after the dollar amount, relating to the u.s. army medical research and material command insert increase by $5 million. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would ask all members to please take their seats.

please remove conversations from the floor of the house. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for five minutes. mr. moulton: mr. speaker this is the final amendment to the bill which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. if adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage as amended. mr. speaker this amendment is simple. first, it will add $2 million to the army immigration center to protect our troops and their families from terrorist attacks. isis al qaeda, and other terrorist groups are directly threatening americans. our troops and our allies abroad every single day. in fact a group related to isis recently posted the photos and addresses of about 100 u.s. troops online so that, in their

words quote our brothers residing in america can deal with you. our military families have also been threatened with attacks. we can't stand idly by. we must act. and this additional funding will help. the amendment also adds $2 million for the yellow ribbon reintegration program to help our active duty and national guard troops. as a veteran myself, i know just how difficult the reintegration process can be. in fact i'm in regular contact with many of the marines from my platoon and we talk about this every day. these men and women have put their lives on the line for our country and our freedom. we owe it to them to provide them with the resources they need both on and off the battlefield. lastly, this amendment adds $5 million for joint war fighter

medical research, which provides the latest cutting-edge techniques that save injured troops on the battlefield. the men and women who fight on our behalf should know that we have their backs at the most difficult times. these initiatives are fully paid for with a reasonable and commonsense reduction in funding for defense media activity. which provides magazines and movies for our military. i ask my colleagues, is it more important to fund the fight against isis, or to fund government sponsored scooby doo? after all if the troops really want to watch it, they can get their cartoons on their smart phones anyway. rarely in this chamber do we have a choice that is so clear. let's take a small step to improve this bill for our military families and for our

troops. i urge you to vote yes on this motion to recommit. mr. speaker, i yield my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, i rise to oppose the motion to recommit. before i do that mr. visclosky -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. frelinghuysen: mr. visclosky and i would like to thank our staff that put this bill together for all of us, headed up by our clerk, are, jim, paul, walter b.s. wright brook adrian megan conan, cornell, of my staff, nancy, and katie. the minority clerk becky and

tonya. and from mr. visclosky's staff joe. mr. chairman over the years members of congress have agreed that the defense appropriations bill is no place for partisan politics. our national security is far too important. this week the leadership of the other party has decided to throw that out the window and their timing couldn't be more unfortunate. as we gather here this afternoon over 200 men and women in uniform do the hard work of freedom across the globe. in afghanistan, iraq sinai eastern europe, along the d.m.z., and other far away places. there are also members of our armed forces and their comrades who serve here at home and their families. all of them deserve our admiration and gratitude. this bipartisan bill before you

delivers for them. i urge a no vote on the motion to recommit and yes on final passage of this bipartisan bill that recognizes and honors their service. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. without objection, the previous question is ordered. the question is on the motion to recommit. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment -- mr. moulton: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts requests a recorded vote. a recorded vote is requested. those in support will rise and remain standing. a sufficient number having arisen, a record the vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, this five-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by five-minute vote on passage if ordered. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 185. the nays are 237. the motion --

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 186. the nays are 240. the motion is not adopted. the question is on passage of the bill under clause 10 of rule 20, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 278, the nays 149. the bill is passed. without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on june 11, 2015 at 11:26 a.m.

that the senate passed senate 253. signed sincerely, karen l. haase. -- haas.

the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. would all members please take their conversations off the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. sessions: by direction of the committee on rules i call up house resolution 305 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 305, resolved that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to take from the speaker's

table the bill h.r. 1314, amend the internal revenue code to appeal for the right to an administrative appeal related to tax exempt status of certain organizations, with the senate amendment thereto, and to consider in the house without any intervention any point of order, a motion offered by the chairman of the committee on ways and means or his designee that the house concur in the senate amendment. the senate amendment and the motion shall be considered as read. the motion shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on ways and means. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion. the question of adoption of the motion shall be divided as follows. first concurring in section 212 of the senate amendment. section, concurring in the matter comprising the remainder of title of the senate amendment and third, concurring in the matter preceding title 2

of the senate amendment. the portion of the divided question on concurring in section 212 of the senate amendment shall be considered as adopted. the chair shall first put the question on the portion of the divided question on concurring in the matter comprising the remainder of title 2 of the senate amendment. if any portion of the divided question shall fails of adoption, then the house shall be considered to have made no disposition of the senate amendment. section 2. upon adoption of this resolution, it shall be in order to take from the speaker's table the bill h.r. 644 to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deductions for contributions of food inventory with the senate amendment thereto and to consider in the house without intervention at any point of order a single motion offered by the chair of the committee on ways and means or his designee that the house, one, concur in the senate amendment to the title and two,

concur in the senate amendment to the text with the amendment printed in part a of the report on the committee on rules accompanying this resolution, modified by the amendment printed in part b of that report. the senate amendment and the motion shall be considered as read. the motion shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on ways and means. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion or demand for division of the question. if the motion is adopted, then it shall be in order for the chair of the committee on ways and means or his designee to move that the house insist on its amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 644 and request a conference with the senate thereon. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one hour. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, thank you very much. during consideration of this resolution all time is yielded for the purpose of debate only. i yield the customary 30 minutes

to my very dear friend, the gentlewoman from new york, the ranking member of the rules committee, ms. slaughter, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sessions: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. sessions: i rise today in defense of ronald reagan republican free-trade principles and in support of trade promotion authority which is known as t.p.a. since the days of president ronald reagan, republicans have supported free trade because we know that when america competing, america wins. t.p. samplet a vital piece of our free trade agenda because it creates the process that we need to secure trade agreements that grow our economy, create good-paying jobs, and the lowest prices for american consumers. for america to continue to

determine the rules of the economic, the global economic world, we need to lead by crafting free trade agreements and thus the house is here today to provide to the president the parameters under which he should negotiate, or he show she should negotiate a trade promotion authority. free trade means more good-paying american jobs. it means -- free trade means that american workers make american products at american businesses to be sold all across the globe. more than 38 million american jobs are tied to trade and these jobs pay well. in fact, job trade -- trade related jobs on average pay 18% more than jobs that are not trade related. mr. speaker, the republican party is here today with ronald reagan's -- with ronald reagan watching from heaven down on taos say that we are continuing what he really began and that is a process of american

exceptionalism around the world. mr. speaker, i reserve my time. the chair: the gentleman from texas reserves. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: thank you very much mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding me the customary time and yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. slaughter: shortly after midnight tuesday night the rules committee learned we would consider the senate package of three sweeping trade bills. we convened an hour later and considered hundred of -- hundreds of pages of new text rewriting our trade laws and the rule the house. part of that package includes what is called fast track a procedure that has outlived its purpose and circumvents congressional authority because it does not allow for committee debate or the members to be able to amend it or change it or up and down. at least that's what happens over here in the house. the -- this silences debate of

the members of the chamber and by doing that americans who send us here don't have a voice. we're being asked to push this transpacific partnership through by using fast track and we're being asked to push fast track through with a closed rule. now we've been very concerned about what's in this fast track. as you know, we really aren't allowed to know. only allowed to vote up or down on the trade bill itself. so once the fast track is passed. i realize how awful it was for us here, if we wanted to go see it we had to take someone with us with security clearance and would not be allowed to talk about it. i learned something this morning that's even worse, an article in the "new york times" about the australian government, members of parliament there who say if they go down and read the trade bill they have to sign an oath that they will not speak of it for four years. now if that doesn't ask the question of who runs these

democracies the representatives of the people of the united states or the corporate giants who write the trade bills? we are not -- that we are not able to see. that makes it pretty plain here who runs it here because from what we have heard, that his leaked out through wikileaks it's that the major parts of this bill have been negotiated by big pharma, pharmaceutical industries of america, and the financial district. neither one of those have shown any capacity to put the members of the public first. australia is so concerned ability pharma asking for 12 more years of patents on their inventions that it would ruin their medical system. so far, according to the leaks, nobody much likes it. instead we could have had transparent debate about the bill we had seen and a bill we

know, all we do is know what happened in the rule committees yesterday. yesterday new york member of the rule committees or any member of the house who came before it were allowed to have amendments approved. now, the senate did. and it allowed amendments to change the bill considerably, but not us. amendments were offered in the rules committee to provide for transparency so that we will know what these things are all about. this to the change the investor state what we need to bear down on, and the australians are also aware of is that disputes from any of the 12 countries in this trade agreement, if they do not approve of or believe they are losing money because of our clean air act, or our clean water act they can go to the three-person tribunal of corporate lawyers and act against us. we know that that's a concern in this congress because just yesterday, they voted away the

country or origin labeling because they were concerned that -- about the w.t.o. now, we -- as i pointed out we had those amendments, we also had one on currency manipulation which is of major concern. we lose lots of jobs and lots of money because of currency manipulation and we simply allow it to happen. we will not do anything everybody says that should be in the bill, that the president would veto it. all this american public once again, those of us who are standing here trying to take care of them, are not going to be able to do it because we only know by word of mouth or what we may read in the newspapers what's in there. let me tell you what's in the rule. that's a very important piece. most of the discussion in the house has been around what we call the pay-for, for part of the trade bill which is called trade adjustment allowance. that is supposed to take care of

all the people who are laid off, or lose their jobs. the fact that we have asked for such a large number indicates to me that they expect an awful lot of jobs lost in this country system of what we -- what the t.a.a. was paid for as it came from the senate were the $7 million cut in medicare. nancy pelosi is working along with john bayner to change what the cuts that will be paid for with the t.a.a. but i need to make it very clear and i want everybody to understand that the bill we voted on this morning the african growth bill which contains the new pay-fors other than medicare are not valid until after the senate acts on that bill. so if tomorrow on the floor trade adjustment allowance and the fast track authority pass, they will go to the senate with the pay-fors coming from medicare.

i think it's very important that we make that point because many of the people that served with us here are confused about exactly where that is coming from. let me repeat that. the pay-fors that substitute for the use of medicare to pay for trade adjustment allowance will not be valid until after there is senate action, or when that takes place. we were told that the speaker said over in the senate that we would do this under unanimous consent but we have also been told that unanimous consent will not be given. so anyway mr. speaker, the advocates of the fast track, the t.p.p. are tells us that this is going to be a wonderful trade deal. now we know that it's not going to create jobs because none of them have. those of us in upstate new york after nafta were told that we would get at least 250,000 new jobs. instead, as the speaker probably knows, we lost a great deal. so if we members of congress, as i pointed out wanted to view the deal, we could not talk

about it. and that by itself should be enough to have us not do it. in a seminal sose yo logical discussion of our early american democracy called democracy in america, alexis de tocqueville said of our nation in 1835, and i quote, the surface of american society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old arest co--- aristocratic colors breaking through, end quote. this is one of those times, mr. speaker, because this bill, this trade bill that affects every person in the united states and will for maybe a generation to come, is not being written by members of the house of representatives or of the senate, but in a closed, back room deal and as we are told by major corporations in the united states to benefit themselves. . by giving away the role of

congress, we give away our ability to safeguard america's jobs. and most importantly again, the american laws meant to protect the citizens, such as the clean water act. i have never seen a bill come out of this congress on trade that benefited either the american manufacturer or american worker. any lawmaker thinking about voting for a job-killing trade agreement should look at nafta and our growing trade deficit with south korea and think about whether they want to be responsible for shipping their constituents' jobs overseas. we know this bill has been modeled after failed policies that shuttered store windows and closed factories all across the nation. that is the legacy, ladies and gentlemen, of free trade. what we are to demand in our trading bills is fair trade.

america should not be the supplier of jobs to the rest of the world to improve their economies at the cost of ours. from food safety to clean air and labor standards, to environmental protections, this trade deal would impact every facet of our daily lives. 90% of the seafood now that is consumed by americans is imported. less than 3% of it is inspected. tons of it has been sent back of that small amount being inspected. we will not be able to investigate them coming in here under this free trade act. i urge my colleagues to vote no on the rule and carefully consider the trade package before us. and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: you know, the gentlewoman originally is from

kentucky and she would recognize when i tell this awesome story about how important a free trade agreement is. a couple of years ago we did a free trade agreement with the country of korea. within a year, mr. speaker, as a result of that trade agreement, the number one selling car in korea came from georgetown kentucky. and is a toyota camry, made in the united states. the koreans love it, a kentucky-made product. if we didn't have free trade agreement with korea, the people in georgetown, kentucky, couldn't claim to be the number one car in korea. mr. speaker i would like to yield two minutes to the young gentleman from auburn washington dave reichert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. reichert: i'm rising today in support of today's rule which

will allow us to proceed in consideration of trade promotion authority, trade adjustment assistance and customs legislation. passage of trade promotion authority is absolutely critical to our economic growth and global leadership. without t.p.a., we will not be able to bring home the benefits of a high standard trade agreement. now what are the benefits? job creation, selling american products across this globe to 96% of the market, which exists outside of this country. selling american. that's what we want to do. and we not only create jobs but create jobs that are higher paid wages, which we are struggling with across this country and raising the minimum wage. we can do this in this prayed adjustment. and this is counter to what communities across the nation need right now. and again, more opportunities

more good-paying jobs. and that leads to a promising future to our families, to our children to better paying high tech jobs and manufacturing jobs across this country. i'm proud to be the co-sponsor house sponsor of legislation to renew trade adjustment assistance because i understand the necessity of t.a.a. not only is this a great trade initiative here, but we are also taking into consideration as we move ahead in this global economy that there may be people who do have opportunities to look at other jobs and this t.a.a. bill provides training and education for people to have and gain better jobs higher paying jobs. so i would encourage my colleagues to vote for this rule and in support of the t.p.a. and t.a.a. ap customs legislation and i yield back.

the speaker pro tempore: the georgia a yields and the chair recognizes the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i appreciate my friend, mr. seeings giving a good kentucky story. that factory has been in three decades and it's toyota, which is japanese. korea has 26 car dealers in the country. and we buy japanese cars that are made here but they don't buy ours in japan. two years ago we sold 8,000 american cars to japan that entire year and i imagine we sell that many cars in the united states on a daily basis. i appreciate the story and georgetown would love to be mentioned, but we got to get it right. now i'm going to yield to the the gentlewoman from ohio, ms.

kaptur the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. kaptur: i thank the ranking member for yielding me. i rise in opposition to this rule because america's middle class and our workers have been under economic attack. and i rise to voice my opposition to the restrictive process being used to shove these job outsourcing trade deals through congress. the republican leadership has denied our house any amendment even on currency manipulation on legislation that is sure to impact every single american turning our oversight role into more than a rubber stamp. this makes a mockery of the house's clear constitutional authority on trade and commerce. this limitation is being sued because republican leaders do not want to go to conference with the senate. this belies every american, every member their right to be represented and have a voice in this process. hundreds of multinational

corporations and lobbyists helped to write and amend and draft the t.p.p., the transpacific partnership line by line. but today years into the process and negotiation and final stages, members of congress were only recently given our first access to read it. you have to go to a secure room deep in the visitors' center and we are supervised and the notes we take are confiscated and we can't discuss it with anyone unless they have top secret clearance. the trade deal is a secret deal and fast track it through congress hoping that congress won't understand what's in it. and i find hard to imagine a more dangerous approach than fast tracking another trade deal through congress. t.p.a. the authority to fast track is the gateway to the transpacific partnership. both will further harm workers and communities through a faster global rate to the bottom with

more outsourcing of jobs, more lowered wages more dropping benefits, more lower standards for compensation and environment. we have seen that in nafta 30 years ago. for years i fought destructive provisions -- might i have additional time? ms. slaughter: i yield another minute. ms. kaptur: over this period of time, every time one of these so-called free trade deals is signed, america moves into deeper and deeper trade deficits, deeper and deeper red ink as more of our jobs get shift jobs. i remember in mexico and looking at a windshield factory. it seemed like a movie set. it was real. last year alone, our trade deficit cost us 20% of our

g.d.p. is anybody here paying attention or are we all apart of the 1% and forget about the 99% who had to bear the brunt of this terrible, terrible outsourcing of jobs. average american wages across my region have dropped by $7,000. this trade deficit didn't happen by accident. some people got filthy rich off of it. this is the time for america to say no more. no more. we are going to do it right and create trade deals that create jobs in our country and create a stronger middle class improves wages and improves the environment no more taking it out of the hide of america's workers. we are here because we stand on their shoulders. i yield back. vote no on this rule and no on t.a.a. and month on t.p.p. the speaker pro tempore: the the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from texas.

mr. sessions: i love our colleagues who come down here and argue japan's the problem you can't talk about the trade agreement that we have with korea where it works. japan japan, japan. good gosh this is about getting a trade deal with t.p.p. of which japan would be included. this is a deal where my colleagues come down and don't like where america -- our are our trade deficits. the bottom line is that the united states has a trade surplus with its 20 free trade partners. surplus. we are trying to take people from nontrade agreements where we run a deficit and they close their market, to a trade deal where we run a surplus where people want to buy american-made products. we have a good deal for them today. and one of those good deals is agriculture so that our men and

women in agriculture can sell their products around the world. and i yield three minutes to the chairman of the agriculture committee, michael quay. -- conaway. mr. conaway: i thank the chairman in bringing us the underlying legislation. everyone in the room knows farmers and ranchers are the most productive and meet rapidly growing and ever changing demands here at home and reach stretches well beyond the shores of america. exports account for one-third of total u.s. farm income. in the case of commodities like cotton tree nuts, rice and wheat, over one half is exported. in 2014, u.s. agricultural exports set a record, highlighting the growing demand for quality food and fiber around the world. in a recent hearing, the united states exported as much beef

pork and poultry with the 20 countries as they did to the other 170-plus nations in the world. beyond the other benefits trade supports almost one million -- american jobs like food processing and transportation. as a result, it's crucial not only to american agriculture but to the u.s. economy as a whole to maintain and increase access to the 7 billion consumers. to obtain that access it's imperative we work to reduce and eliminate barriers to trade so farmers and ranchers can compete in the global market. but negotiations in the world trade organization languishing, free trade agreements represent our best opportunity to expand trade opportunities for u.s. agriculture. history has shown that trade promotion authority in one form or another has been vital incompleting and implementing past agreements. congress has granted t.p.a.

since every president since 1974. t.p.a. will provide the correctness to conclude the effective trade agreements as possible by making it clear that congress and this administration are serious about this endeavor. legislation before us today empowers congress to move the aggressive trade aep agendaa and includes the strongest measure to make sure the president sticks to the negotiating objectives laid down by congress with the ability to turn t.p.a. off. congress will decide the fate of each agreement. i'm a strong proponent of free trade and the benefits it provides. however, if we are not going to expand american markets to other countries with lower standards will step up to the plate and fill that demand. markets are not won after they have been lost and billions around the globe want america's food and fiber. we can boost our economy and

meet these demands by showing we are a strong and reliable trading partner and we can make that happen bypassing this rule and the underlying agreement. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. seeings, reserves. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new york. . ms. lee: i rise in strong opposition to this rule. our country has already lost too many good-paying american jobs because of past trade deals and we should be clear about what this rule would do. this rule is really a vote to extend medicare sequestration and provides for no amendments in the fast track bill, trade adjustment assistance and the customs bill. we've seen what happens when bad trade deals are passed without congressional oversight. american jobs are shipped

overseas. many come from communities of color. dangerous food makes its way to our meals. human rights are violated. labor standards are ignored. and the effects of climate change get worse. the american people do deserve better. the american people deserve a trade policy that creates american jobs and an open process for passing trade deals that gives them a strong voice. passing this rule and passing fast track does neither. this is a bad deal for american workers, it's bad for american jobs and it needs to go back to the drawing board. a draw board that's public and that gives the american people a voice in trade policy, not just big corporations and hedge funds -- hedge fund managers. between 2001 and 011, the growing trade deficit with china cost our nation more than 2.7 million jobs. nearly one million of these jobs mind you, came from communities of color. after these workers lost their job they situation went from bad to worse.

these workers saw their wages fall nearly 30% or more than $10,000 a year. the total economic cost of this job loss to these communities is more than $10 billion. that's $10 billion each and every year. we cannot allow another bad trade deal to ship millions more american jobs overseas. we can't allow another bad trade deal to strip billions from struggling communities. we cannot allow this rule or flawed p.a.a. or fast track to pass. make no mistake i support trade. i have the honor of representing the port of oakland and i understand the critical role that trade plays in the economy of my district. in california and also in our country. however, let me just say, trade only grows our economy -- the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. lee: may i have an additional 30 seconds. ms. slaughter: i'm sorry, we'll be out. ms. lee: this bill is in the

fair, not open, not transparent. the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: the bottom line is that where there is trade with other countries, we have a trade deal, america wins. we get more jobs. as an example, three million jobs in lone star state of texas and we have -- we have that are related to trade and jobs are growing nearly twice as fast as nontrade jobs. this is what's happening. it's the vie brancy of america. at this time i'd like to yield five minutes to the gentlewoman, the chairwoman of the -- ok, you can have three minutes to the gentlewoman from -- who is the chairman of our house admin committee, the gentlewoman from harrison township, congresswoman miller. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for three minutes. mrs. miller: thank you very much. i thank the gentleman for

yielding. i tnt want to use everybody else's time. i rise in strong support of this rule. i come from southeast michigan which of course is the heart of american manufacturing. michigan manufactures -- manufacturers, especially the big three automaker companies, have all had concerns for years about the unfair competitive disadvantage they face by nations that manipulate their currencies, such as japan or south korea china. so it was very important to me that if congress moved forward with legislation to give trade promotion authority to this president and others, that the package must also include strong new tools allowing north korea fight back against those nations that unfairly manipulate their currency and those that harm american manufactures -- manufacturers. so mr. speaker, i am very, very thankful that chairman ryan and house leadership agreed to work with us to craft an approach which i believe is a strong step forward. for decades, administrations of

both parties have refused to identify foreign currency manipulators to take any action to stop it. the manager's amendment put forward by chairman ryan that we worked with him to develop gets very, very tough on currency manipulators. for the first time ever mr. speaker, it puts in place a three-part test to define currency manipulation with specific guidance requiring nations that manipulate their currency to be named publicly. also for the first time the focus will be shifted from reporting and monitoring to actionable items and to steps that will show the impact of currency manipulation on the american economy as well, mr. speaker, as requires remedial action to be taken. these tough steps will impact every nation that we trade with. not just those that might be included in the t.p.p. but every nation that we trade with. including south korea and china. as i mentioned. japan.

and certainly while these are steps in the right direction more needs to be done. absolutely more needs to be done. and here in congress, every member of congress continues to reserve the right to oppose any t.p.p. agreement that does not meet the needs of the american economy and the american manufacturing industry. and with these changes that i've outlined here that are going to be in the manager's amendment i support and am proud to support this trade package that will provide an opportunity to drive our economy forward. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady from michigan yields back. the gentleman from texas reserves. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter spm i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. lynch: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlelady for yielding. mr. speaker, prior to coming to congress i worked for a while as an ironworker at the quincy ship yart in quincy massachusetts.

i was a welder. unfortunately, because of bad trade policy that shipyard closed down and thousands of workers were laid off. later on, i also worked at the general motors facility in framingham, massachusetts and the company decided to close that plant down and while they opened three new ones in mexico. so i have seen what lousy trade policy can do. the fundamental problem with our trade policy is that it is negotiated in secret by multinational corporations who basically hiring foreign labor at very low wages move the jobs overseas and then export the products back into the united states. if you look at some of the minimum wagers in countries that we're dealing with in this trade agreement for ma lay shah and vietnam, it's less than $1 an hour for the minimum wage in those countries and thain maintain those low wages so that they can attract business. it's a race to the bottom.

i do want to say that as part of my job with the oversight committee, i have had a chance to go to south korea and japan to see how our trade agreements have been working out there. i was in south korea for several days and just on my own and with my staff, i looked for an american car. for several days. i saw we were in traffic a lot. south korea is a booming industrial country. major highways. i saw hundreds of thousands of cars. i saw two, two, united states cars. one was the one i was driving in from the embassy and the second car was my security detail behind me. those were the only two u.s. cars. only two u.s. cars. our trade with japan. i was in japan as well. you need a detective to find a u.s. car in japan. that's the plain and simple fact. they import $1 billion worth of

u.s. manufactured products in auto and the air industry. we import $25 billion. $1 billion -- may i get another 30 seconds? or are we out of time? ms. slaughter: we are. the chair: the gentlelady from new york reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i would like to ask one simple question. what was that trade deal that you were talking about. mr. lynch: the korea-u.s. trade agreement two years ago. mr. sessions: i thought you said you lost your job. mr. lynch: what's that? no no, no. the job i lost, you were talking to people, the job i lost, 2,00 workers lost at the g.m. plant those plants were reopened in mexico. mr. lynch: when was that? mr. lynch: right after and a half tafment another bad trade agreement. mr. sessions: we gave you good job and you came to congress.

i think the gentleman makes a point i'd like to make and that is we need a trade deal with japan to level the playing field and that's exactly what we are going to do. at this time i'd like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, the gentleman who sits on the ways and means committee, the gentleman, congressman holding. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. but i would like to remind everyone that the comments should be directed to the chair. mr. holding: mr. speaker, i'd like to thank chairman ryan sessions tiberi, for their tireless efforts to move us closer to realizing trade deals to unlock new markets and bolster our national security. mr. speaker, i rise in support of both the rule in front of us today and the trade promotion authority legislation we will consider tomorrow. the benefits of increased free and fair trade are well established and undeniable. for companies in my state, the

pending trade deals would remove tariff barriers and unlock doors for businesses such as morris associates who export the world's best poultry chilling equipment. o a company like cummings engines in my state that export u.s. made engines and allow countless farms to export chickens tobacco, and sweet po tai lows across the globe. this means increased productivity, better wages and more jobs. more importantly t.p.a. is about empowering congress, making sure that this body and people's elected representatives keep tight reins on this president. now i'm certainly no supporter of the president's laundry list of unconstitutional actions from immigration to the administration's unilateral attempts to salvage the sinking ship that is obamacare which is why t.p.a. is needed.

the president is going to negotiate trade deals whether or not we pass t.p.a. why wouldn't we want to make this president's negotiators more accountable? the deals themselves more transparent? and make our oversight more effective? here's how it works. president disregards the parameters congress sets out or fails to consult members at every stretch. congress can turn off t.p.a. the president comes back with a bad trade deal, congress can vote it down. but mr. speaker, we need t.p.a. to not only get the best deals possible but also need this authority to check the president. so i urge my colleagues, support the rule, support t.p.a. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas reserves. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from michigan, land of cars, mrs. dingell. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. mrs. dingell: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the rule we are considering today represents everything for me that's wrong with politics. we're currently debating the most important package of trade legislation in a generation. yet despite how critical this issue is to american jobs, this rule does not allow any amendments. currency manipulation, the mother of all trade barriers has cost this country as many as five million jobs. a bipartisan group of 20 members, 10 republicans, 10 democrats proposed an amendment to address this. and it is vital that congress debate and vote on how to address currency manipulation as we set u.s. trade policy for the next decade. with nothing but the deepest of respect for the care of the rule -- for the chair of the rules committee, i want to give you the facts about the korean free

trade agreement. the reality is before it passed, after it passed, we increased exports to korea from 14,000 to 34,000. by comparison korea imported into this country 800,000 to the u.s. before the trade agreement and now exports 1.3 million. we increase our exports to korea by 20,000 they increased their exports to this country by 461,000. toyota made more money last year in currency manipulation in this country than ford motor company did in its worldwide operation. the american people deserve a full and open debate on trade policy. not procedural gimmicks and political games that shut out amendments and avoid the tough questions. let's defeat this rule and have a real debate on the issues that the working men and women of this country have sent us here to consider and that our -- and

that are so critical to the livelihood and backbone of this american economy. american jobs are at stake. thank you mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. . mr. sessions: i would like to yield to the gentleman from washington for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. newhouse: i would like to thank the chairman for yielding his time. i rise today to support the rule and the underlying trade promotion authority granted by h.r. 1314. i can affirm that the rules committee seriously considered many amendments and concerns from both democratic and republican members late into the night. this rule has been very fair

deliberative and interested parties have been given ample opportunity to weigh in on it and the underlying legislation. mr. speaker, as you just heard, i come from the state of washington, which is the most trade-benefited state in the country. if my colleagues want to see the jobs it creates look at my state. we export coffee aircraft footwear and soft wear. in washington we export apples. more than 85% of the wheat 75% of the hops. consumers around the world are enjoying a brand new crop of frerk washington state cherries. but the trade success story i want to share with you is about potatoes. prior to the u.s. free trade agreement that was signed in 2011. we shipped $53 million of french

fries to south korea. that rose to $ 3 million. 57% increase largely attributed to the trade barriers that were lowered. for the record that potato industry supports 24,000 jobs in my state. those are good paying jobs, which are all supported by trade. trade promotion authority is about creating a fair playing field for consumers so we can create more jobs here at home. most people may not know this but american wines face 50% tariffs in japan. our beef faces a 38% tariff. our oranges 16%. t.p.a. will instruct our negotiators will work on lowering these barriers to u.s. products. mr. speaker americans produce some of the finest products in the world and if given the

chance to compete fairly i believe they can. i have no doubt we can outperform almost any competitor in the world but we can't continue other countries to stack the deck against us. by granting the president to l the power to negotiate a treaty and congress telling him what priorities must be negotiated, we can create a fair playing field and create the jobs we need here at home. i understand there are concerns about the privacy surrounding the t.p.p. deal. i share those concerns, which is why i have personally gone and reviewed the text of this deal three times now. but the reason this vote on t.p.a. is so important it will make the deal public and give the american people at least two months -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. sessions: i yield to the gentleman one additional minute. mr. newhouse: as much as five months to review any negotiated deal. that's months to tell the

members of congress whether they should support the deal or not. the deal can stay a secret. this rule and the underlying bill are critical to our economy. without t.p.a. our country will be left disadvantaged and left to trade with one arm tied behind our back. with it we can open new opportunities for our business, and they can grow and create more jobs and ensure that the american economy remains the most competitive strongest economy in the world for decades to come back. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas reserves. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. tonko: the rule before us today is filled with procedural gimmicks but no opportunities to actually improve the underlying bills. these fails fail to have

enforceable objectives and fail to address currency manipulation and fail to recognize climate change and its connection to trade. i had proposed amendments to address these issues, which were unfortunately not made in order. since nafta and other subsequent deals, millions of united states manufacturing jobs, one in four, in fact, have been lost. and when manufacturing workers lose their jobs due to trade, the story doesn't get much better. three in five of them take cuts if they find a new job. this is a bad deal for our workers. for those who lose their jobs due to trade, trade, of course, but it's bad for all americans and one reason why wages have stagnated for the last two decades. we cannot afford to fast track another nafta on steroids. on top of that, four t.p.p. negotiating partners are used forced labor or child labor in violation of international standards according to the

department of labor. are these the type of countries we want to give fast track trade privileges? plenty of multinational corporations will benefit, from increased drug prices, to access to cheaper labor when american jobs are offshored. but it's not clear how the average american worker the people of new york's capital region that i represent and the people that send all of us to be their their voice in washington would benefit. let's take up bills that actually help our working families. bypassing a minimum wage and requiring paid family leave and reinvesting in stem, education and research. i urge my colleagues to defeat this rule and inadequate trade assistance and defeat fast track. my message, hands off the american work, hands off the american workers' children and hands off the american dream.

i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i would like to yield two minutes to a very savvy member of our trade team from the ways and means committee, dr. boustany. mr. boustany: thank you, mr. chairman. there are hundreds of trade agreements being carried out all over the world today in the united states, our country is sitting on the sidelines. 95% of the market is closed off in many respects because we don't have trade agreements and don't have market openings. we are a market economy. but we don't have the opportunity to sell there. that's a problem. let's talk about what trade promotion authority really is. a very basic level it's the catalyst for american economic engagement around the world and catalyst for american leadership. i, for one, and i think most of my friends on this side of the aisle are not ready to just step

back and relinquish american leadership to others. that's just unacceptable. trade promotion authority gets us started. we are on the verge of negotiating two very portrayed agreements with the growing areas around the world, in the asia-pacific region and european union. this represents the lion's share of gross domestic product growth around the world. why would we want to lock ourselves out of these markets? it's absurd. we want the american worker to have access to those markets. i want mothers around the world to buy goods off the shelf that say made in america. but those markets are closed. let's open them. let's get trade promotion authority in place. what is it? it's not the trade agreement itself, but the process in which we get the highest and strongest trade agreement for american workers that will be most

beneficial to our country. it is the way we are going to achieve growth in this economy. we can't do it to the extent we need to without this. it puts congress in the driver's seat putting negotiating priorities that we set not the administration. we set these as we negotiate with foreign countries. if we fail to pass this, the president negotiates on his own priorities, not the priorities of the american people. could i have another minute? mr. sessions: one minute. mr. boustany: trade promotion authority gives more transparency to the whole process. right now. we don't have the kind of transparency that's necessary. t.p.a. trade promotion authority is public. that is public. that's the process. it's very public. go to congress.gov and anybody can read the legislation. it's public. plus passing t.p.a. will require the final trade agreement, once

they are concluded, the president has to make it public for 60 days for everybody and anybody to read it. that's transparency. if we fail to pass this, we're giving up american leadership. we are basically throwing the american worker under the bus. we need growth. we need american leadership and trade promotion authority is the catalyst for providing that leadership. trade promotion authority is necessary for congress to provide the proper checks and balances on the administration. i don't want the administration negotiating without us having a robust role in this. and that's what t.p.a. does. i urge my colleagues to support the rule and the underlying legislation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. doggett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. doggett: the only way to get better trade agreements is to

reject this fast track bill and develop an alternative that reflects our values and realities of the 21st century. as one who has supported legislation for more trade with most of the countries that are t.p.p.-agreement countries i would like to support more trade today. but as in the ways and means committee this rule shuts out every single attempt of democrats to strengthen and improve this bill. these fast trackers, they say they want free trade. how about trade that is free of see creasey? how about trade that is free of deals that jeopardize the health and safety, the food that we eat as american families? how about trade that is free of corporate panels that will be able to award taxpayer dollars to foreign corporations with more rights than american businesses instead of relying on

our system of justice? and i think we have to look at the trade agreements we have had in the past, the free trade agreements and realize that for too many american workers, they haven't been free. they have come at a tremendous cost. this trade agreement has been shrouded in see crease si. in order to ensure there is not a full and fair debate or a discussion of the failures of the you -- ustr. it has not shared with this congress a single document to show how vietnam instead of being the great human rights abuser it is today, to begin to show the decency to its workers. ustr has ignored the record of sex and human trafficking in malaysia. they are being rewarded.

ustr simply does not believe in law enforcement. they didn't believe in law enforcement -- does the gentlelady have -- ms. slaughter: 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: additional 30 seconds. mr. doggett: ustr does not believe in law enforcement. it wouldn't enforce the law in guatemala in hondure asin prior labor agreements iner ue ignored the audit responsibility. we can do better than this and do better than a christmas wish list of multiple objectives that this president doesn't have to follow and this christmas wish list is being proposed to the next president who hasn't even been elected. open-ended ability to have more trade agreements that come at the cost of too many families. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i love our friends

who talk about jobs, yet it's this administration and the democrat policies that have taken american jobs and obamacare and climate change and the rules and regulations 175,000 pages of rules and regulations to inhibit growth and job development in the united states. i would like to yield four minutes the gentleman from pennsylvania mike kelley. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. kelly: i rise in strong support of this. we have a duty to legislate based on truth and not fiction. if you want strong trade agreements then you have to be in a position to negotiate those, because i tell you, my friends, if we're not at the table, we are on the menu. if we are talking about growing jobs and making sure america is secure and worried about having a agreement that doesn't meet the demands of the american

people, trade promotion authority is the only thing that gives us the ability to drive strong trade agreements and make sure every single american is taken care of. this t.p.a. does not give president obama any new power, none whatsoever. for those of us who don't trust the president's judgment, then t.p.a. is absolutely necessary. it's not an option. . allows this congress this puts us in the driver's seat. this allows this congress to be in the driver's seat. if you're worried about a strong trade agreement then make sure we give ourselves the power to actually set the parameters of the way a trade agreement looks like. it's time to get rid of all these boogeyman talks about what's going on. i have to tell you, if you want us, if you want the united

states of america, to dominate the global economy, and not just participate in the global economy then you have to have trade promotion authority. in my lifetime, it has been spent negotiating. when you sit down at the table to actually negotiate something, the question that always came up for me, was there anybody else other than yourself who would be responsible for making the decision? without that decision, without that clarity, we can't draw on strong trade agreements. t.p.a. is the only thing that gives us that. if you want to strengthen our country, if you want to grow our economy, if you want to create new jobs for america, then we need strong trade agreements. fast track, anything but fast track. smart track safe track, sure track. something that gets america's economy back on track absolutely. vote for t.p.a. vote for american jobs. vote for the united states of america to drive the global economy and continue to write the rules and not china. if you really are concerned

about american jobs and if you're really concerned about america's role in the world, then don't put us behind, put us in front. let america, with the strongest economy, drive the trade agreements. t.p.a. gives us that, gives us the ability to grow the american economy grow american jobs and make america more safe and secure and it gives our partners around the world the certainty that america has not walked away from the table, america will continue to be your strongest partner and your strongest ally to build a stronger and more safe world. i thank the chairman and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania yields back. the gentlelady from new york is recognized. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from michigan, the distinguished ranking member of the committee on ways and means, mr. levin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for two minutes. without objection. mr. levin: thank you for yielding. this rule covers three bills. it covers t.a.a. and t.p.a. i asked rules to place in order a substitute bill on t.p.a. that would have helped a full

discussion of this vital issue, affecting 40% of global g.d.p. under the rule before us, if a majority does not vote for t.a.a., there will not be a vote on t.p.a. tomorrow. this will give the house another opportunity to improve t.p.a. and t.a.a., of which i'm an author. t.a.a. should not be a bargaining chip for a flawed t.p.a. bill. the third bill customs weakens the t.p.a. bill on human trafficking, prohibits any provision in t.p.p. relating to climate. likewise to immigration. and strikes out the schumer provision on currency manipulation. the manager's amendment on currency is more rhetorical language without any teeth.

i urge a no vote on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan yields. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, thank you very much. at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman who's one of our three captains that has driven this entire thing, chairman paul ryan, myself and the gentleman from ohio the gentleman, pat tiberi, done an outstanding job. i'd like to give him two minutes at this time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mr. tiberi: thank you mr. speaker, thank you, mr. chairman, for your leadership. texas is lucky to have you. ladies and gentlemen, today and tomorrow we are not voting on a trade agreement. we are not voting on a trade agreement. in fact, we're voting on a bill called t.p.a. which is this. it's public. we can all read it. our constituents can read it. we're not voting on anything today or tomorrow that we can't read. that's secret.

a lot of confusion out there. here's what t.p.a. is. you've heard it before. it's a process. it's a process where congress inserts itself to what the executive branch already can do. which is negotiate a trade agreement. but it's a process that, quite frankly empowers the congress. it tells the president, as the lead negotiator, this is what we'd like you to do. and we're going to hold, we're going to hold our authority and we're going to say whatever you negotiate, mr. president we're going to approve it or not. you know what? by passing t.p.a. we're going to require that whatever you negotiate, which you don't have to do unless t.p.a.'s passed, sit in public for 60 days. for the public to review. mr. chairman, i didn't have six hours to review obamacare. not six hours. my constituents will have 60

days before the president can sign any deal he negotiates. that's what t.p.a. does. it inserts congress, it inserts the american people into any trade agreement the president this one or the next, negotiates -- the president, this one or the next negotiates. and it empowers the people to review that process, to review that agreement. no secrecy. this is what we're voting on tomorrow, ladies and gentlemen. t.p.a. please go to congress.gov to look at it. another day maybe tomorrow, we'll talk a little bit about what trade has done, not done, what it has done for american consumers and american employees and american businesses. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from new york is recognized. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, may i inquire how much time i have remaining? the speaker pro tempore: five minutes is how much time the gentlelady from new york has. ms. slaughter: let me take 30 seconds to say, that's really great, go ahead and read the t.p.a., but it's the bill we're worried about.

the trade t.p.p. we have to have an armed guard look at that. now i'm pleased to yield two minutes or -- two ok, to mr. ellison from minnesota. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. ellison: i want to thank the gentlewoman for the time, you know mr. speaker, there really is quite a lot on the line here despite what some speakers would submit, which is oh, you know, this is just the t.p.a., it's not a big thing. no this is a huge thing. as a matter of fact, this particular rule we're voting on right now does three important things. one is that it has the pay-for for the trade adjustment assistance that includes cuts to medicare. no matter how you slice it, if you vote for this rule you are voting to cut medicare. then what it does, it sets up a vote for trade adjustment assistance and trade promotion authority. the fact is, if you go home and

you try to explain to americans, oh i didn't cut -- vote to cut medicare, the fact is you will not be able to honestly say that. you might be able to say, well, i did but then they fixed it, you might be able to say well, yeah, i cut medicare but then later on we passed a thing and maybe mitch mcconnell will try to change it later you can say anything you want. but the maneuverings on this floor and in this body to get us to where we are have not changed one solid fact which is that we are voting to cut medicare. now, there are all kinds of cute procedural maneuverings and different kinds of rules we're invoking but you cannot escape the essential fact, the cut to medicare is not going to be cut out of this. if you vote for the rule, you voted to cut medicare. our seniors have taken enough on the chin. do not put their livelihood at risk. let me also say that this t.a.a. is not supported by the

avel c.i.o. -- afl-cio. trade adjustment assistance is to help workers who are displaced by bad trade deals. wouldn't you think that the president of the afl-cio would say, yeah, well, we definitely would want t.a.a.? and he usually almost does. but not this time because he knows what all of us should know which is that this trade adjustment authority is cutting medicare, it's paid for by medicare. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. ms. slaughter: i yield another minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for an additional minute. mr. ellison: is paid for by medicare, it is -- continues to be underfunded. trade adjustment authority is underfunded. it's like, if you kick somebody off their job because of a bad trade deal, and then you tell them, we're going to help you adjust to it. well, at least we should fund it properly given the billions of dollars that will be made by this trade deal by multinational corporations, doesn't it make sense that we should at least try to fully fund trade adjustment authority? but we don't.

trade adjustment assistance, but we don't. and then the fact is that it excludes public sector workers. public sector workers are negatively impacted by bad trade deals. just like all other workers. why wouldn't we include them in it? they're not included in it. so this t.a.a. this trade adjustment assistance package, is insufficient. we must vote it down. i urge a no vote and i just want to let members know, when you walk into that senior center and someone asks you, did you vote to cut medicare, i hope you can answer truthfully you did not vote to cut medicare. vote no on this rule. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, since i've got to talk to you, i'll tell that you i'm through with all the speakers that i might have and i'll reserve my time to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i'll talk through you as well. if my colleagues that no further requests for time i'm ready to close. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, as i

said, i'm through with all my speakers and i'll reserve my time to close. ms. slaughter: you're through all right. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york is recognized. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker the nation's bad trade bills have gutted our manufacturing economy, transformed our stature on the global stage and taken millions of jobs from american workers. let's not do it again. we need to demand a trade deal that will het us sell american-made goods to every customer in the world and we need a trade bill that is negotiated through a transparent and open process, that doesn't mortgage our patents, our innovation and our future. and let me echo what congressman ellison just said this rule this vote right now that we are about to take codifies, it ensures that this money for the trade adjustment assistance will come from medicare. that is what will go to the president. if you vote for this, you are

voting for medicare to be used in that way. i urge my colleagues to vote no on the rule and on the underlying bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. without objection, the previous question is -- mr. sessions: mr. speaker, i'd like to go ahead and now use my time that i have remaining. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. sessions: thank you mr. speaker. you know mr. speaker, i support t.p.a. because it provides an unprecedented level of transparency. let me be clear. look, a vote for t.p.a. is a vote for jobs. it is a vote so that we can grow our economy. it's not a vote for a secret document. it's a vote to set up a process that ensures the american people understand exactly what a new trade deal is before congress votes on it. we have 60 days to do that. t.p.a. requires that the president make public the text of a complicated trade agreement at least 60 days. and we're going to do just that. so over the last few months i've worked with chairman paul

ryan and chairman pat tiberi and other members of congress to strengthen t.p.a. so that the president cannot hijack free trade agreements. i think it's obvious here, no one in this body really trusts the president of the united states to go and negotiate something that we would be in favor of. and so that is why we are making this trade, t.p.a., so that we are following our agenda, one that we know that we've heard of. because we have heard the concerns of the american people regarding immigration, climate change, currency, american sovereignty. and i think we've addressed all of these. look, my constituents are just like me. they want to know that we're going to support jobs, but we do not trust the president. and that is why we're doing this deal today. this president grants no new authority to the president of the united states. just the other day i began working further after the senate passed their t.p.a. bill, and i worked with congressman steve king of iowa

to ensure that the trade agreements do not require changes to u.s. immigration laws or to obligate the united states to gain access or to expend -- extend access to visas. we had an excellent idea also that we took from senator ted cruz from texas. we just strengthened it and made it more straightforward and it is in this deal that we do. this trade package also includes language that would prohibit the administration from attaching any climate change commitments to a trading agreement. we've also worked to guarantee that americans' sovereignty is upheld. t.p.a. reflects what the constitution requires and that is that congress maintain authority over any changes to u.s. law and our constitutional rights to approve any trade agreement. mr. speaker, i urge the adoption of this rule, i look forward to the debate that will

follow. i urge my colleagues to listen to every single bit of this and they will understand why i vote for t.p.a. -- a vote for t.p.a. in the rule is the right thing to do. i move the previous question on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the previous question is ordered. the question is on the adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it much the resolution is agreed to and, without objection, the motion to reconsider slayed upon the table. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i request the yeas and nays. 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. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, this is a 15-minute vote on the adoption of the resolution. it will be followed by five-minute vote on the question on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal if ordered. this will be a five-minute vote. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or

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the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 217. the nays are 212. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 the unfinished business is the question on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal which the chair will put de novo. the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the journal -- >> mr. speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman ask for a recorded vote. a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise.

a sufficient number having arisen a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. long long -- members will record their votes by electronic device members will record their votes by electronic device leong -- members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 239 and the nays are 172. one answering present. the journal stands approved.

the chair lays before the house the following personal request. the clerk: leave of be a requested for mr. -- leave of absence requested for mr. clawson of florida for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches.

the speaker pro tempore: if members please take your conversations out of the chamber so we can get started. member -- member -- members and staff please clear the well. for what purpose does the member from florida seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman from florida is recognized for one minute.