loebsack:, isn't he a wonder?y estate honor to introduce the class of the iowa party hall of fame. it is now in its 16th year and includes some of the most cherished and valued members of our party from tom harkin to tom ville sack from harold hughes to willie glenn -- galatin. this year, we celebrate six iowa democrats who each in their own way have given back to the party and their own communities. we are a stronger party because of the work of each of these individuals and tonight we celebrate their accomplishments and we thank them. so we start off with one of the party's fiercest champions for iowa families, a leader in the legislature, i dodder of dubuque , that is senator panny -- senator pam yoakam. [applause] dr. mcguire: senator yoakam has served in the iowa legislature since 1993 and was the first female to service the president of the iowa senate. [applause] [cheering] dr. mcguire: during her tenure and the legislature, she has been a leader in the fight for mental health services, for public education

loebsack of iowa. 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. this will be 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 218 the nays are 213 the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 41 printed in part b of house report 114-29 by the gentleman from colorado, mr. polis, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 41 printed in part b of house report 114-29 offered by prosecute polis of colorado -- offer by mr. polis of colorad

loebsack: thank you, mr. speaker. i do thank the ranking member for yielding. this legislation i believe, as mr. lance stated is proof that we can accomplish great things when we put aside partisanship and unite around a common goal. and to that end, i want to thank all the wonderful colleagues here today who worked on this thing for so long. i'm new to the committee and coming into this, being able to be a part of this is really a great honor for me. i want to thank the chair and the ranking member also for my provision to extend and expand the prior authorization program, providing certainty to medicare beneficiaries that these critical devices will in fact be covered. i'm also excited about the n.i.h. innovation fund which entails mandatory funding, as was mentioned earlier and will support scientists like those working at the university of iowa. as a result we will have more groundbreaking advances like the university of iowa researchers' discovery of a biomark that are could lead to early detection for the risk of preeclampsia in pregnant women, a discover