i rise in support of the butch lewis act. passage of this bill is vital to millions of americans who've worked hard and played by the rules. that includes tens of thousands of workers and retirees who live in florida and hundreds of workers and retirees who reside in my orlando area district. i want to highlight section 4-h of the bill, which was added at my request between committee markup and floor consideration. this provision requires the pension rehad a bill tigs administration to provide an -- rehabilitation administration to provide an annual report to congress for those that steefed loan under this bill and fail to pay back. this provision to increase congressional oversight will maximize the number of plans who repay their loans and minimize the financial burden on federal taxpayers. i want to thank chairman neal for working with me to make this important change. i urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from t

i urge my colleagues to vote for the butch lewis act. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. mr. neal: i reserve. let me recognize the gentleman rom new york for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> every democrat and every republican in this house believes or should believe if you go to work every single day, you should have a decent life in america. if you work hard, you make enough money and find a place to live and educate your children and retire one day without being scared. and 1.3 million americans are scared che they will lose their retirement benefits. we have to work together to solve this problem. chairman neal has been working on this the past two years. let's do it already. this is your opportunity to move together to help hardworking people to save the american dream for the people who have put the hard work in. time to protect these people and time to work together now and pass the butch lewis act. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentle

just last night, we passed the butch-lewis act, which will save the pensions of over a million american workers and retirees. this bill will ensure that our seniors can put food on their tables and they're able to afford their medications and live with dignity. that's what the democrats are focused on. working for the people. working for the people. we are doing it because we understand a simple truth, that when we invest in our communities, when we rage ways raise wages for middle-class americans, everybody wins. i want to turn it over to congress no one in katie hill -- congresswoman katie hill, who has emerged as a real leader. >> thank you so much. my name is katie hill and i'm the congresswoman for california's 25th congressional district and i'm one of the youngest woman in congress, in this class and in history. because of that, i've seen the effects of a low minimum wage and the wage gap on young people, people of color, and women specifically. i've been a server working my way through college. i worked in minimum wage restaurants not that long ago. in my previous career as the

the butch lewis act will ensure hey receive their long overdue pensions which they earned. it keeps the promises to retirees, guaranteing their pension into the future and does so by allowing impacted pension plans to borrow the money needed to he re-main solvent over a 30-year period of time with low interest loans that they must pay back. pensions have afforded millions of middle class americans the opportunity -- might i have an additional 10 seconds. mrs. torres: i yield 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. kaptur: pensions have afforded millions of middle class americans an opportunity to enjoy their golden years with economic peace of mind. t us restore this peace to 1,300,000 americans and retirees who earned these benefits with swift and finally just passage of the butch lewis act. i yield back my additional time to the gentlelady. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentlelady from california reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. burgess: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i would like to yiel

the butch lewis act is overdue and a reasonable solution to address this multiemployer pension crisis and end the economic terror that affects these retirees' lives. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: frup does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman s recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise today to honor the memory of clyde owen of moses lake, washington. an individual who dedicated his life to serbing the country and improving his community before passing on july 1 at the age of 100. mr. newhouse: he was a pilot during world war ii and the only member of his air crew to escape enemy fire during the landing at anzio in 1943. surviving these adversities, he continued to serve in the air force, traveling the world before settling in moses lake in 1961. there he served as the last commander of the larson air force base, overseeing crucial tanker and bomber floats before its closure in 1966.

kaptur: this week, marks an a heroic milestons for retirees as we consider the butch lewis act. it moves one step closer to one million 300,000 people of pensions. i met with candy manufacturers, miners from ohio whose futures are at risk. their top concern, economic concern. i heard the stresses since receiving letters, worried between family members. and anxiety and growing health concerns. this isn't the retirement hardworking americans earned. roadway truck driver is suffering from brain cancer . d why should she worry about and spousal benefits were cut in half and has her own. jim bum garner. how can congress ignore the pleas. pensions have afforded millions of middle-class people some security. please, let our colleagues join s in broad bipartisan passage. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> i rise today to honor drr don graham being selected as florida's teacher of the year

make a uniquely butch lewis is a good deal, the kind of deal you make to protect our middle class and the economic security of so many. this is what you do, make government work for us, contribute to the action and the outcome, save the retirement for hose who have worked for it. the speaker pro tempore: without objection -- without objection the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. the question is on the motion. without objection the previous question is ordered and the motion to recommit. the question is on the motion. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. the motion is not agreed to. >> mr. speaker, because actions speak louder than words, i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. 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 us

and next week, the house will move to pass the butch lewis act, ensuring that millions of americans whove retirement -- will receive the retirement and benefit securities that they have earned. we are very pleased with the outcome of all of the back-and-forth on the census, proud of the testimony the house council made before the supreme court, because the census is a pillar of our democracy, enshrined in our sacred constitution to ensure that we are all equally counted and represented. and so we will continue to hold the administration accountable for the policy decisions. this is not about partisanship. it's about patriotism. now having instilled fear, hopefully we can allay that fear by having people sign up for the census. as we approach the 200-day mark of our transformative majority which is coming up soon, house democrats will build on the bold promise we have made on our for the people agenda. we talked about lower health costs by preserving the prescription drug benefit and lowering prescription drugs and preserving the pre-existing condition benefit, and some of that legislati

the house ways and means committee just passed the bipartisan butch lewis act, h.r. 397, just on july 10. the house is taking much-needed action that is long past time that the united states senate do the same. in my home state it's a whole group of workers. obviously minors are part of this -- a big part of this. teamsters, bakery and confection ordinary workers -- confectionary workers all of them seeing failure of paying their pension. this could have economic consequences to communities in the commonwealth of pennsylvania as well as across the nation. tens of thousands of pensions of pennsylvanians could be at risk, including, and these are just some of the numbers, 11,831 coal minors and 21,460 teamsters. despite the challenges ahead, the good news is we have bipartisan legislation to deal with this crisis known as the butch -- to deal with this pension crisis, the legislation is known as the butch lewis act. the bill creates a long program for troubled pensions. it's a commonsense solution that brings the public and private sector together to address this crisis. we must also pa