mr. boehner, and that you allowed it to come to the floor. i'd also want to mention the chair of the judiciary committee, mr. goodlatte. he allowed us to visit with him about this legislation, and we're grateful that you participated in the process and allowed it to come to the floor. i'm especially honored, also to mention mr. conyers, the sage of the house of representatives the dean of the house of representatives and i'm grateful that he's been understanding and given us the opportunity to have this piece of legislation to come to the floor in the form of a resolution. there were members who supported this, and they were co-sponsors. i have to mention my very dear friend, mr. cleaver. i will say candid leet without him -- candidly without him we would not be able to succeed. he's been a partner with me on this legislation and we have worked with it through the entirety of the process. i'd mention mr. ted poe from texas. he and i were lawyers together. we were judges together and he was the first person to actually sign onto the resolution,

mr. boehner. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio, speaker of the house, recognized for one minute. the speaker: let me thank the gentleman from wisconsin for his leadership on the committee and leadership on this bill. i thank chairman sessions and the members of the rules committee for all of their work. i'm going to thank mr. tiberi, chairman of the trade subcommittee of the tremendous job he has done. and i'm grateful to all members who have offered constructive contributions to this debate. my colleagues, we're not here today to debate any particular trade bill. the day for that may come, and when it does, we want to make sure that agreement reflects the people's priorities. it means more jobs, higher pay and more opportunities for workers, farmers and small businesses. that's why we want to make sure that this agreement is nt reached or rushed and make sure there is no agreement that's in secret. and we want to make darn sure there is less authority for the president and more aut

and again, i want to list speaker boehner, chairman conaway, chairman sessions, mrs. fox, who is not here, and mr.

mr. boehner of ohio moves that the house reconsider the vote on the question of concurring in the matter comprising the remainder of title 2 of the senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to reconsider. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. levin: mr. speaker. ok. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. levin: could you just, so we can all hear, read what the motion is? the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the question to reconsider of the motion just made by the gentleman from ohio. the clerk will re-report the motion. the clerk: mr. boehner of ohio moves that the house reconsider the vote on the question of concurring in the matter comprising the remainder of title 2 of the senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. mr. levin: recorded vote. i ask for a recorded vote. recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman requests a recorde

mr. boehner said it's stupid to ask if theirs relation between congress and amtrak's troubles. a big article how republicans delayed for seven years fixing the very thing that would have avoided that, and mr. toomey tells us, has very strongly voted against it, a republican senator from pennsylvania -- >> i can -- >> and no. we could go on. i could list a thousand things that republicans have done that are against ordinary people and against the public interest. >> that's not the purpose of the discussion but i can -- i've heard tom speak enough and i know that tom would say is that he is an economic conservative. he believes in the free enter prize system but he dunce agree dismiss things the republicans have done recently. if he were here, that's what he would say. other questions. >> what is your prediction for what is going to happen with the highway trust fund in the next week? >> i don't know. it's an extraordinary situation. my wife and i were driving over here from virginia, and part of the road that we drove on had a lot of potholes and we were commenting on, when i the

mr. boehner said recently we don't mess around with this, it's very fragile. >> as mr. mondale has suggested, in the crucible of fear, the constitution can take on malleable proportions. but then we're a resilient nation, and i think we begin to bounce back. i think the times are changing. i think we're experiencing, we're in the middle right now of something of a sea change back toward the liberty side in this balance between security and liberty. and, again, the house vote is good evidence of this. and i would imagine -- i certainly can't prove it but i imagine the comments made publicly by ron wyden and udall of the senate intelligence committee very critical of the metadata program has helped feed into that change that we're now seeing. so i'm a little more optimistic. >> could i reply to that, please? >> sure. >> get a dialogue going here. good for you to hear different points of view. i guess i'll take on the brennan institute -- >> sure. >> -- on this. i believe the usa freedom act is a red herring. and it is pretty much crafted by the administration to distract

mr. boehner, i don't mean this as a personal shot. my wife got cancer and they couldn't drop her, and i'm not so sure that they wouldn't have if the law hadn't been passes. boehner also issued a statement saying we will continue our efforts to repeal the law and repolice it. have at it. jeb bush weighed in today, he released this video after the ruling. >> any family will tell you that the premiums have gone up what we need to have is more choices for people empowering them to make decisions. rewarding better health care outcomes, more flexibility, less mandates, where they're empowered to make more decisions for themselves fixing this is a huge, huge challenge. and we have a duty to begin to solve these problems. >> you know what i don't think there's any democrats out there that would disagree with that. the only problem is mr. bush your party and you are late to the game. republicans need to let this go though don't they? obama care is the law of the land. congress voted for it the supreme court, the conservatives on the court, they

mr. boehner. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio, speaker of the house, recognized for one minute. the speaker: let me thank the gentleman from wisconsin for his leadership on the committee and leadership on this bill. i thank chairman sessions and the members of the rules committee for all of their work. i'm going to thank mr. tiberi, chairman of the trade subcommittee of the tremendous job he has done. and i'm grateful to all members who have offered constructive contributions to this debate. my colleagues, we're not here today to debate any particular trade bill. the day for that may come, and when it does, we want to make sure that agreement reflects the people's priorities. it means more jobs, higher pay and more opportunities for workers, farmers and small businesses. that's why we want to make sure that this agreement is nt reached or rushed and make sure there is no agreement that's in secret. and we want to make darn sure there is less authority for the president and more aut

mr. boehner. you work for the people who elected you to come to congress and mr. fincher basically said to his chairman, it's time to stop playing the game. we have got to re-authorize the export-import bank. i want you to know that mr. hensarling and those right-wing conservatives who want to use this as a plit account point will have -- political point will have you believe, oh, this bank is only for big businesses, but that's absolutely not true. not only does the bank support thousands of small businesses but the suppliers to the big businesses are small businesses all over this country who rely on the export-import bank for their ability to create jobs and have businesses in their districts. and so all of the members on the democratic side of the aisle support the re-authorization of the export-import bank and many of the members on the opposite side of the aisle support the bank, and so i don't know why the members on the opposite side of the aisle can't rein in their chairman. i don't know why they are afraid of him. i don't know why they don't speak up. we

mr. boehner said we don't mess around with this, it's very fragile. >> as mr. mondale has suggested in the crucible of theater, the constitution can take on malleable proportions and we're a resilient nation and we can bounce back, and i think the times are changing. i think we're experiencing -- we're in the middle right now of something of a sea change back toward the liberty side in this balance between security and liberty and the house vote is good evidence of this, and i would imagine and i certainly can't prove it but i imagine the comments made by rob widen and ucall of the program, has had the change we're now seeing and i'm a little more optimistic. >> could i reply to that, please? get a little dialogue going here. it's good for you to hear different points of view. i think i'll take on the instewed of on this, and the freedom act and it is pretty much crafted by the administration to distract attention from everything else, and they are giving up what admittedly is an ineffective program and still maintaining ties into it and the bill is riddled wit

mr. boehner i believe we should although them out of office immediately. i agree with the previous democratic caller. anything that needs to be jammed down our throat -- this is no different than pelosi jamming down obamacare down our throat. so i am completely against tpa and i am deeply against anyone who has voted for tpa at this point. host: thanks for the call. let's go up to maine, lewiston john for the democrats. go ahead, you are on the air. caller: i am totally against this. this is dangerous. we have lost so many jobs here in maine. why are they doing this again/it ain'? doing us any good. look at nafta and the damage it did. we lost so many many fracturing jobs here. it's just scary what is good to happen in this country. people are losing their jobs. wages don't go up. things need to change now. host: thanks, john. that's lack -- let's take a look at "the new york times." again, the adjustment assistance not passing. further down in this article saying that some of the plans being mired in controversy. some of it was going to be late to medicar

and again i want to list speaker boehner chairman conaway, chairman sessions mrs. fox, who is not here, and mr. mchenry were sponsors of this bill. i want to offer this in the nature of a substitute. there was one thing i had to change. we weren't going to repeal it for chicken. and for some reason in 2015 we decided chicken needs to be repealed. i said okay, we'll repeal it for chicken. but we need to also have a voluntary program for chicken. what the voluntary program says, and i'm just about done, let me finish here, i know we have votes to go to. the voluntary program would say that, and it's completely voluntary, a person participating in the program established under section 292 may not designate a covered meat product as having the united states as a country of origin unless the covered meat product is derived exclusively from an animal born, raised and slaughtered in the united states. and the reason we need this in there, and i don't like government intervention but we got to have some rules. because people want to cheat. and you can't raise a cow in mexi

mr. earnest: we'll have news on that. reporter: want to ask you about trade. speaker pelosi just recently said that shouldn't count on more democrats coming on board. and publicly encouraged speaker boehner to come up with 200 votes. does the president aagree with that assessment? and he is pretty much stuck at that number and why can't he get more? mr. earnest: there is no one who is a better, more effective and more accurate vote counter on capitol hill than nancy pelosi. so i would have no reason to disagree with her assessment. that said, the president is also pretty determined advocate for the most progressive trade legislation that's ever moved through the senate, and he believes that there is a.m. will reason why democrats in the house should vote for it. and he will continue to make the case that they should. primarily because of the likelihood that it would expand economic opportunity for middle-class families and that is after all the president's top domestic priority. the other thing i would say about this and this goes more directly to mrs. pelosi's comments, speaker boehner shortly after the election indicated that advancing trade legislation was one of the top items on his

questioner: did he speak to boehner yesterday? mr. earnest: yes. questioner: why would he not speak to the leader of the democrats? this was an issue that he has so much personal capital in and you're aware of the criticism out there that he, despite your denials or objections, is not personally engaged enough in this crucial issue. mr. earnest: i've only had the opportunity to see the president spend time with leader pelosi at the congressional baseball game last week. the president traveled to capitol hill to address the house democratic caucus on friday morning. the president was introduced in that meeting by leader pelosi directly. incidentally after the president was introduced he received a standing ovation from everybody in the room including leader pelosi. the president had the opportunity to visit with leader pelosi for several minutes prior to the beginning of that caucus meeting. so the president's had a number of conversations with leader pelosi. the president's going to continue to be in touch with leaders on capitol hill as necessary.

mr. obama says he desperately needs. boehner is more than on board.e's actually pushing the president. sounding in fact a lot like then-speaker of the house nancy pelosi who back in 2010 famously offered this assessment of the president's so very secretive obamacare legislation. >> but we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy. lou: how thoughtful. the president's trade deal is like obamacare shrouded in secrecy. wikileaks for crying out loud, offering a bounty for any information what's in the trade deal. pelosi today dodged questions about how she plans to vote on trade promotion authority of course, with the choice of turning on the president or the progressives in her caucus by her decision but the minority leader did say it's speaker boehner's problem this time. >> every time we had a bill that came to the floor when i was speaker you said it was a test of my leadership. it's a test of his. i have confidence in him, i think he can deliver 200 of his members but it's not my responsibility.

mr. boehner, for opening up the legislative process, unlike in the past, any member of this congress could stand up and represent their 700,000 constituents and could you take a big chief note pad and a pencil and just write out an amendment and walk right down there and give it to the clerk and all the gentlelady from california had to do was just write the amendment up and present it to the clerk. why, we would even have accepted it. but instead she offers it up there as a procedural trick to confuse and confound. we produced a great bill. my minority member and i have worked together arm in arm to produce a good bill that protects this nation's investment in space exploration and scientific research, but above all invests in the good people of the law enforcement community. mr. fattah: would my friend yield? mr. culberson: i'd be happy yield to the minority leader. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. i'm the whip. but -- i want to make that perfectly clear. the fact of the matter is, did the gentleman just say if this amendment had been offered previously? mr. culberson: earlier. mr. hoye

house speaker boehner, mrs. pelosi, mitch mcconnell, and harry reid. the speaker: on behalf of the whole house, how shocked and heart broken i am about the murder of innocent church goers in charleston. the depth of our grief reveals the department of our love and our resolve and our prayers go out to all the victims' families and thoughts go to the law enforcement officers working to bring this perpetrator to justice. anyone who would do something so unspeakable is pure evil. we are committed to promoting both trade authority and assistance to pass the house and senate and go to the president for his signature. getting this work done is critical. providing opportunities for american workers and american-made goods. another authority is the health care cost. despite the many promises obamacare has not delivered. to repealing the medical device text. in addition, the supreme court could soon make a ruling that leads to millions of americans losing their health care subsidies. our goal is to provide peace of mind, to families who have coverage disrupted

mr. president? >> majority leader? leader boehner: i want to express sympathies to the biden family on their deep loss. beau biden was known as a dedicated public servant, a loving father of two, and the devoted partner to the woman that he loved. i have no the vice president for many years, and it is hard to think of anything more important to him that his faith and his family. i hope you will find comfort in the former as he grieves such a terrible loss. the senate offers is presiding officer and every member of his family our prayers and our subsidy. now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the time until 5:00 p.m. be equally divided in its usual form and the senate recess at 5:00 p.m. subject to the call. mr. reid: mr. president? the president pro tempore: the minority leader. mr. reid: i join in my feelings about the joe biden family. i was saddened really beyond words to figure out understand the passing of beau who was such a fine young man. he was a devoted husband father son a dedicated servant to the people of delaw

mr. boehner, for his assistance in bringing this legislation forward and, of course the honorable nancy pelosimust be given kudos as well. i thank her for allowing the legislation to come forward and assisting. the majority leader, mr. hoyer -- excuse me, the whip -- used to be -- the whip, mr. hoyer, i want to thank him because we had a conversation concerning this legislation. and of course the chairperson of the judiciary committee, the honorable bob goodlatte. he and i have had an opportunity to talk through this legislation and i'm ecertainly grateful for the consideration that you've given sir. and i thank you. i also would like to thank the dean of the house of representatives, the honorable john conyers. he has been here on so many occasions when legislation that is exceedingly important has been passed upon and has been a voice, a voice on all of the these issues through the years and i'm proud to say that i had an opportunity to speak to him about this legislation. of course i want to thank mr. ted poe of texas. he and i came to congress together and we've worked together. this is a

and again, i want to list speaker boehner, chairman conaway, chairman sessions, mrs. fox, who is not here, and mr. mchenry were sponsors of this bill. i want to offer this in the nature of a substitute. there was one thing i had to change. in we weren't going to repeal it 2005, for chicken. and for some reason in 2015 we decided chicken needs to be repealed. i said ok, we'll repeal it for chicken. but we need to also have a voluntary program for chicken. what the voluntary program says, and i'm just about done, let me finish here, i know we have votes to go to. the voluntary program would say that, and it's completely voluntary, a person participating in the program established under section 292 may not designate a covered meat product as having the united states as a country of origin unless the covered meat product is derived exclusively from an animal born, raised and slaughtered in the united states. and the reason we need this in there, and i don't like government intervention, but we got to have some rules. because people want to cheat. and you can't raise a cow

john boehner, speaker of the house from ohio. mr. speaker i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up h.r. 1031, a bill to protect thousands of american jobs by preventing the export-import bank from shutting down. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will advise that all time has been yielded for the purpose of debate only. so does the gentleman from texas yield for the purposes of this unanimous consent request? mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i do not. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas does not yield, therefore, the unanimous consent cannot be entertained. the gentleman from colorado reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. burgess: mr. speaker again, i'd just remind the house that what is under consideration is a rule bill h.r. 333 for consideration of the appropriations bill for department of interior and h.r. 2042, to allow judicial review of any final rule addressing carbon dioxide emissions and i'll reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from col

mr. speaker. i recently met with the house of representatives john boehner who asked me to pass a simple message. the president of the united states speaks so warmly about long-term economic climate. >> certainly as president above the said before the election we must be doing something right. >> if we play our part of the commitment of the commitment to the g-7 eliminate fossil fuels we will need targets such as the 2030 carbon efficient target which could bring the huge investment. will the prime minister permit to the target in the next two years? >> the difference between the 2030 day convention she mentioned for de-carbamazepine or de-carbamazepine of the best as we can. we do need to know and i want to make the carbon capture storage work before we make that commitment otherwise we won't have gas cards and call plans and will be left with nuclear and renewables which i don't think is a balanced energy base. >> mr. robin walker. >> the way in first put the agenda there. can he assure the house in order to underpin public services around the world and be fair to those companies that pay taxes

questioner: how worried is the president, though, that speaker boehner is not going to be able to corral his caucus to deliver that? mr. earnest: we've been candid about what -- that it will be politically challenging to advance this legislation through the house. but we're confident that because this is -- because speaker boehner himself has indicated that this is a top priority of his, i think it should be obvious to all of you that this is a top priority of the president's and that we've got -- but we've got our work cut out for us and both the speaker and the president believe that it's worthy of the time and investment to try to get this legislation across the finish line. the president's already devoted significant time to getting that done and he'll, as i mentioned to jim, he'll do that right up until the deadline of the vote. questioner: senator shelby today, the chairman of the senate banking committee said that he won't take up the re-authorization bill for ex-im and he said he'll decide in a week or so whether to go ahead with a reform plan. but i'm wondering whether the white house has expected now that th

mr. obama for his part coordinating not with democratic leaders now but with speaker john boehner. >> the a conversation with speaker boehner, i'm confident that's not the only telephone call the president will have with the congress today. >> i know the president he's working at this and i hope his efforts are successful. lou: those are profound words and congressman paul ryan also in the deal-making the biggest push for the president's trade agenda and so carried away today he channeled nancy pelosi! >> under tpa we decide, we get access, under our terms our conditions. no tpa, you're at the whims of them, the administration. with tpa, there's no ambiguity, we get the tax. tpa is declassified and made public once it's agreed to. lou: congressman ryan is quite something now, he wants his party to pass the bill so we can all find out what's in it. the arrogance, the ignorance of power in washington has initially displayed at least in these bills by nancy pelosi when she was speaker now paul ryan who obviously thinks he's a bill deal so big he's beyond the constitution and the public's rig

mr. speaker. i recently met with the house of representatives john boehner who asked me to pass a simple message. two words "northern powerhouse." the president of the united states speaks so warmly about long-term economic climate. >> certainly as president obama said before the election, we must be doing something right. [laughter] >> if we play our part of the commitment to the g-7 eliminate fossil fuels, we will need binding targets such as the 2030 carbon target which could break huge invest in straight will the prime minister bring those targets in the next two years? >> the difference between the 2030 date that you mention, is that we need to have the means to do it. i want to make the carbon capture storage work before we make that commitment otherwise we won't be able to have gas lands, coal plants, and we will be left with nuclear and renewables which is not a balanced energy base. >> mr. robin walker. >> can speaker sure the house that in order to underpin public services around the world and to be fair to those companies that have their taxes, they will use all of our networks includi

>> well, there might be because speaker john boehner had a press availability today and he was asked directly, okay, now what, mr. speaker? and he would not be pinned down on what was next but he did say that republicans might try to make some changes to the law as they go through the budget. david: giving me a wrap but andy, there are a lot of taxes that go along with obamacare, 20 at last count. does this decision mean all those taxes stay in force? >> david, i'm sorry to tell you this decision is now the law of the land. and the remaining challenges to it are on very, very narrow grounds that are unlikely to even make it to the court. david: judge andrew napolitano, peter barnes, thank you gentlemen. good to see you both. >> you're welcome. melissa: the race for reaction, 2016 practically tripping over themselves to chime in on obamacare decision. fox business's blake burman in d.c. with the latest. blake. >> melissa, good afternoon. let me show you this real quick. this is some of the stack of statements we received from presidential candidates. hopefuls filed off their opinions immediate after the supreme c

mr. speaker. i recently met with the house of representatives john boehner who asked me to pass a simple message.the president of the united states speaks so warmly about long-term economic climate. >> certainly as president above the said before the election we must be doing something right. >> if we play our part of the commitment of the commitment to the g-7 eliminate fossil fuels we will need targets such as the 2030 carbon efficient target which could bring the huge investment. will the prime minister permit to the target in the next two years? >> the difference between the 2030 day convention she mentioned for de-carbamazepine or de-carbamazepine of the best as we can. we do need to know and i want to make the carbon capture storage work before we make that commitment otherwise we won't have gas cards and call plans and will be left with nuclear and renewables which i don't think is a balanced energy base. >> mr. robin walker. >> the way in first put the agenda there. can he assure the house in order to underpin public services around the world and be fair to those companies that pay taxes

mr. obama last august. >> i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. >> the republican house speaker john boehnerays president obama not having a plan quote, under scores the fact that he doesn't take the terrorist threat seriously. boehner even released a video this morning showing his repeated calls for a white house strategy. >> what i'm hoping to hear from the president today is a strategy. it's time for him to come up with a real overarching strategy. we need a more overarching strategy. what we need is a strategy. >> retired brigadier general here to talk about this. good morning, sir. >> how are you? >> i'm good. before we get into strategy some surprising word out of the donald rumsfeld this morning. he told the times of london he was surprised back in 2003 quote, i'm not one who thinks a particular template of democracy is appropriate for every country at every moment of their histories. the idea that we could fashion a democracy in iraq seemed to me unrealistic. i was concerned about it when hi first heard those words. are you surprised he would say that? >> let's be clear about the sit

mrs. pelosi's comments. speaker boehner, shortly after the election indicated that advancing trade legislation is one of the top issues on the agenda. and he working closely with the other republicans worked hard in the last election successfully to their credit to expand their majority in the house of representatives. we would expect that he would use that substantial majority to mobilize the substantial support for those items on his agenda. and i think as the speaker indicated in his news conference earlier today that he had an opportunity to speak to the president about this specific issue just yesterday. and that is an indication that democrats and republicans may be able to see them in common ground to advocate the parties for the legislation that the president and the speaker of the house believe would be clearly in the best interest of the u.s. economy. so our strategy moving forward will be to continue to make the case to members of congress. and on the merits of this issue. we will see what happens. >> there is ta

mr. paulsen. in march i was proud to lead a bipartisan letter of freshmen lawmakers to speaker boehner to repeal the medical device tax. according to a 2014 industry survey, the tax resulted in employment reductions of 14000 industry workers in 2013 and years prior to implementation of the tax. with approximately an additional 4,500 jobs lost in 2014. furthermore, if we don't repeal this tax, the industry will forgo hiring of nearly 20,500 employees over the next five years. this important bipartisan legislation will repeal the affordable care act medical device tax that is limiting access to health care devices that north country families need and undermining the medical device industry that is so important to our local economy. repealing the medical device tax will help our small businesses, create jobs for north country families and protect employees who are currently at risk from this job-killing tax. this is an extremely important issue for my district, especially in warren county home of what is called kaat they are valley, because of the numerous cather companies. i urge all members to suppor

mr. speaker going back to the trade deal for a second. speaker boehner: there is no trade bill. questioner: what's agreed upon, you have ryan saying once it's agreed upon, it will be made public, it will be made declassified. back in 2009, you were making fun of the obamacare bill. can you talk about that? once it passes, then people can actually see what's in it? speaker boehner: there's a trade negotiation going on. like any other negotiation that goes on, you know, you don't want to air out what everybody's positions are. that's not what we're voting on. by passing trade promotion authority we'll actually give congress more openness, more involvement in what the trade agreement may look like if we ever get one. and goal post along the way. and so if in fact there's going to be a trade agreement with the asians or with the europeans, trade promotion authority allows us in the congress to outline what those goal posts should be. what the objectives should be. and gives us a part in helping advise the administration in the development of our position and in those discussions. wi

mr. chairman, i have a letter from 38 members of the new york and new jersey delegation to speaker boehner and leader pelosi requesting early passage of the bill. i would request it be submitted for the record. >> the gentleman seeking unanimous consent to put in the record without objection so ordered. >> i yelled back seven seconds. >> we now recognize the ranking member of the full committee mr. pallone five minutes for questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. udasin, i wanted to have you explain if you will the importance of not only the rutgers center but all of the signers that are part of the world trade program in terms of research because there's an extensive research component. i want to emphasize if you can how you are developing diagnosis and treatment of disorders that people might not even be aware of and how that research and the uniqueness of the center makes that possible. could you just kind of describe how the rutgers center is involved in the research into world trade center related condition and how the research is improving our ability to diagnose and treat wtc rela

mr. chairman, i have a letter from 38 members of the new york and new jersey delegation to speaker boehner and leader pelosi requesting early passage of the bill. i request it be submitted for the record. >> the gentleman seeks unanimous consent to put it in the record without objection, so ordered. >> thank you mr. chairman. doctor, i wanted to get into the -- try to have you explain, if you will the importance of not only the rutgers center but all of the centers part of this world trade program in terms of research, because there is an extensive research component and i wanted to kind of emphasize, if you can how you are developing diagnosis and treatment of disorders people may not even be aware of and how that research and, you know, the uniqueness of the center makes that possible, so could you just kind of describe how the rutgers centers involved in research to world trade center related conditions and how that can diagnose and treat the conditions and the benefits of the research? >> so answering the rutgers only -- >> that's fine. >> the research we have a lot of sleep apnea expe

mr. chairman, i have a letter from 38 members of the new york and new jersey delegation to speaker boehner and leader pelosi requesting early passage of this bill. i would request that it would be cemented for the record. >> derailment seeks unanimous. >> thank you. >> we recognize the ranking member of the full committee. >> thank you mr. chairman. i wanted to get into, try to have you explain the importance of not only be rutgers center but all of the centers that are part of this world trade program. there is an extensive research component, i want to emphasize how yours developing -- how you are developing diagnosis and treatment for disorders that people might not even be aware of, and how that research and the uniqueness of the center makes that possible. can you describe how the rutgers center involved from research to world trade center conditions and how that research helps treat those conditions. >> answering the rutgers, we have a lot of sleep apnea experts at those two centers. when i am proud to say is that between our laboratory toxicologist and our sleep experts, we have dev

mr. chairman, i have a letter from i think 38 members of the new york and new jersey delegation to speaker boehnerd leader pelosi requesting early passage of this bill. i would request that it be submitted for the record. >> gentlemen seeks unanimous consent to put in the record without objection, so ordered. >> thank you. and i yield back seven seconds. >> chair, thank you gentlemen. recognizes the ranking member mr. palone, five minutes for questioning. >> thank you, chairman. doctor, i wanted to get into try to have you explain, if you will, the importance of not only the rutgers center but the center centers in regard to the research and the research component and i want to emphasize if you can how you are developing diagnosis and treatment of disorders that you know people might not even be aware of and how that research and the uniqueness of the center makes that possible. could you just kind of describe how the rutgers centers is involved into research in the centers and how that is improving our treatment of the wtc health conditions and the benefit of that research. >> and to answering th

so if you're john boehner and you've been in the press and criticized for not being covet, for not helping the president, for being mr. "no," you can come out and say, well, i tried. i had the overwhelming majority of my troops supporting this measure, supporting the trade, and we suspected it and fingers to our nose that it was not ideal, but better than nothing, he comes out of this looking pretty good, doesn't he. >> and that's the precise argument here. we're looking that there's just under 30 democratic, yeah,s, in fact, they're closing the vote right now, it appears to have passed just as i speak here. but that's the argument here. that nancy, you know, couldn't get the votes on the taa part, and remember there were an awful lot of democrats who support taa but they weren't going to vote "yes" on this because they wanted to blow the whole thing up. neil: this is very interesting. so they did this procedural to try to rush this. >> and tactically. neil: all right. so what does that mean then? so it's a split read, but what does that split read mean? >> yeah. and that's the problem. how do you go back to the, wel

mr. barton: madam speaker, before i yield back i want to thank leadership on both sides. our speaker, john boehner, our majority leader, kevin mccarthy. of course, our whip, steve scalise, who played in the game. on their side, ms. pelosi, mr. hoyer, mr. clyburn were all there. so both leadership supported the game. it was a good game. we did raise a lot of money for charity. but i put you on notice, mike doyle. the shoe's going to be on the other foot next year. be ready. mr. doyle: talk is cheap. talk is cheap, joe. bring it on. mr. barton: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, five-minute voting will continue. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say i.a.a. those opposed, no. -- those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the gentleman from texas. the gentleman calls for -- a recorded vote has been called. a sufficient number having arisen a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation w

mr. frelinghuysen: currently, american forces are conducting air strikes in iraq and syria. without this authority, these campaigns would end immediately. should this authorization of military force be replaced? perhaps it should. on may 19, speaker boehner urged president obama to start from scratch and diclairing, we don't have a strategy. we have no strategy with regard to isil. recently president obama said he still doesn't have a comprehensive or complete strategy for defeating the islamic state. at a time then sectarian tensions are at their highest levels since the end of operation iraqi freedom in december of 2001, the terrorists have again, once again succeeded in capturing control of major cities in iraq, killing innocent citizens, causing thousands of families to flee. what kind of message are we sending with this amendment to both the iraqi people, to our soldiers and marines who have value yently served and sacrificed and even now the president suggesting sending another 400 advisors to advise and train and equip iraqis to recapture ramadi. this amendment is not about substance. it's about symbolism. unfortunately, its effect would be much more than symbolism. acceptance of this amendment would rob our nation of one of the k

mr. mcgovern, bar ra lee and i have put this resolution in today. we wouldn't be talking about the middle east if it weren't for this resolution. in september i sent my own letter to speaker boehner and asked for a full debate on authorization to use military force in the region, none of these letters have been answered, none of them. last september speaker boehner told the "new york times" that he wanted to wait until 2015 to bring an aumf to the floor of the house for a debate and vote to avoid bringing it up during a lame duck session. ok. i can accept that. it makes good sense. in december, speaker boehner said the house republicans would work with the president to get a aumf request if the president sent one to congress. he did send us one in february. most people, democrat and republican didn't like what was in the aumf, at least it was a vehicle for debate. but then in february, when the speaker of the house received it he didn't do anything with it. nothing has happened. as has been said by speakers before me, last month, jim mcgovern and barbara lee sent another letter asking for a debate. nothing happened. that's the reason this resolution is on the floor. it's because,

mr. rangel: once again, i want to thank chairman ryan. he shows what can happen when we find a cause that's good for our country and the rest of the world. i thank speaker boehner who allowed this meaningful leadership agreement to move forward. congressman nunes who supported the extension of agoa and senator hatch who managed to keep the bill as clean as possible. senator bill nelson who is a long time friend and supporter of the extension of the trade agreement that we have with haiti. and also the african diplomatic corps. they certainly did gain the confidence of republicans and democrats as we shared their problems in the ability to overcome the objections that some members had. and i know that chairman ryan joins me in thanking staffs on both sides of the aisle. we can come up with the great ideas as we normally do, but it takes the staff to put them into position and the legislation in place so we can move forward with it. so on behalf of the chairman and all the members, who played a part in the historic extension of this legislation, i want to thank the staff members that made it possible to bring us to this point that we can pass this important piece

mr. mcgovern, bar ra lee and i have put this resolution in today. we wouldn't be talking about the middle east if it weren't for this resolution. in september i sent my own letter to speaker boehner and asked for a full debate on authorization to use military force in the region, none of these letters have been answered, none of them. last september speaker boehner told the "new york times" that he wanted to wait until 2015 to bring an aumf to the floor of the house for a debate and vote to avoid bringing it up during a lame duck session. ok. i can accept that. it makes good sense. in december, speaker boehner said the house republicans would work with the president to get a aumf request if the president sent one to congress. he did send us one in february. most people, democrat and republican didn't like what was in the aumf, at least it was a vehicle for debate. but then in february, when the speaker of the house received it he didn't do anything with it. nothing has happened. as has been said by speakers before me, last month, jim mcgovern and barbara lee sent another letter asking for a debate. nothing happened. that's the reason this resolution is on the floor. it's because,

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his information. i note that the export-import bank, which of course expires on june 30, is not among the scheduled pieces of legislation. as the gentleman knows, speaker boehner has been quoted as saying that if we don't pass the export-import bank, that there are thousands of jobs on the line that would disappear pretty quickly if the ex-im bank were to disappear. he then again said as the chamber closest to the people, the house works best when it's allowed to work its will. the majority leader knows that i am absolutely convinced that the export-import bank is supported by the majority of members of this house. but this house has not been allowed to work its will on the export-import bank. predecessors of yours and a very dear friend of mine, senator blunt, said not too long ago that he believed that if the bill were brought to the floor of the house, it would have the votes. more importantly, because he's now, of course, in the other body he -- among leadership in the other body, said that the bill had the votes in the senate. i believe he's right on both of those observations. i understand the majority leader is not for the bill. it's my understanding th

mr. speaker. i recently met with the house of representatives john boehner who asked me to pass a simple message to the prime minister of just two words. northern powerhouse. the president of the united states speaks so warmly about long-term economic plan. >> certainly as president obama said before the election given that britain and america were two of the fastest growing countries in the west, we might be doing something right. >> diana john. >> if we play our part of the commitment of the commitment to the g-7 eliminate fossil fuels use in this century, we will need targets such as the 2030 carbon target which could bring in huge investments. will the prime minister commitment to bringing in a target in the next two years? >> what i'd call your attention to is the derns between the 2030 date and the end of the century date she mentioned. i'm all phenomenon decarbonize decarbonizing. i want to know i tell works otherwise we won't be able to have gas plants coal plants and we will only be left with nuclear and renewables which i don't think is a balanced mix. >> mr. robin walker. >> the way in f