mr. clay: mr. speaker, we have no additional speakers, and just would urge the house to adopt this legislation and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from utah is recognized. mr. chaffetz: thank you, mr. speaker. it's a good piece of legislation. i, again, thank mr. clay and mr. connolly for their work on this and urge its passage and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 70. 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, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? mr. chaffetz: mr. speaker, i move the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 72, the g.a.o. access and oversight act of 2017. the

mr. clay: thank you, mr. chairman. both democrats and republicans want to help facilitate capital formation, particularly for groups such as angel investors, who have substantial experience in the private securities market and for small companies, like startups, who are seeking funding to innovate and grow. but as members of congress, we also have the responsibility to protect investors and ensure that the rules of the road are reasonable and appropriate. this is especially important for retail investors, those of us who are looking to save for retirement or to buy a house or to support our children's education. and that is what concerns me about the bill we have before us today. we cannot create loopholes in the securities laws that could have a serious negative impact on americans' nest eggs, so we must strike the right balance between capital formation in our securities markets and investor protection. it is with these goals in minds that democrats supported the current rules that are in place. companies can raise m

i'm not bluffing, mr. clay. i'm going to take this bank down if it's the last thing i do, believe me. i am going to do it. clay does not believe jackson. congress is in an uproar. all of a sudden, what is going to happen? should we side with clay? should we side with jackson? jackson has some enemies. not just clay, but the president of the bank himself, nicholas bittle. a man who could not be more opposite from andrew jackson. they shared something in common, they're are both very determined, stubborn, and bullheaded. but biddle was extremely well-educated. andrew jackson didn't have a college education. the only president, excluding george washington, that did not have a college education. biddle, at age 10, admitted to the university of virginia. -- the university of pennsylvania. aged 10. he transfers to princeton university at age 15, and he is a genius. a financial wizard. he knows what he is talking about. but that is also his downfall. he is elitist, arrogant, a bit pretentious. because of that pretentiou

mr. clay is correct, i did point out this disgraceful painting of cops depicted as pigs, especially because it was put up in our u.s. capitol and then things kind of hit the fan, the tug-of-war began. the painting was taken down, put back up, takesen down again and put back up again. now, gina, the capitol is a taxpayer funded building shouldn't we taxpayers have a say in something that's both offensive and dangerous to cops? >> absolutely. kudos to you, eric bolling and i'm embarrassed of the congressman from missouri since i'm originally from the show-me state that he would act this way. he's dehumanizing police by calling them pigs. he should be held accountable as an accessory. eric: and paul ryan said i want that painting taken down, too, because it's dangerous and offensive. >> of course it is and representative lacy clay as a member of the congressional black caucus should know better. the dehumanization of black people was used in slavery and used to justify killing fetuses and abortio

velazquez of new york and amendment number 2 by mr. clay of missouri. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in part b of house report 115-2 by the gentlewoman from new york, ms. velazquez, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in part b of house report 115-2 offered by ms. velazquez of new york. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings

representative lacy clay had this to say. >> on december 30th, mr.ic bolling of fox news began a campaign to have this students winning artwork removed. i will fight to defend this young man's right to express himself because his artwork is true for him, and he is entitled to that protection under the law. >> paul ryan said artwork should not be sensationalistic for it he wants to get it down. congressman ryan, if you get it down, i will buy that painting from the artist. >> all right, kimberly. >> okay, fantastic. let's talk about sugar. last night on o'reilly, he gave in the tip of the day, talking about sugar. i have had conversations with him. there's a book by my friend called "zero sugar diet" everybody wants a lean, tight stomach. this is a great book and it's important. i tried to do this with my son, that you don't have too much sugar in your life. this is something that i think is going to work well for peopl people. panelists were losing up to a pound a day on the zero sugar diet plan. i have it on my facebook and twitter. check it out. >>

mr. speaker, switching gears here, there is a controversial painting that was chosen by congressman clayhat has to do with portraying police officers as pigs. and you were called upon by several police associations, your letter -- i don't know if you got it yet, to -- >> i haven't seen it yet. >> well, essentially, they want to know whether or not -- >> where is this painting? >> it's over in the tunnel outside. >> i'll have to take a look. oh, you mean the one of the kid -- >> exactly. >> i haven't seen it. i'll have to take a look at it. >> they're calling on you to have some response to it. >> i haven't seen the letter. allow me to look at the letter and see it. jake. >> do you believe that you'll be able to insure as many people as currently insured under -- >> look, i'm not going to get ahead of our committee process. we're just beginning to put this together. we haven't even gotten scores from cdo yet on these things. but let me say this, can we in this country have a health care system that gives us access to affordable health care in this country without a costly government takeo

clay would hate to see on the walls. have you had a chance to speak with your colleague? >> i have spoken with mr.ley, and on friday i contacted him, say, you know, we can work this out, let's find a way, can you contact the artist, maybe put up a positive piece about ferguson, it has been two years. you have to have positive news out of fergying for yo ferguson you can depict in a painting, answer i got was maybe the question dave, we should ask, how in the world did this young people get this twisted view of law enforcement in the first place. i said i agree, but maybe that question should be asked of people who live in ferguson, maybe that art piece should hang in city hall at ferguson not in the national capitol. and remember too, yesterday, was national law enforcement appreciation day. and those two officers were killed on that day. then we have this controversy, we have submit a litter to architect of capitol, we're asking him to review the rules, and we're very confident that when he looks at rules again, this painting will be down by the end of the week. charles: for representative clay t