mr. buchanan for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. buchanan: floor insurance has been devastating the people in florida. in my region i have done multiple town halls. it has gone up $1,000%, 500%. businesses can't sell businesses. this bill will bring immediate relief and the market is frozen and will bring certainty to people who can sell and buy their homes. as a co-chair of the florida delegation, i thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle because it is nice where we can work together to get something done for the american people. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady from california is recognized. . . . ms. waters: i yield to the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. blumenauer: i have a slightly different perspective, the problem isn't fema, it's that congress hasn't appropriately dealt with these issues over time. i spent 10, 15 years now working on flood insurance

mrs. buchanan to ensure the correct paperwork was filed and a refund was expedited. >> i'm very grateful. >> virgin airlines said they require more documents when the family members have different last name like bernadette and her mother. the airline needed the marriage and birth certificate to prove they are mother and daughter. it seems harsh, but it is meant to prevent abuse. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >>> the 20th annual black woman's expo resumes this morning and wraps up in chicago. it's already drawn huge crowds as people are checking out the workshops, vendors and entertainment offers. the keynote speaker you see there, good morning america anchor robin roberts. she offered advice on achieving personal and professional success. >> being big, dream big, but focus small. what are you going to do today? yeah, you are going to be here. that's a big step. this is what you are doing today. it's the day-to-day things that will get you to your ultimate goal. >> chicago's mayor stopped by to officially welcome roberts to chicago and praised her for being an inspiration during her

mrs. buchanan to ensure the correct paperwork was filed and a refund was expedited. >> i'm very grateful. >> virgin airlines said they require more%documents when the family members have different last name like bern it debt and her mother. they needed the marriage and birth certificate to prove they are mother and daughter. it seems harsh, but it is meant to prevent abuse. >>> the 20th annual black woman's expo resumes this morning and wraps up in chicago. it's already drawn huge crowds as people are checking out the workshops, vendors and entertainment offers. the keynote speaker you see there, good morning america anchor robin roberts. she offered advice on achieving personal and professional success. >> being big, dream big, but focus small. what are you going to do today? yeah, you are going to be here. that's a big step. this is what you are doing today. it's the day-to-day things that will get you to your ultimate goal. >> chicago's mayor stopped by to officially welcome roberts to chicago and praised her for being an inspiration during her battle with breast cancer. >>> lisa is he

mr. buchanan. >> madam secretary, thanks for being here today. i want to touch on the biggest issue in the area, employer mandates. a lot of people are concerned. i'm looking at a "new york times" article about two weeks old, i'll be glad to give it to business cities, counties, public schools, community colleges around the country are reducing hours in terms of part-time employees to avoid pain health care insurance under the aca. this is coming from state and national leaders from around the country. are you aware of this? do you have any sense of the impact this is having on communities? in our community, and sarasota, brighton florida it's a gigantic issue. >> i have heard, congressman, certainly conversations about the 30 hour kind of cliff's that more than 30, people would be required to provide health coverage for those employees. less than 30, they would not. again, i think there's a disputing evidence of what's happening with that, but we're watching it very closely. >> we need to clearly, because this is, i know we're trying to get more

mr. buchanan? >> madam secretary, thank you for being here today. i want to touch on the biggest issue in our area, employer mandates. this article from "the new york times," i'm looking at it, it says cities, counties, public schools, community colleges are illuminating or reducing hours in terms of part-time employees to avoid paying health care insurance. this is coming from state and national leaders from around the country. are you aware of this? do you have any sense on the impact that this is having on communities? in our community i can tell you that this is a gigantic issue. i have certainly heard conversations about the 30 hour clef. more than 30 people would be required to provide health coverage for those employees, less than 30 they would not. --in, i think that there is disputing evidence of what is happening with that, we are watching it very closely. >> i would ask you to take a look at it. i know we are trying to get more health care out there, but everyone is taking this 25% pay cut. something that you said earlier about the fact t

mr. lee was the dialysis patient and he's probably in his 80's and every time we would drive up to buchanan street, the hospital, mr. lee would say, "good job, fine driver, number one driver" and he would go like this [thumbs up gesture]. and then as brian would be helping him off the van, mr. lee, i heard him so often say, "brian, if anybody gives you any trouble you send them to me and i'll take care of them." and here great big old brian would say, "henry, you're the first one i would try to get help from." and he says, "the second one is elsa." [laugh] so we knew that we were being relied on by brian. a few weeks back, mrs. lee called brian early in the morning to tell him not to bother picking them up because they were already at the hospital. mr. lee was ill and she had taken him to the er. the next day or so, brian, on his lunchtime, found out that mr. lee had been admitted to the hospital and he went up to mr. lee's room and just stuck his head in just to say hello. and the minute mr. lee saw him he went [gesture thumb up in the air] like that. and mrs. lee said, "he's telling you a