to name the department of veterans affairs medical center in florida as the c.w. billoung department of veteran affairs medical center. >> hr 3302, a bill to name the department affairs medical center in florida at the c.w. bill young department of veterans affairs medical center. >> pursuant to the rule, the gentlemen from florida, esther miller, and the gentlewoman from florida, ms. brown, each will controlled way minutes. the chair recognizes the german from florida. >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members five remarks and include any extraneous material that they have on hr 3302. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> the way very much, mr. speaker. today is bittersweet as we mark both the passing of a congressional stalwart, chairman c.w. bill young and name the medical center in his honor. mr. speaker, while the rock numbers themselves may seek volumes for his dedication to america, it is his personal qualities that i admired the most. when i came to congress in 2001, bill young was one of the f

just one example, the c.w. bill young morrow donor recruitment and research program registry lists more than nine million volunteer donors for patients with leukemia and other life-threatening diseases. that simple list has provided he gift of life to more than 50,000 individuals. to completely describe the contributions of a man who served in this body for over 42 years would take hours. so with that, mr. speaker, on behalf of the entire florida delegation and all those who knew and searched with him in this house and in the other body, i offer our most sincere condolences to his wife beverly and his sons, rob, billy and patrick. he was your husband and he was your father. to us bill was a friend. and we will miss him dealer. mr. speaker, i -- deerly. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time -- dearly. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from florida is recognized. ms. brown: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. one of my favor

. >> to name the medical center in florida as the c.w. bill young department of veteran affairs medical center. a bill to name the department affairs medical center in florida at the c.w. bill young department of veterans affairs medical center. >> pursuant to the rule, the gentlemen from florida, esther miller, and the gentlewoman from florida, ms. brown, each will controlled way minutes. the germanecognizes from florida. >> messieurs fear, i ask unanimous consent that all five remarks and include any extraneous material that they have on hr 3302. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> the way very much, mr. speaker. today is bittersweet as we mark both the passing of a chairmanonal stalwart, young and name the main pints medical center in his honor. mr. speaker, while the rock numbers themselves may seek volumes for his dedication to america, it is his personal that i admired the most. when i came to congress in 2001, bill young was one of the first members that welcomed me here, it was on

representative c.w. billng passed away this evening at the walter reid national military medical center in the company of his family. the cause of death was complications related to a chronic injury. information on services will be for the coming. again, that's from the young family. he represented the florida west coast district that includes st. petersburg and clearwater and parts of st. petersburg. announced on october the 9th that he would not be running for re-election in 2014 because of his poor health. and because he wanted to spend more time with his family. he expressed disappointment over the current political dead lock in congress in an interview that came just last week with the tampa bay times newspaper. he is the powerful chairman of the house appropriations committee who still chaired the defense subcommittee he had been recuperating from a back injury at walter reed medical center where he died tonight in the presence of his family. representative bill young dead at 82. i know you are friends

, an act to name the department of veterans affairs medical center in bay pines, florida, as the c.w. bill young department of veterans affairs medical center. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the bill be read three times, passed -- so sorry i interrupted you. i ask unanimous consent the bill be read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent that we now proceed to s. res. 282. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 282, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the corporation for national and community service. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: i further ask the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent the sena

. >> and we remember florida's longest serving congressman, 82-year-old republican c.w. billfense hawk, he made headlines in 2012 when he called for the u.s. to pull out of afghanistan. we also honor our fellow americans who serve and sacrifice. this week the pentagon released the name of two soldiers killed supporting operations in afghanistan. that's all for us today. thanks for sharing part of your sunday with us. check out "world news" with david muir tonight. george is back next week and we hope you will be, too. have a great day. george is back next week and we hope you will be, too. have a great day. >> in the news this sunday, new questions about safety during the bart strike. two workers are dead after being hit by a bart train. we will have a live report from the scene. and the latest on an early morning fire that burned four apartments in walnut creek, leaving several families homeless. >> good morning. from our sutro camera you can see pockets of dense fog shrouding san francisco. it's not just here. i'll let you know how much sunshine so yso you can happily let t

devoted to the military, devoted to seeing that the military had what it needed, devoted to america, c.w. "bill" young, have his funeral tomorrow in florida, he was 82 years old. there have been plenty of tributes written about bill young, there'll be many more written, many more spoken tomorrow, and i look forward to hearing those at his funeral. but there's nothing that could said that could surpass the witness he was to who he was. talked to him numerous times, sometimes i had questions, sometimes i had points to make, when i had questions, he was always -- he always had time. he was always honest. completely honest. very sincerely honest. he was a kind, decent, honest man. we miss, when we lose a kind, decent, honest man. bill young, you'll be missed. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. does the gentleman have a motion? mr. gohmert: i move that we do now hereby adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands a

do appreciate the time that you've given all of us to be down here to talk about our good friend c.w. "billwho will be missed by all. god bless america. >> thank you, mr. nugent. our hour is just about over. we could go on for hours but i think we've all heard tonight that bill young was a man that loved his lord, loved his wife, loved his family, loved his country. and you might say just seems like they don't make them like that anymore. but the truth is, they never did. with that, i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from new york, mr. -- from new york, mr. jeffries, is recognized for 60 minutes as a designee for the minority leader. mr. jeffries: i ask unanimous consent that all members be given five days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. jeffries: madam speaker, it's an honor and privilege to rise this evening and once again stand as an anchor for the congressional black caucus special order, this hour of power, where for the next