. >> but congressman doggett, with 53,000 people about to lose their coverage, will people like rand paul start to hear from their constituents? will there be political pressure coming from the constituency base while we're looking at this devastating thing for many families? >> well, one would certainly hope so, because the long-term unemployed often face discrimination because they're older, because they've been unemployed for a long period of time. they need to be speaking out to members of congress. the problem we have here, reverend, though, is that the republicans are going to shut down the congress and the house. they've had a lot of shutdown experience here. they're going to shut down operations here in the house the day after tomorrow, not responding to our concerns about comprehensive immigration reform, about raising the minimum wage, about job growth and certainly not about the unemployed. and we're wrapping up the year with a budget agreement that if only if you measure it by the standards of this do-nothing congress, can you say that it represents do-little progress. it

doggett: we gave thought to those who were gathered at that very moment here on the national mall going without food, fasting for justice and they've been doing that now for weeks. thanksgiving is about the first immigrants in this land, in this land of opportunity, but today we find too many of our neighbors are denied opportunity because of their immigration status. they can't board a plane, they can't come out of the shadows. they don't know when they go to work in the morning if they'll find their family members there at night. this is not right and the time to fix that is right now. the only thing preventing a bipartisan response to the immigration problems we have in this country is the unwillingness of the speaker to permit a bipartisan vote on reform legislation. and to those who are not moved by their heart, they should be moved by their pocketbook, because the economic potential of permitting these individuals , 2/3 of which in mexican families in texas without documents have been here for a decade. letting them contribute to america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the

doggett: as a member who has consistently voted to impose nctions on iran, i commend secretaries kerry and others for their work. iranian hardliners may ultimately obstruct a meaningful permanent agreement but we should not give them a pretext for doing. so those here who would interfere or limit these negotiations are really offering the american people only one alternative. it is called war. we have been there and done that before. military nax iraq cost us very dearly, it did not make us safer. let's not repeat this deadly mistake. ile difficult and uncertain, diplomacy is already eliminating chemical weapons from sir yasm it represents our best hope to prevent nuclear weapons in iran and assure the safety of our famcies -- families and others around the world. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> it is wi