mr. veasey. and amendment number 085 by miss speeier which offers service members the option to opt into donating their brain for search. >> gentleman yields back. is there further discussion? questions on the amendment, dr. heck. those in say aye. being the chair the ayes have it and the amendments are adopted. further amendments, gentleman from arizona. >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. >> the staff would please distribute the amendment. without objection the amendment is considered read. the gentleman from arizona is recognized for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, the time has come for america to own up to a troubling legacy. between world war ii and 2011 when don't ask, don't tell, wases repealed. in retrospect, we know the policies responsible for these discharges were contrary to our values and national interests. more importantly, they did an incredible disservice to brave americans willing to wear the uniform and sacrifice everything for our nation. however, thanks in part t

mr. veasey, i now yield the floor to yield. mr. veasey: i appreciate your work on this issue. you have been setting it. there has been a lot of rhetoric about what immigration means and you have worked so hard to bring recognition about the economic benefits and you have been tremendous and i do appreciate that and wanted to talk about the fact how important the relationship is, the economic impact that you talk about all the time, how important it is to texas and the united states. accord understanding to the united states trade representatives, united states trades and goods totalled $500-plus billion. mexico was the second largest goods export market in 2015. n 2013, texas, exported over $109 billion in goods with mexico and that was 63% increase since 2008. it is hard to argue with those numbers. it shows how healthy the relationship is with mexico and how incredibly foolish it would be to create barriers between our twon countries that could create harm to mexico and united states and our border state of texas. the united states' relationship with mexico, when you look at

mr. veasey's amendment. i think a couple things. one, the amendment is asking for a study. we don't know what's actually going to happen to this population of recipients in the future. as things go we may have an immigration form in a few years or some other form of stabilization. this body of men and women >> >> the -- the amendment is not agree to. next to the gentlelady from california. >> mr. chairman i have an amendment. >> the staff will distribute the amendment. [inaudible conversations] with other than any amendment is considered as read it here recognized for five minutes. >> mr. chairman andrew the courage tri-care program that don't have the same preventative health services as under the affordable care back to my amendment would test fix this but when we looked at that hca -- aca that people could get tested for diabetes or other issues of that type there was the study that came out from ucla that 46 percent or half of california have diabetes are just below the line of pre-diabetic if you don't have access circuit is too expensive or with the co pay to get prev

mr. veasey: 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 congratulate trinidad garza, early college high school in dallas, for receiving the 2016 a.c.t. high school exemplary in college and career readiness award. since 2013, the annual campaign has recognized participating high schools and community colleges for their outstanding efforts in education. the prestigious award is presented to only one school per state that demonstrates exceptional efforts in preparing students for college and career readiness. given trinidad garza's prepardonness in the school and work force, this accolade is well deserved. and it awards students in participating schools for outstanding progress on their a.c.t. scores. ch as trinidad garza seniors paolo soto, barry lavigne and elizabeth garcia. i am extremely proud of the trinidad garza high school for representing the state of texas and the 33rd congressional district. you're an example of what

mr. veasey: obviously that ain't going to happen. however, the republican led budget committee did share a budget blueprint with the g.o.p. leadership. ultimately the leadership decided it wasn't harsh enough on families, seniors, or children to pass through a republican majority. a federal budget should be a reflection of our values as a nation and the details and the rumors about the road to ruin that the republicans want to release are just not good. apparently attempting to end medicare guarantees for seen yorks peel the affordable care act and block investments in good paying jobs are not sufficiently brutal enough for the radicals within the republican party. if this version of the budget couldn't muster enough support to bring to the house floor, i fear what the house republican majority should propose. the house should continue to press for a budget that grows jobs and paychecks and invests in the future of the american people like we always do. we believe in those values and that's what we will continue to fight for. i yield