mr. speaker -- mr. chairman, i'm medicare age, and i realize that for every dollar that we pay in in premiums we get $3 out in benefits. this is clearly not sustainable. as a physician, i would like to commend chairman ryan for his continued efforts to save and strengthen medicare. we must act to protect seniors' access to medical care before the medicare trust fund becomes insolvent in in 2026, a short time from now. this proposal achieves that goal while ensuring those americans 55 and older experience absolutely no change. i urge my colleagues to support this very conservative budget and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. van hollen: i reserve, mr. chair. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. ryan: at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from montana, mr. daines. the chair: the gentleman from montana is recognized for two minutes. mr. daines: thank you,

mr. nunes: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 4414. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. nunes: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nunes: mr. speaker, the bill before the house today comes down to one simple question -- mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is right. the house is not in order. he house will be in order. the gentleman will continue. mr. nunes: mr. speaker, as i was saying, the bill before us today comes down to one simple question -- will we allow american companies to offer expatriate plans or will we be forced to offshore these plans? will we support employment in america or stimulate employment overseas? mr. carney and i have worked carefully and in good faith on a bipartisan basis to craft a bill that is limited in

mr. price. no. mr. campbell. mr. campbell no. mr. calvert. mr. mr. cole. mr. mcclintock. mr. mcclintock, no. mr. lankford. mr. lankford, no. mrs. black. mrs. black, no. mr. ribble. mr. ribble, no. mr. flores. mr. flores, no. mr. okey -- mr. rokita. mr. woodall. mr. woodall, no. mrs. blackburn. mr. nunnelee. mr. nunnelee no. mr. rigell. mr. rigell, no. mrs. hartzler. mrs. hartzler, no. mrs. walorski. mrs. walorski, no. many mr. -- mr. messer. mr. messer, no. mr. wright. mr. wright, no. mr. williams. mr. williams, no. mr. duffy. mr. duffy, no. mr. garrett. mr. garrett, no. mr. cole. mr. cole, no. mrs. blackburn. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. van hollen. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. yarmuth. mr. yarmuth, aye. r. pascrell. mr. pascrell, aye. mr. ryan. mr. ryan, aye. ms. moore. ms. castor -- ms. kaptur. mr. mcdermott. ms. lee. ms. lee, aye. mr. jeffries. mr. jeffries, aye. mr. pocan. r. pocan, aye. ms. lujan grisham. ms. lujan grisham, aye. mr. huffman. mr. huffman, aye. mr. cardenas. r. blumenauer. mr. schrader. mr. schrader, aye. mr. doggett. mr. doggett, aye. mr. kildee. mr. kildee, aye.

mr. davis: mr. speaker, i want to thank chairman ryan for engaging the house in this very important process. we're talking about real alternatives and routes we can take for the future of this country and the future of our children can. as a father to a 17-year-old daughter and twin 13-year-old boys, riding the fiscal path of this country is the reason that i ran -- righting the fiscal path of this country is the reason i ran to serve in this institution and part of serving in this institution is creating a vision for america's financial future. this budget balances, putting a budget on the floor of the house and putting forth a vision for america's fiscal future that balances is something that we need to do on a regular basis. it's sad that i had to fight for a provision to be put into this bill called no budget, no pay. as we know, the senate will not take this budget process up. and they shouldn't be paid. i fought for that proposal because members of congress can, if they're not willing to put i

. >> mr. king. >> if we were to go ahead and just make a finding that the department of park and rec violated the sunshine ordinance, and did not say anything about anything being done willfully, and did not say anything about mr. ginsburg, and didn't get into anything relating to whether his due process rights were violated or not, wouldn't that moot out all of this other stuff that we just, and we get to the heart of the question? of did the department of park and rec, violate the sunshine ordinance by not turning their stuff over? i think that is otherwise, we are going off into all sorts of things, standing of mr. ginsburg and due process of mr. ginsburg, why would we bother to go there? >> i think that the... >> if we are not going to do anything to him and not having any finding of willfulness, why would we need to get into a big discussion about that? >> well, i mean, i think that the preliminary question before the commission is whether he personally engaged in a violation of the ordin

mr. culberson: mr. chairman -- mr. blumenauer: i listened to my good friend from texas and i'm troubled here, why would we force veterans who are entitled to veterans' health and have a primary physician that meets their needs saying, sorry, you don't get it in this case. go out on your own nickel, go out and find a new doctor. we aren't talking about prescribing it or using it on federal facilities. we are talking about giving access to information and having that conversation. i dare say there is no other medical condition, if it were polio or it were cancer that you'd say, nope, go someplace else. go on your own dime. find somebody, build a relationship, who doesn't know your history, who hasn't seen you regularly. you're out of here. i think that is a disservice to our veterans. i don't think it is anything that if you talk to veterans groups or talk to the people who benefit from it that they think they ought to be denied the ability to consult with their trusted medical provider. mr. culberson: would the gentlema

mr. mica: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i ask if the chair of the military construction-veterans affairs and related agencies appropriations subcommittee would rise and engage in a colloquy. mr. culberson: it would be my privilege. mr. mica: thank you, sir. first, i'd like to commend you, chairman culberson and ranking member bishop and the appropriations committee staff for their efforts in bringing this important measure for our veterans and our military to the floor. i'd also like to take this opportunity to highlight a vital need to our central florida veterans population. this year as we approach the completion of construction of the new veterans hospital and edical complex at lake orlando, i'd like to help keep the existing medical facilities and clinic at baldwin park in service to our veterans. this medical resource is an important federal asset that must not set idle even before the new medical facility and center opens. it's critical that the v.a. make a positive determination on the future use of this p

mr. broun: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize pastor bennie tate, the senior pastor of rocksprings church in milner, georgia. under the leadership, rocksprings church grew from just 60 members to its current congregation of just over 6,000. dr. tate began numerous ministries at rocksprings church including the rocksprings medical clinic to care for those who cannot afford medical insurance. the potters house, which ministers to women battling drug and alcohol abuse. rock springs christian academy, offering quality education to kids k-12. and the impact ministries which helps the homeless by serving meals and providing clothing and housing to those in need. james 1:27 says, religion our god and father accepts is pure and flawless is this, to look after orphans in distress and to keep one being polluted by the world. dr. tate's work is a shining example of what scripture tells us the role of the church should be, to care for the poor, the fatherless and widows. mr. speaker, i ask my colleagues to

mr. engel: mr. speaker, could i ask that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. royce: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. royce: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of this important legislation to support the ukrainian people and stand up to russian aggression. just a few days ago, the house of representatives acted decisively, passing similar legislation authored by myself and by mr. eliot engel of new york, our ranking member. we authored that vote -- we authored that bill and i might add that mr. engel himself, his forefathers, came from the ukraine and suffered under that region's long and tortured history but the bill passed 399-19 on the house floor. i prefer the more comprehensive bill backed by the house. but with today's vote, we will send this bill to the senate, demonstrating bipartisan support for ukraine at t

and mr. cardenas and mr. polis last night in the rules committee thought that given the fact that there's such an incredible savings here that it was relevant to this. and by the way, the rules committee can do whatever it wants to. the rules committee could issue the necessary waivers to allow this to happen. there's no reason at all why this couldn't have been brought up today except that a majority in the rules committee said no. i mean, that's the reason why. so what you see is frustration. what you see is frustration. not just by democrats. there are people in the -- on the republican side who as well would like to see us debate comprehensive immigration reform and instead we're blocked at every single avenue. so that has to change. otherwise you're going to see more of the kinds of displays that you just witnessed. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. woodall: madam speaker, this

mr. scott: mr.speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 4323, the debbie smith act, which was originally enacted in 2004, during sexual assault awareness month, we have an opportunity to take an important step in continuing a program that helps address the problem of sexual assault. debbie smith -- the debbie smith act has helped state and local law enforcement reduce the nation's large backlog of untested d.n.a. samples, grants the use of hire personnel and processes samples and using them in the combined d.n.a. index system. grants have been directed to d.n.a. training and technical assistance for law enforcement and courts and to sexual assault nurse examiner programs. cribela are aers to have almost unanimously reported -- laboratories have almost nanimously reported that their backlog still remains. hundreds of thousands of examples, each representing an unsolved crime, remains untested. mr. speaker, regrettably, over 200 untested samples remain in los angeles alone that have outlasted the statute of

and mr. ginsburg is the one that is ultimately in charge of the department that mr. ginsburg not willfully, but, did not comply with the sunshine ordinance, as he was required to comply with it and as the department and i don't think that there is anything pajoritive there. and let me just finish, and i think that both you and mr. ginsburg could rest easy that we would not be in any way trying to tarish mr. ginsburg or say that he is a bad person, or has done gerer or say that he is a bad person, or has done something evil,that they represented by the decision for him. >> and it is helpful if it is between the ethics commission or the sunshine ordinance task force for the clear direction to the department that does this apply to all 80,000 records that we have, is this specific to this case, because, you know, as i have tried to represent here, weengaged as he represented and we have conflicted advice from the sunshine ordinance task force and our city concern... and i think that will be help

mr. reed: mr. chairman, i rise today to urge support for the bill, the save american workers act, introduced by my good friend, mr. young from indiana. mr. chairman, this is a fundamental question about what's fair. what's fair for the american worker? we have had a long history in america to protect the 40-hour workweek. this mandate, this requirement under the affordable care act to go to 30 hours, as the definition of a full-time work, is going to hurt. it's not fair to the american worker. i'll just offer comments that i just received from a constituent in the 23rd congressional district, which i have the honor to represent. carol tyler writes, who is the owner of haguers flowers and gifts. as a business owner, i encourage you to vote in legislation that will reflect my business' work force needs while maintaining flexible hours and health insurance for my employees. this must align with the standard that better reflects current employee practices within our industry. increasing the a.c.a. 30-h

mr. toomey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. toomey: mr. president, i rise to speak on senate bill 96, the protecting students from sexual and violent predators act. before i do that, mr. president, i want to say a few words about the terrible event that occurred this morning in pennsylvania. the students at franklin regional high school in murrysville, pennsylvania, suffered a terrible, devastating tragedy this morning. a person -- and this person is believed to be a fellow student -- took out a knife and attacked his fellow students before the start of the school day. it appears as many as 20 people were injured, some severely. our thanks go out to the first responders who did respond as rapidly as they could, and our prayers go out to those who were injured and their families at franklin regional high school. mr. president, i want to turn to this bill that i have introduced, the protecting students from sexual and violent predators act. it's senate bill 1596

mr. carter: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, yesterday afternoon, tragedy struck the heart of texas at fort hood. which we know as a great place. a gunman whose motives we do not understand took the lives of three american soldiers and wounded 16 more before taking his own life. unfortunately, mr. speaker, this is not the first time fort hood has had to endure a tragedy like this. our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, and the fort hood community. we pray far speedy recovery to the wounded and extend our deepest condolences to the friends and families of those soldiers who lost their lives. we stand ready to provide any and all assistance we can to support fort hood, the soldiers serving there, and the surrounding community. now i would like to recognize my good friend and colleague and ally in supporting this incredible community which we both have the honor to represent, congressman williams. mr. williams: thank you. it is said that all give some, and some give their all. once again, we've seen

mr. ryan: mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. ryan: mr. chairman, i am here to introduce and to rise in support of h.con.res 96 for the fiscal year 2015 -- excuse me. this is the fourth year we've done this. this being bringing a budget to the floor, about a toll the budget and to pay down the debt. this is exactly what our economy needs today. we ask congressional budget office to look at this kind of deficit reduction. what would it do? it's very clear it would promote economic growth. in 2024, economic output would be 1.8% higher than it otherwise would be. what does that mean? that means by getting our fiscal house in order, by paying down our debt and balancing our budget, take-home pay would be $1,100 higher than it would otherwise would be if we didn't do something like that. that's one part of our budget. we call for more job creation, tax reform and energy development. all of

mr. cole: mr. speaker, for the purposes of debate only i yield the customary 30 minutes to my friend, the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: during consideration of this resolution, all time is yielded for the purposes of debate only. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks . the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cole: mr. speaker, on tuesday the rules committee met and reported a rule for consideration for the first two appropriations bill that the house will consider for fiscal year 2015. h.r. 4486, the military construction and veterans administration appropriations act, and h.r. 4487, the legislative branch appropriations act. the resolution provides an open rule for consideration of h.r. 4486 so that all members have the opportunity to come to the floor and offer amendments on this i

mr. harkin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: mr. president, i just want to thank our majority whip for, again, telling it like it is, what's happening with health care in america today. we've come too far to turn back. we've made tremendous changes in the way people are going to access the health care system in america because of the affordable care act. look, we all admit, were mistakes stphaeud -- made? were there glitches? yes. but we went from a system in which people were excluded from getting health care. you talked about that, various people with preexisting conditions. kids, people who had no access whatsoever. now they're covered. that is a huge leap in this country. so if we made some mistakes, if there were a few glitches and stuff, we worked those out. our friends on the other side say, no, ditch the whole thing, get rid of everything, turn the clock back. i agree with the senator from illinois, the people of america don't want to turn that clock ba

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i would inquire and ask the speaker to inquire if my colleague is prepared to close. i have no further speakers at this time, and i'm prepared to close. mr. woodall: i would say to my friend from florida, mr. speaker, i, too, am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida has five minutes remaining. the gentleman from georgia has eight minutes remaining. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i yield myself the remaining time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. r. hastings: my colleague -- 2013, they spent less, and he's correct. but in 2011, more people needed food stamps. n 2012, more people needed housing. in 2013, more people needed to get across safe bridges and safe roads. so i'm not sure where the train meets, and i agree with my colleague that he and i have more in common than we do differences, but i hearken back to my earlier comments. he wants to spend or not spend on what he wants to spend or not spend and i want to spend or not s

mr. hoyer: mr.speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for the purposes of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm now pleased to yield to mr. cantor, the majority leader. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman from maryland, the democratic whip, for yielding. on monday the house will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. votes will be postponed until 6:30. on tuesday and wednesday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business. on thursday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. last votes of the week are expected no later than 3:00 p.m. on friday, no votes are expected. mr. speaker, the house will consider a few suspensions next week, a complete list

mr. brady: mr. speaker, i yield myself five minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. brady: we hear all the boasts and claims from our democrat friends and how great the economy's going, what great leadership they've shown from the white house, get people back to work, they claim millions and millions and millions of jobs that americans don't feel -- but americans don't feel that way and for good reason. et's put all this job surge in perspective. here is the average economy, the recoveries, because america does face tough times from time to time. we normally bounce back very strongly, but not this time, not under this president. if you look at job creation over the last four years, this is the average of the other recoveries. this is the reagan average. that was real economic growth. as you can tell, only twice in the last four years or more has the obama recovery even met average. only two months on more than four -- out of more than four years has this recovery even b

mr. young: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from virginia, mr. cantor, the house majority leader. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia, leader cantor, is recognized for one minute. mr. cantor: thank you, i thank the gentleman from indiana for his leadership on bringing this bill forward, the save american workers act. it is today that i rise in support of the save american workers act. mr. speaker, every working american deserves a fair shot at climbing the economic ladder of success. and every wage earner he deserves a chance to live the american dream. however, over the past few months we have watched the president's health care law wreak havoc on working families and squeeze the middle class who already struggle to make ends meet. as we all know, millions of people have seen their premiums and deductibles go up under the president's health care law. while others have been forced off the very plans they were promised they could keep. but that's not the full picture.

mr. holt: mr. speaker, i thank my good friend, judge hastings, for his friendship, his consideration, and his assistance during my time here in congress. and i am pleased to recognize the very fine member, my good friend, representative cole from oklahoma. i'll speak later at another time about the appropriations bill on the legislative branch. i want to speak in support of the military construction and v.a. and related agencies appropriations bill. for the fourth year in a he row the appropriations committee has placed in the bill an additional $20 million for suicide prevention and mental health outreach services. several people have made this possible starting with my new jersey colleague, representative run-on, who has worked with me -- ryun, who has worked with me very closely and bipartisan way on this issue over the last four years. i want to thank the subcommittee chair, representative culberson, and ranking member bishop for their steady support of our efforts. and of course to the full co

mr. kelly: mr. marino. mr. marino: i heard my colleagues on the other side of he aisle talk about obamacare. instead, republicans tried to repeal it over 40 times. that's true. we tried to fix it with no help from the other side but he said twice we didn't have anything to offer. again, that statement is not correct. 3121, the r.s.c. american health care reform act. it repeals obamacare. it puts together a health care rogram that physicians and ospital administrators suggesting what we need in a health care program. let's back up. h.r. 3121. we did do something. now, we need to talk a little bit about some issues concerning what my colleagues have said with regard to obamacare. and i just recently heard and verified this by my staff that the house minority leader, nancy pelosi, said tuesday that the founding fathers -- we're lking about franklin, adams, jefferson, washington -- the founding fathers would be pleased with obamacare because if it means that americans can pursue happiness without being stuck with a

mr. roux will not say something. forget correction. mr.oux will not put something to a witness that's not your version. why would he say two double taps? >> my lady my only explanation is when we spoke about training and firearm training, you learn to fire two shots which is a double tap. it's called a double tap. i think maybe mr. roux put that to mr. -- i can't say why he did. i corrected him immediately at the break. that's all. >> you see, you went further. you said it's your version that you fired two double taps. it wasn't that, is it possible -- he put it as a version. >> he has answered. he can't say. all he knows is he corrected mr. roux. >> may i ask a follow up question? the only reason we do that is if you told him. >> that's incorrect. i didn't say that. i didn't tell mr. roux i fired a double tap at any point. >> now, but you know it was in quick succession? >> yes. >> how do you know that? >> because that's what i remember. >> how do you remember that? >> i don't really understand how i'm going to explain how i remember some

mr. thompson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. ambassador, thank you very much for being here, and i've got to say you've been great through all of this. you're more than willing to meet with any of us, and you've done that a number of times, and i really appreciate it. i want to raise a couple of issues and am interested to hear what you have to say about it today and if there's anything you could add to it, if you would do so in a letter, i would appreciate that. i'm interested in a few things like everybody else here that are district-sent trick. wine -- centric. wine in my district is extremely important. you've been out and met with a number of my growers and vicinitier ins, and as we told you before, the issue of geographic indication is extremely important. the e.u. is making it very, very difficult as we explained to you, and some of the things that they've done have created harmful trade barriers for u.s. exports. and i'm hoping that you can work with them to show that this is not helpful and do whatever you can to make s

mr. burgess: mr. speaker, for the purposes of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from new york, ms. slaughter, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burgess: during consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks . the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, house resolution 530 provides for consideration of a critical piece of legislation passed out of the ways and means committee and designed to address a critical flaw in the affordable care act, which is causing workers to lose hours at their job and thus lose wages to help put food on their tables and feed their families, pay their utility bills to heat their homes in the winter, cool their homes in the summer. h.r. 2575, the bipartisan save american workers act

mr. cartwright. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i would like to join in the ranking member cummings' objecting to this resolution. not because we don't want to hear from lois lerner. we do. i join mr. gowdy in saying i would love to have a crack at cross examining her myself. ut i object to this. because it is a trample on individual rights, something that we are sworn to uphold and protect in this country. the chairman referred to mccarthyism and several members here today have done that. you know, a lot of people in the united states were not born when joe mccarthy was running around half cocked as he did trumping up charges against individuals that they were communists and plotting to conspire against the united states government, holding up lists and claiming to have their names in his hands, piecing together random bits of information cherry picked from this source or that source. that is what he did and mr. chairman, that was a national embarrassment. it was a national embarrassment. you know, there are a lot of rea

mr. reed: mr. president, reserving my right to object, the underlying measure is a bipartisan response to emergency in terms of extending unemployment, it is a five-month temporary extension. given that nature of the underlying legislation, i would object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the senator from missouri. mr. blunt: i know nonthune, my friend from south dakota and i have worked for a long time on the kinds of economic and troublesome regulations that he's talked about earlier and nobody appears to be answerable to the people who come forward at these regulations. i think he's got an amendment on that and i'd like him to have a chance to talk about that amendment. mr. thune: i thank the senator from missouri, senator blunt, he and i have worked very hard when it comes to the overreach of government agencies and the burden of related agencies, -- regulations, and what it's doing to middle-class families and their pocketbooks. i mentioned a couple of amendments that i had filed her

mr. chairman, senator hatch on tweaking it. thank you. >> thank you senator nelson. we have had excellent success with the new markets tax credit at home and i want to work with you. their other colleagues that want to talk about the new markets tax credit? senator nelson is not asking for a vote today and that takes us to senator thune and senator roberts to discuss a subject that they know there's a lot of interest in and that is the permanent internet tax freedom bill. >> mr. chairman i would like to call up amendment number three which is committee amendment number 76 and just to speak to this issue. the amendment would incorporate in the bill before us the internet tax freedom forever act which is legislation that is sponsored by you mr. chairman, me and 35 other senators including senators roberts burr isakson and grassley on this committee and essentially what it would do is make herman at the existing moratorium on state and local taxes on internet access as well as multiple discr

mr. reid: mr. president reserving the right to object, now, is the alexander amendment that you've talked about that will be suggested at a subsequent time, is that the 350-page amendment that was offered last week? mr. thune: the senator from tennessee -- the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: if i may respond to the majority leader, the answer is no. the alexander amendment, i would sty my friend from nevada, is a pretty simple amendment. it talks about giving working parents more flexibility so they can go to soccer games and so they can go to piano recitals, in other words to be better parents. one of the greatest values that -- a few years ago i along with captain kangaroo, i start add company which has become -- merging with another company -- the largest daycare company in america. the greatest value that working parents with parent was flexibility, and our fear is that this proposal, which is called paycheck fairness, would actually limit the flexibility of employ

. >> so, mr. lombardi, what mr. commissioner andrews' proposal of having a simple overhead projector next to the podium, no changing the podium, put a screen? >> the problem we get into -- i know it's very difficult for people not in the construction business to believe how difficult some of this stuff can be, but you are all very familiar with the city's systems, too. the problem is he we can't just run wires from the podium across the floor. that for sure is going to be an a-d-a problem. so, we have a concrete floor. we wind up having to core through the floor, you wind up having to run conduits under the floor. you wind up coring back up under the stage to get over to where the rest of the equipment is. and it gets worse because at the main library, you can't core the floors without x-raying the floors before you do that because they're loaded with electrical conduit, piping, reinforcing steel. the next thing you know, you have to call out an engineer from dpw to tell you how to detail this 3-inch hole you have t

mr. twong he has 3 minutes of rebuttal coupling. all right. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> so i'm ken gun i've been in the building for almost 2 years and was mrs. also a former employee of the residental part of the building. really when i lived there nothing but rave reviews that regents has brought to the neighborhood. so far as my opinion i face regents and that honestly any noisy hear and concerns i have is more so from the starts a mile away when the giants were playing and people were coming through the neighborhood don't care and those people are not stopping another regents but going home. i have two dogs i walk them every night before i go to bed. there's never been a time when i've walked up and down when people came at me or have witnessed it going on in this neighborhood. i think it's safe to say that a lot of the noise complaints i actually have with the building those people getting dropped off by a cab. so ultimately because i face the restaurant and when i worked

desanto's votes a mr. cummings votes no. mrs. maloney votes no. mr. tierney. mr. clay votes no. mr. lynch votes no. mr. cooper votes no. cartwright votes no. ms. kelly? mr. davis? mr. welsh votes no. ms. grisham? ms. grisham votes no. -- lex does anyone else seek to be recorded? the clerk will report. >> on that vote, 21 yeas, 12 nays. >> the ayes have it. the staff shall be authorized to make necessary technical conforming changes to the report. i asked airman, number of days. >> so ordered. without objection. we stand adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] kathleen sebelius -- >> kathleen sebelius has handed in her resignation. secretary sebelius is on capitol hill thursday looking about the latest health insurance enrollment numbers. here is part of what she said. >> our department mission is to help our fellow americans secure the opportunity to live happier, healthier lives, and reach their fullest potential. -- ministration on community all of us benefit from work on mental health and substanc

mr. levin. >> thank you. mr. chairman, you raised japan, and i think it illustrates the work yet to be done. i think it illustrates the need for continuing and major congressional involvement. it's often said that congress sets the terms of negotiations, and that's been done in tpa. there is no tpa. tpp is in the middle of its negotiations, and i think that means that there has to be a way found to be sure that this congress, this committee and broader are deeply involved in the negotiations, this the discussions. i think that's the only way an agreement can be passed here, and i think our involvement will send a signal to our trading competitors and those we're negotiating with that as you proceed, there will be support from this congress. it's only that intimate relationship between the congress and the administration that will really work here. and i think japan is a good example, because -- and we've talked about this -- much of the work remains to be done. what was agreed to was kind of conceptual. japan, th

mr. young: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from minnesota, mr. paulsen, a distinguished member of the committee on ways and means. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for two minutes. mr. paulsen: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, it's been said before, the more we learn about the president's health care law, the more the facts show it's hurting more people than it's helping. the latest development now is the lost 30 hour rule is forcing some companies to scale back hours with more part-time jobs and less full-time jobs, so that those employees who have good full-time jobs are now having to go to part-time jobs. mr. speaker, i met with a small business owner. he owns seven different restaurants, and i know a lot of folks think people in the restaurant industry only employ part-time workers, but 41% of his workers he employs full-time. but because of the new law, where now 30 hours is the standard being considered full-time work, he's b

mr. isis investigations resemble joseph mccarthy's 1950s redbaiting. mr. issa has copied him in three ways. first he is using legislative committee to pursue his personal mission to stop people from destroying democracy and second accused people without having conclusive facts. third only letting his views be poised in the committee. another quote through a campaign of innuendo and half-truths he issa has -- since that time he has had a witchhunt against irisin plays the likes of which have not been seen since and are joe mccarthy ran for senate on american activities committee in the 1950s. he is selectively release portions of the transcripts of an alleged scandal and cover-up without releasing the -- another quote in one interview that chief congressional investigator introduces cherry-picked evidence overstating his case and violated the sacred american principle presumed innocence. do you hear history's echo? and democratic ages way to infamy with 205 names as the "national journal"'

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his comments. i want to say onboarder security, h.r. 15, which we refer to as comprehensive bill, as you know included the border security provision passed out of the homeland security committee, chaired by your republican chairman, passed out on a voice vote, essentially unanimously, is included in our bill. on the border security issue we apparently have a very broad based agreement on that issue. the gentleman says you want to do it individually. the gentleman knows that the judiciary committee has passed out individual, discreet bills dealing with discreet parts of the immigration issue, which you say is a broken system, bring out discreetly those bills. the bill that the homeland security reported out unanimously has not been brought to the floor. the four bills that have been reported out of the judiciary committee have not been brought out to the floor. they were passed months and months and months ago so that if you don't want to to a comprehen

mr. neugebauer: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. neugebauer: mr. speaker, it's an honor for me to rise tonight to recognize a great friend and great public servant and a great chancellor at texas tech university. when chancellor hans was first -- hance was first appointed at texas tech university, his motto was dream no little dreams. i think this is the perfect mot foe for a chancellor to use because that expresses the way he's lived his life. ken hance was born toray monday morrow, he enrolled in texas tech university in 1961 and joined the fraternity delta tau delta where he often mention head became friends with a guy named john dorcendorf, who later became john denver. i think sometimes ken hance claim he is helped john denver with some of his material but we haven't been able to verify that.

mr. sessions: madam president, i would ask that the quorum callen dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sessions: today the judiciary committee of which i am a member voted out the nomination of leon rodriguez to be director of the u.s. citizenship and immigration services, uscis. this agency has been at the center of collapse of immigration enforcement in america, and mr. rodriguez, if confirmed, it seems certain will continue to accelerate that collapse. i think i it is an important ise for all of us to talk about. it is really not so much about him personally, but that's what a going to be asked to do, what has been happening at homeland security, of which uscis is an important part, and how it's impacting the rule of law in america, immigration enforcement in america or nonenforcement. it is a very serious matter. what i am going to say today is based on my best judgment of how and why it's happening and why this congress needs to speak up about it. let me read

mr. flake: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum be dispensed with and i be permitted to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. flake: thank you, mr. president. i think it is unfortunate that we're not allowing amendments to be offered here. if we're extending unemployment benefits, the least we ought to do is make it easier to find a job. and, unfortunately, there's little in the legislation to do that. i'd like to talk about for a minute one area that we could offer some help and relief in, and just hearing some of the discussion over the past few minutes in this chamber, it seems that this chamber has become an echo chamber for happy-talk about the affordable care act. unfortunately, for those who talk about figures, enrollment figures and whatever, we seem to forget about the number of people who had their health care canceled. they may have been able to pick up new coverage under the affordable care act, but it is hardly -- hardly afforda

mr. campbell? mr. calvert? no. mr. cole, no. mr. ryan? mr. ryan, no. mr. chairman? 19.s 14, no, the amendment is not agreed to. student can is the annual competition that encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues. students were asked to create their documentary answering the question, what is the most important issue the u.s. congress should consider in 2014? one of our second prize winners are seniors at thomas jefferson high school in alexandria, virginia. they would like congress to look at the defense budget control a of 2011. article one, section eight of the constitution says that congress shall have the power to raise and support armies to provide and maintain a navy, and to make rules for the government and regulation. a constitutional studies fellow at the cato institute explains. >> the government is instituted at the very beginning to provide for the general welfare. 101.ical theory congress has a pretty wide berth to spend money on defense. is the responsibility of leaders and department of defense to report to the secre

mr. resolution gives his report, but i do want to leave you with this. the way that county human service agencies work and are funded, everything we do, we are a political subdivision of the state, we are required in state code, every county has to have a human services agency, the state is who decides how much funding we get. they look at case loads, they look at new cal works mandates and they decide how much we should be funded. in this case they decided we need 8 million more in cal worbs, they decided we need 7 million more to manage our cal fresh case loads and the like, and they are providing that money to counties. if we don't use the money essentially what we are telling the state is we don't need your money, it's okay, thank you, but -- i understand mr. rose and his team are doing their analytics and they are doing their rigorous work, they are not looking at whether it's county drars or state dollars or federal dollars, it's all taxpayer dollars and their analysis are sound. bu

mr. mcintyre: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today as co-chairman of the congressional prayer caucus in recognition in celebration of our annual observance of the national day of prayer. each year we take this opportunity to pause from the hurried pace of our daily lives to reaffirm our nation's rich spiritual heritage and our commitment to maintaining and strengthening our great country's religious freedom. throughout more than 200 years of our nation's history, faith, prayer, and trust in god have played a vital role in strengthening the fabric of our society. from the dawn of our country when the first national call to prayer was issued, to that day on april 17, 1952, when president harry truman paid the annual national day of wear a permanent fixture to this upcoming thursday when we will celebrate the 63rd annual national day of prayer in the cannon caucus room right here on capitol hill. we continue to turn to prayer as a guiding compass as we seek god's guidance and wisdom. it's from these historic underpi

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: ask con scene the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed for a period of morning business and senators allowed to speak up to 10 minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask unanimous consent that at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow friday, april 11, all postcloture time be yielded back and the senate proceed to vote with no intervening action or debate on calendar number 574. further, that following disposition of that nomination, the senate proceed to vote on cloture on executive calendar number 613. if cloture is invoked all postcloture time be yielded and the senate proceed to vote on confirmation of the nomination, that if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate. no further motions be in order to the nominations that any stateme

mr. sessions: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a primplingd report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 557, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 4486, making appropriations for military construction, the department of veterans affairs and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2015, and for other purposes. and providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 4487, making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2015, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from california, mr. rohrabacher, is recognized for 30 minutes. mr. rohrabacher: thank you very much, mr. speaker. and today i rise to warn the american people that fundamental changes are being proposed in our legal system