latham of iowa. mr. latham: dispense with the reading. the chair: is there objection? clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. latham of iowa. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. latham: mr. chairman, this is a technical amendment that provides existing $14.7 million in d.o.t. funding to the research and innovative technology administration rather than a new assistant secretary. this addresses the concerns. it does not affect the scoring of the bill. i urge adoption and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise? mr. pastor: mr. chairman, we have no objection to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from iowa. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. the clerk will read. e clerk: page 5, line 7, national infrastructure investments. of the funds made available u

latham: i yield. mr. nadler: they provide services to thousands of families and individuals impacted by hiv-aids. will you work in conference to reach a working funding level so families do not lose access to ensure that families and individuals currently served do not lose access? mr. latham: i will be more than happy to work with the gentleman on this issue as we move through the process. mr. nadler: thank you, madam. i appreciate the chairman to work and find the funding levels to maintain this life-saving program and i look forward to those efforts and ask unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment. the chair: without objection the amendment is withdrawn. mr. nadler: i yield back. the chair: the clerk will read. the clerk: page 9 line 1, community development fund, $1,696,000 to remain available until september 30, 2016. empowerment zones, enterprise communities, renewable communities, unobligated balances from funds from the department are rescinded. community development loan guarantees program acc

latham: mr. chairman, i would like to recognize the gentleman from oklahoma, a great member of the committee, for as much time as he may consume, mr. cole. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, my friend, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i rise in support f the fiscal year 2014 transportation, housing, and urban development propings act. i want to commend my good friend, chairman latham, for making some tough choices, making those choices in a manner that was fair, that was transparent and that was rational. i also want to thank my good friend, mr. pastor, the ranking member, on the other side of the aye. he's always a pleasure to work with, a delightful member an frankly always contributes. i know while this bill may not be everything he would like, he certainly added a great deal in the course of our deliberations. . the allocation this subcommittee was given is meager. the bill provides $44.1 billion inties cregsary spending, a reduction -- discretion

pauline latham: it is one year since the government suspended aid money that goes directly to the kagame regime in rwanda over the role that the regime played in supporting warlords and militia gangs in the congo. recently, the un confirmed that rwandan army officers are still involved in such activities. does my right honorable friend agree with me that those actions are unacceptable for a commonwealth nation? will he work with his international counterparts to ensure that those committing war crimes are brought to justice? the prime minister: those committing war crimes should always be brought to justice. i have raised the issue of support for the m23 with president kagame on a number of occasions. we need to bear that in mind in looking at our aid programme, as my right honorable friend the secretary of state for international development has done. i think we should also recognise this goes across parties in this house -- that british investment in aid in rwanda has created one of the great success stories of african development over the last decade. we should continue to invest in t

2014 transportation, housing and urban development appropriations act authored i representative tom lathamdvised to house will begin consideration of this bill on tuesday afternoon and should be prepared to offer amendments that that appropriate time. members are further advised that the 6:30 p.m. vote series that they could be longer than normal. for the remainder of the week, mr. speaker, the house will consider number of bills to restrain runaway government and re-empower our citizens. to stop government abuse and protect the middle class, we will bring in a number of bipartisan bills to the floor under suspension of the rules on wednesday. following that, we will debate to bills for certain to rules focused on stopping government abuse and protecting the middle class. the first, hr 367, sponsored by representative todd young, requires congressional approval of regulations that cost over $100 million. the second, hr 2009, 2 keep the irs off your health care act, by representative tom price, since the irs from implementing any portion of obamacare. when federal bureaucrats abuse their po

2014 transportation, housing and urban development appropriations act authored i representative tom latham. members are advised to house will begin consideration of this bill on tuesday afternoon and should be prepared to offer amendments that that appropriate time. members are further advised that the 6:30 p.m. vote series that they could be longer than normal. for the remainder of the week, mr. speaker, the house will consider number of bills to restrain runaway government and re-empower our citizens. to stop government abuse and protect the middle class, we will bring in a number of bipartisan bills to the floor under suspension of the rules on wednesday. following that, we will debate to bills for certain to rules focused on stopping government abuse and protecting the middle class. the first, hr 367, sponsored by representative todd young, requires congressional approval of regulations that cost over $100 million. the second, hr 2009, 2 keep the irs off your health care act, by representative tom price, since the irs from implementing any portion of obamacare. when federal bureaucrats

in the words of one of the authors of the federal reserve act, robert latham owen, the federal reserve was established to, quote, provide a means by which periodic panic which is shape the american public and do enormous injury shall be stopped. in short the original goal was a great experiment that was the founding of the fed was the preservation of financial stability. at the time the standard view of panics is they were triggered when the needs of business an agriculture for liquid funds outstripped the available supply as when seasonal plantings or shipments of crops had to be financed and panics were further exars -- exacerbated by the tendency of banks and private individual -- individuals to horde liquidity in those times. the new institution was supposed to provide, quote, an elastic currency, by providing liquidity as needed to individual member banks to the discount window and the banks would then be able to accommodate their customers. although congressional advocates hopes the creethavings fed would help reduce future panics they didn't embrace the idea that he fed should s

latham, and co-sponsor to house joint resolution 51. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1rk the house will stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. come subcommittee will to order. today we're examining the treasury department's strangely timed announcement that it's delaying the enforcement of obama care employer mandate for one year. we've heard the white house pledge that the affordable care act will be ready on schedule, absolutely take it to the bank. in fact it was said before this committee that the white house would not miss another oboob care deadline. shortly thereafter the nation learned to have this major pillar of the new law in place on schedule. obama care is simply not ready. this committee has serious questions about how and why this alarmi