mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to rise to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. burgess: i thank you, mr. speaker. four, five years ago when health care reform was being talked on the floor of this house, one of the ideas the republicans put forth is increasing competition, sell of health insurance across state lines. we see with the sell of automobile insurance, 15 minutes could save you 15%. everybody knows that. why not afford that same cost savings for people buying health insurance? but the democrats would never accept it. but now the affordable care act requires that some of my constituents in texas purchase their insurance in the d.c. exchange. clearly that's selling across state line. the problem is it's not lower cost. it's higher cost. it doesn't increase your access to a physician. it decreases your access to a physician. high deductible h

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burgess? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. gingrey referenced an offer from the health to the president to provide a platform for the market exchange, and i would like to submit his letter for the record. and i will make this part of a question for the record that i would to a follow-up. >> without objection so ordered. ranking member? >> one is for my constituents in piscataway, anthony weill, that i referenced. another is the one that ms. schakowsky reference. you know, these are the different individuals impacted by the aca. >> without objection spent and then a third one from ms. schakowsky. >> without objection, so ordered. thank you, madam secretary, for your patience, for respond to all of our questions. i remind members they have 10 business days to submit questions for the record, and that means they should submit the question by the close of business on tuesday, december 31. another important hearing. thank you, madam secretary, for your indulgence. with that, without objection the subcommittee is adjourned. [inaudib

burgess? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. gingrey referenced an offer from the health to the president to provide a platform for the market exchange, and i would like to submit his letter for the record. and i will make this part of a question for the record that i would to a follow-up. >> without objection so ordered. ranking member? >> one is for my constituents in piscataway, anthony weill, that i referenced. another is the one that ms. schakowsky reference. you know, these are the different individuals impacted by the aca. >> without objection spent and then a third one from ms. schakowsky. >> without objection, so ordered. thank you, madam secretary, for your patience, for respond to all of our questions. i remind members they have 10 business days to submit questions for the record, and that means they should submit the question by the close of business on tuesday, december 31. another important hearing. thank you, madam secretary, for your indulgence. wi [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [caption

burgess? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. gingrey referenced an offer from the health to the president to provide a platform for the

mr. steve burgess of urbana, illinois.committed to seing a postal facility at 302 east green street in champaign, illinois, after his father, the first african-american elected to countery-wide office in champaign county and was appointed the district attorney for the eastern district of illinois. most importantly, steve burgess wanted to honor his father as a leader of the tank battalion, the first african-american armored unit to enter bat until tworled war ii. 7r. davis: i introduced h.r. 73 to achieve this. it is devastating to me that steve burgess' -- burgess wasn't able to see this happen. i want to offer my thanks to steve burgess and his father fur their lifetime of commitment to the people of the community. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, the weather out