mr. barletta for his leadership on this issue. we need to do right by our volunteer firefighters and this does that. with that mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. all time having now expired on this bill the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 1191 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative the rules are suspended -- >> mr. speaker i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 further proceedings on this motion -- further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately >> go ahead. go ahead. >> good to meet you. heading this wa

mr. barletta: i rise in support of my bill, protecting volunteer firefighters and emergency responders act. i had hoped by now we would not have to be on the floor of this body talking about my legislation once again. this is the third time i have brought this bill to the floor of the house. it is intended to protect volunteer firefighters and emergency service personnel from obamacare. the first two times i introduced it, it passed the house by a combined vote of 811-0. i know that there are very few pieces of legislation that attracts such amazing bipartisan support. and for that, i thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. today, i come asking for your support again. let me tell you why this bill is necessary. in 2013, a firefighter from back home approached me at a parade in mechanicsburg pennsylvania and told me about a serious problem regarding volunteer firefighters and affordable care act. because the internal revenue service specifically considered volunteer firefighters employees for federal tax purposes there was the fear that they would fall under the employer mandate of

mr. barletta: -- mr. barr: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, today i rise to discuss the negative consequences of the dodd-frank law as well as reforms to the law that would represent much-needed solutions for middle-class families in kentucky and across the country. when this act was signed into law nearly five years ago, its supporters made many promises. president obama claimed it would, quote, lift the economy, and it would help protect main street not wall street. in both of these instances, the opposite has proven true. while the president is claiming victory on the economy, many kentucky families and families across america are still hurting. last year the u.s. economy grew at an anemic 2.4%. the ninth year in a row of growth below the postwar average of about 3%. president reagan also inherited a very difficult economic situation. however if this recovery had progressed at the same rate as the reagan recovery of the 1980's, the economy would be about $2 trillion larger, which works out to be about $1,500 more per family per yea