mr. denham, for five minutes. mr. denham: madam speaker i rise today to acknowledge and honor the life of a beloved community leader and friend from victor valley college. willie davis, also known as big will, was a beloved father, grandfather, brother, uncle and coach. he died at the age of 62 on tuesday, january 6 of this year. willie began his career at victor valley college where he worked for 33 years. he was an active member of his community advocated for students, the disabled, and the disadvantaged. while there, willie also met a woman and co-work which later became his wife mary. he was a member of the victor valley elementary school board for 16 years. he assisted the disabled through job opportunities and benefits served on the truancy board, and a member of the city of victorville advisory board and planning commission. he also served as a member of the committee for the victor valley federal credit union. and was currently serving as president of the board of directors for a charter school. for many years,

mr. denham. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. denham: thank you. i rise in support of senate bill 1 the keystone x.l. pipeline which passed bipartisan not only in the house -- it was 266 votes but also bipartisan in the senate with 62 votes. as chairman shuster noted, this is a jobs bill that will create jobs, enhance our energy innocence and strengthen our national -- independence and strengthen our national economy. this pipeline will transport over 800,000 barrels of oil per day. that's according to the department of energy. it also will help create good-paying jobs, over 40,000 jobs according to the state department. we held a hearing in our subcommittee last week regarding the need for more transportation and -- transportation and infrastructure for energy projects. one witness testified we will need 12,000 to 15000 miles of new pipeline over the next five to 10 years. keystone x.l. is just one of those new projects. . this is the most studied pipeline in our history. there's no reason to continue to stall this project. this

mr. denham. mr. denham: it was a pleasure to travel to your southern border. i traveled to the southern border of california many times, and as we saw on the entire border security trip, our entire southern border is very important, depending which state and which area of the state that you're in. in my home state of california, we saw the jet skis that were coming along the turf that were bringing a couple of illegal aliens at the time. we've got to be able to address that from a coast guard perspective. and when you have double fencing in those high urban areas we saw the vietnam landing strips that at one time were very good piece to add along border security when we had nothing, but now we got to replace that with new fence that will allow our border patrol agents to actually see through and address it when there's weakened area in that fence. we got to go much further. along the california border, we also have a number of mountains and cliffs where we have to address the border differently. in your area, we saw where a truck was able to cut through while

mr. denham, for 30 minutes. mr. denham: thank you madam speaker. 40 years ago today, the first flight carrying u.s. prisoners of war out of north vietnam lifted out of hanoi to take the first 40 servicemen to freedom. these men, some of whom had been held for eight years in a brutal captivity were more than 683 americans known to have been held in north vietnamese and first of 191 p.o.w.'s returned to american soil after the paris peace accord. sadly, 92 americans died in captivity. and to this day, more than 1,000 americans who served during the vietnam war era are unaccounted for. we honor the men who survived and those who never returned. their extraordinary encourage, endurance and sacrifice should be an example for everyone in this chamber and across the country. . i would like to honor our colleague in the house sam johnson, and others -- and senator john mccain suffered in prison. the treatment they suffered in treatment was designed to break them, to get information or to serve as propaganda tools for the nor

mr. denham, mr. flores mr. hultgren, mr. mckinley, mr. womack, mr. hudson, mr. messer and mrs. radewagen. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2015, the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. garamendi: thank you very much. alzheimer's. alzheimer's. a word that brings fear and trauma to families all across america and indeed around the world. tonight we're going to spend our time talking about this dreaded disease, for which there is no known cure and which always ends in death. i'd like now to turn to my colleagues, this being a bipartisan special order hour unusual, to be sure, but absolutely appropriate, given the fact that this illness affects virtually every american family. i'd like now to turn to mr. goodlatte, our colleague from virginia. mr. goodlatte: i thank the gentleman from california for organizing this special order for one hour to talk about the blight that we face here in america and i'm sure in many other countries around the world, known as alzh

mr. denham. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. denham: thank you. i rise in support of senate bill 1 the keystone x.l. pipeline which passed bipartisan not only in the house -- it was 266 votes but also bipartisan in the senate with 62 votes. as chairman shuster noted, this is a jobs bill that will create jobs, enhance our energy innocence and strengthen our national -- independence and strengthen our national economy. this pipeline will transport over 800,000 barrels of oil per day. that's according to the department of energy. it also will help create good-paying jobs, over 40,000 jobs according to the state department. we held a hearing in our subcommittee last week regarding the need for more transportation and -- transportation and infrastructure for energy projects. one witness testified we will need 12,000 to 15000 miles of new pipeline over the next five to 10 years. keystone x.l. is just one of those new projects. . this is the most studied pipeline in our history. there's no reason to continue to stall this project. this