mr. fitzpatrick for his partnership and leadership on this issue and thank you also, to chairman nunes ranking member schiff and mr. pittenger for their work on this important legislation. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. nunes: we are from paired to support the amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from arizona. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the amendment is agreed to. it's now in order to consider amendment number 12 printed in house report 114--- for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. crowley: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 12 printed in house report 114-155 offered by mr. crowley of new york. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 315, the gentleman from new york, mr. crowley, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from. -- the gentleman

mr. fitzpatrick: my amendment will ensure the f.a.a. is doing everything it can to certify that our aircraft are protected in a moment that pilots, flight attendants and federal security officers have said the plane is vulnerable. despite the attempt to secure the cockpit, a moment of as a rule nernlt remains when a pilot must open the hard cockpit door to eat, rest, or use the bathroom in long flights. during this door transition, the flight deck is vulnerable. current f.a.a. regulations require that the area outside the flight deck be secure before the reinforced cockpit door is open. currently some airlines are using human shields or in some cases drink carts to try to block entry to the cockpit and claim it secure. but only one method has been thoroughly studied and proven to beat the threat of a trained hijacker exploiting this particular vulnerability. and that is an installed physical secondary barrier door. these barriers are light inexpensive wire gates able to protect the flight deck long enough for the pilot to shut the reinf

mr. fitzpatrick, for five minutes. mr. fitzpatrick: mr. speaker, for decades vietnam veteran resident jesse hill has brought awareness to those still missing. in vietnam jesse served with distinction with the army first calvary division for two tours of duty between 1967 and 1969 when he earned the purple heart for his service and his personal sacrifice. upon returning home, he became a founding member of the delaware valley vietnam veterans or dv-3 as they call themselves. today jesse continues to recognize the service and sacrifice of all who fought and fell in that war and others since, especially iraq and afghanistan. through the donald w. jones flag memorial, named after a fellow co-founder, jesse's leadership has sustained this impressive display for 30 years . the flag memorial has been located in various sites across bucks county over the years including the washington crossing historic park, core creek park, silver lake park and now at falls township community park where it draws an annual crowd of thousands of veterans and gratef

mr. fitzpatrick: thank you mr. speaker. there's no doubt that the medical device tax that's found within the president's affordable care act sends jobs overseas, hurts american jobs here in the united states raises health care costs for all americans and stifles innovation. but while i have supported the house's action to repeal this onerous tax and support innovation, it's important that i highlight an important issue to my constituents back home in bucks county, pennsylvania. because it's tied into this whole debate. and that issue is medical device safety. and patient safety. many who serve in this chamber may have seen the headlines over the past several months regarding a medical device known as a power morselator and the damage it has caused to women's health by spreading unsuspected cancer throughout their body. these devices are tools used to remove uterinify broids and have been on the market -- uterin fibroids and have been on the market for decades. they could spread unsuspected cansers in women -- spread cancers

mr. fitzpatrick. i'm sorry. i'm sorry. the chair stands corrected. chair recognizes the gentleman from california mr. royce, chairman of our foreign affairs committee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, good to see you again. let me ask you about a line of questioning here where i think you and i may be in concurrence but last week we both had an opportunity to talk a little bit about a subject where i publicly endorsed moving forward with some building block housing finance reforms and these reforms would increase private sector participation in the secondary housing market and decrease taxpayer exposure to future losses and would over time limit the disruption in the market, and i wanted to get your take on this. the things we've discussed at that forum were an increase in private sector credit risk sharing by the gses including a time line to ramp up the offerings, the creation of a truly common securitization platform which allows for issuance of mortgage-backed securities other than the gses, and the development of a common residential mo

mr. fitzpatrick: mr. speaker, i rise today in recognition of a career of service both to our country and to those preparing to defend it. since 1988, glenn has served our nation as an officer in the united states coast guard and since 2001, captain has served on the faculty of the united states coast guard academy. as a professor and chairmanship of the department of humanities. in reach role he has worked tirelessly to i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america nage and educate cadets, faculty, government officials, and the public on national security law. public policy and international conflict. he's a recognized expert in these areas. his expertise has not been limited to the academy. he's the author of multiple books and countless publications. a noted academic on the topic of national security and a fellow in homeland security and national security law for the center for national policy here in washington, d.c. there is no doubt his knowledge has been an asset to our nation as i

mr. fitzpatrick. i'm sorry. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california mr.oyce chairman of the foreign affairs committee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> let me ask you about of line of questioning where you and i may be in concurrence, the last week we had an opportunity to talk about a subject or publicly endorsed moving forward with the built in black housing finance reforms and the reforms would increase private sector participation in the secondary housing market and decrease taxpayer exposure to future losses and what over time limit disruption of market. i wanted to get your take on this. the things we discussed for an increase in private or credit risk sharing by the gse including a timeline to ramp up the offers. the creation of a truly common securitization pop or which allows for issuance of mortgage-backed securities and the development of a common residential mortgage-backed security by fannie mae and freddie mac. i thought i would just give you the floor right now to discuss how this might bring private sector capital back into the market and ho

mr. fitzpatrick chair of our terrorism task force. >> thank you chairman and secretary for your time here had a couple hearings at the terror head quarters to investigate terrorism financing and i have a series of questions i would like to make part of the record instead of going through them and ask the secretary to give me time afterwards. i will submit them. i want to follow up on the questions and answers you gave mr. capuano with respect to the national debt. the national debt is not in the f-stock report or identified that the national debt is a good story to tell and number two it isn't a threat to our economy and i think you answered both affirming. do you agree? >> i believe in having a fiscal policy that last for the long long term. if you look at what we inherited the stability we have is a world of improvement and there is work to do. >> the question is the debt itself and president obama referred to it as a $10 trillion national debt is thought moral. today the clock above us at the hearing is $18 trillion 159 billion -- it is going up a million dollars a minute. is that a go