mr. hahn summed up their policy and issue as -- quote -- "bottom line, we believe students have an unquestioned right to seek redress for grievances including a right to file a lawsuit. we will not stand in the way of any student who wants to pursue litigation based on his or her personal experiences." couldn't have been stated more clearly and better. it meant that this debt collection company that is taking over the failing for-profit school is saying that we are truly not for profit and we are truly going to play this on the square. and if students feel they have been treated unfairly, they have every legal right to go to court so they don't end up with tens of thousands of dollars of debt because we defrauded them. i felt pretty good about that response. then we read the fine print. we found out em -- ecmc requires students to irrevocably waive their right to seek trial by jury and any class action lawsuit against the school. that isn't what mr. hahn told me was going to happen. in other w

mr. hahn summed up their policy and issue as -- quote -- "bottom line, we believe students have an unquestioned right to seek redress for grievances including a right to file a lawsuit. we will not stand in the way of any student who wants to pursue litigation based on his or her personal experiences." couldn't have been stated more clearly and

mr. pocan aye. >> ms. lou hahn grisham. >> aye. >> ms. lou hahn grisham aye. ms. dingell. >> aye. >> mr. lou? >> aye. >> mr. norcross. >> aye. >> mr. nor cross aye. mr. molten. >> aye. >> mr. molten aye. >> mr. okita. >> no. >> mr. okita no. >> mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman no. >> all members voted? any member wish to change their vote? >> mr. chairman on that vote the ayes are 14, and the nos are 22. >> and the amendment is not adopted. the next amendment is number 19. >> amendment number 19 offered by ms. moore relating to the earned income tax credit. >> the young laiddy of wisconsin is recognized. >> i am fortunate to introduce a bill. the earned income tax credit was enacted in 1975 by republican president ford, expanded by republican hero ronald reagan in 1986. it's a good welfare reform program and encourages work. you can't get this refundable tax credit without working. data are concruisive. people attribute the 1996 quote-unquote success of the welfare program to ending welfare as we know it, but it really was because of the earned income tax credi

mr. po can aye. >> ms. lou hahn grisham aye. >> ms. dingell. >> aye. >> mr. lou. >> aye. >> mr. lou, aye. >> mr. nor cross. >> aye. >> mr. nor 4cross aye. >> mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman no. >> how was mr. sanford recorded? >> mr. sanford is recorded as no. >> thank you. are there any members wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman on that vote, the ayes are 14, and the nos are 18. >> the nos have it. the amendment is not agreed to. are there further amendments? >> i have an amendment at the desk. >> this is amendment number 14. the clerk will designate the amendment. the staff will distribute copies of the amendment. >> amendment number 14 offered by mr. lou expressing on the consumer financial protection bureau. >> mr. lou is recognized for six minutes. >> i offer this amendment because we cannot have a weak consumer financial bureau. and let me set the stage for why this amendment is necessary. take you back to years 2008/2009. it wasn't that long ago when our country was opt verge of economic collapse. because of the risk

hahn: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of policies that will help more students and families afford college. the cost of obtaining a college degree has increased more than 1,000% over the last three decades, and many more students need federal loans to cover the cost. and after racking up a mountain of debt, graduates struggle to put money into savings, buy a house or start a business. but many people are shocked to find out that the federal government is making billions of dollars in profits off these students by charging higher interest rates than necessary. this is not fair nor right. we should be rewarding our students for pursuing an education, not taxing them for it. students should get the same low interest rates that the federal reserve gives the big banks on wall street. i hope we can find bipartisan support in congress for commonsense policies to make college more affordable. thank you mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman fro

hahn: mr. speaker, i rise to express relief that congress has funded the department of homeland security. we averted an unnecessary and harmful crisis. we should not have reached the point where the department was on the brink of a shutdown. the department of homeland security was created after the devastating september 11 terrorist attacks and performed vital functions to protect americans against ongoing terrorist threats. we are talking about fema which responds to emergencies and disasters t.s.a., which makes flying safer the secret service, customs and border protection and other important services the coast guard, which patrols our waters and helps protect communities like mine, near the port of los angeles. it's also a part of the department of homeland security. we must do even more to improve port security and shutting down the department would have been a step backwards. we must stop the crisis-to-crisis governing around here. the american people deserve better than this political bri

hahn: thank you mr. speaker. i rise to call on congress to keep its promise to invest in our nation's ports. the harbor maintenance tax collected at our ports should be returned to our ports, not stockpiled or diverted to other spending. for years only about 50% of the tax was returned to our ports. the harbor maintenance trust fund now has a surplus of approximately $9 billion. last year, with bipartisan support, we passed the water resources and reform development act, which set targets for annual increases in the usage of that trust fund leadinging to 100% -- leading to 100% of use by the year 2025. i've offered an amendment to the budget resolution to meet that target funding level for 2016 established in wrda and i'm disappointed that the rules committee did not rule it in order. to keep our united states ports globally competitive, we should fully use the harbor maintenance trust fund to maintain and improve our harbors and navigation channels. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for