mr. dent: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in strong support of h.r. 4414, the expatriate health care coverage clarification act. i do want to point out the american people do expect us to work together in a responsible manner to solve real problems. that's what this bill we are talking about today does. i certainly want to thank my colleagues, representative carney of delaware, representative nunez of california, for taking the initiative to craft this really important piece of legislation. i also know it's difficult to look at any bill dealing with the health care law without considering the broader context of the law. however, it's also difficult to look at the state of our economy today and be none chalant about the fact that 1,200 of our fellow americans stand to lose their jobs if we don't act and pass this legislation. many of those folks live in the state of delaware. many of them live in the state of pennsylvania. just over the delaware state line. so our constituents are hearing about it just like this s

parody is pretty safe here for instance congress and sliced about six pounds on average last year when mr dent in what is lost just two without the manual alias don't even have to be a bears win that honor the nation's two hundred pretty obvious different counties over a hundred don't have either in their second rule areas with not that he never had that the impact has been going out of business end of the nineteen ninety three and peters began going double tight pants with a maddening am hoping to make a comeback in clinton county is one of them. earlier this week. joni in the province nice some one hundred km east of bali and until this week that this would have to travel about an hour and a one to watch a movie in to peter. but the opening of t theater in queenstown this week has changed that. i only watched probably three films each year. and now my hope to watch more films as the theater is very close to my home. i had to watch the limbs and chun chun or insult because there weren't any coastal centers are commuters here. the midwife that nations like monday to help them get it to open in

mr. dent: they work in school districts like the east penn school district, the southern lehigh school district. those in favor say aye getting their hours redeuced below 30678 i have a major employer, opened a major distribution centering over 500 employees, over 50,000 people nation wade, more than half of their employees are part timemark of them are being reduced below 30 hours per week as a result of this law. this is a targeted fix. we know that these hourly workers are going to see wage reductions up to 25% as a direct result of the law. there are consequences to this law. sure, it's not about some employers wanting to cheat their employees, quite frankly, it's about many employers not being able to afford the people they have. if they don't reduce their hour, many will be laid off. they'll have no wamings at all. that's the worst of all worlds. that's a real consequence of this particular law. we're all hearing it in our districts. by ethe way, we should point out one other thing too,

mr. obama's eventual decision on the pipeline will have a marginal impact on global warming emissions to make serious dent in american carbon emyings. mr. obama's administration would have to enact policy that is force the two most pole outing sectors of the nation's economy -- cars and coal plants -- to stature emissions." >> what do you think about them saying your fight is more symbolic than substantive? >> you could argue that for the other side as well. this is one energy infrastructure project. the fact that the koch brothers and afp and everybody else that's piling on the far right, it's symbolic for them as well. when you are protecting your land and water, when you are protecting your home, when you are protecting the legacy that has been passed down through generations like we're doing in nebraska and the tribes are doing up in their land, it's not just a symbol. this is real. this is our families. >> certainly it won't do anything to help us transition to clean energy, which is exactly where the president should be taking us. >> there is also this element because it is earth day, and you do hav

mr. king immobilized him he pinned him down i jumped on top of him and held down his wrist and arms. i was put in the situation i dent know what is going on until i was in the middle of it. >> do you think you saved lives? >> no. i think that mr. king was the main hero here. >> high school senior says he went to find an ambulance when he came back, the suspect was contained so he joined other students gathering in a field. >> world news will have live team coverage on the high school stabbing including more on that 16-year-old suspect. world news airs at 5:30 here on abc7. >> back in the bay area, two firefighters are in the hospital one with serious injuries after a pair of firefighting vehicles collided this morning. abc7 news reporter is at the scene and tweeted this picture of the firefighters the accident happened just before 9:30. we'll have a report live report coming up at 5:00 >> nurses in san francisco general hospital saying the emergency department is under staffed this, after two recent incidents including one in which a patient, lynn smalleding was found dead in a stairwell weeks after she vanished. a w

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the clerk: mr. dent of pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: the ouse will be in order. members, please take their conversations off the floor. he house will be in order. the house will be in order. will members please take their conversations off the floor. he house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? mr. blumenauer: i ask unanimous consent that i may hereafter be considered the first sponsor of h.r. 786 a bill originally introduced by representative markey from massachusetts for the purpose of adding co-sponsors and requesting reprinting pursuant to clause 7, rule 7. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. o ordered. the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the entleman from oklahoma rise? >> permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to talk tax. every year americans approaching april 15 with the dread and being reminded how our taxes are. a group has been involved. our small bus