the californians united for a responsible budget otherwise known as current. thank you america a slow road to recovery is looking like it has more potholes then pave pounds these days the associated press release to survey saying as much this week when it found out that four out of every five adults struggle with joblessness near poverty or reliance on welfare programs for at least part of their lives here's what also discovered the country's poor remain at a record high with forty six point two million or fifteen percent of the population living below the poverty level and if you're wondering what that line is and means that an income for a family of four is less than twenty three thousand twenty one dollars a year now this that is not confined to minorities according to the survey seventy six percent of white americans will experience some sort of economic insecurity by the age of sixty all of the forty six million living below the poverty line at the moment that means that almost half are white or nineteen million people or to produce a racial courteous and

lowenthal: the researchers found that in california, there are more than 138,000 housing units and over 325,000 californians living on land that is below one meter of high tide. and in the entire united states, there are approximately 3.7 million americans living on land below one meter of high tide. mr. speaker, if congress and the world does nothing, climate change will have a devastating impact on these 3.7 million americans who are on the front line of climate change. and that number will only grow. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you -- mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. i come to the floor with a letter from a constituent a businessman, i'm just raing parts of it. i did not need to read about the owaugh because -- obamacare health insurance tax that will be passed on to small businesses, as it's happened to my small firm. was advised by my insurance agent that blue cross and blue shield of illinois is increasing my rate by m