mr. engel: thank you. i thank the members on t other side of the aisle if you repeat it over and over again the people will believe it. the hyde amendment already prohibits federal funds from being used f abortion. this is not about federal funds. the other thing i don't understand is my republican friends always claim that they want smaller government they don't want the government to intrude on people's lives. so here we are about to pass a measure that expands government, intrudes on people's lives and penalize small businesses and impeds them from creating jobs. i don't believe the government should be in the business of preventing people from accessing legal medical treatment. it surprises me and worries me that this congress keeps proposing legislation that diminishes the right to access health care. abortion is legal in this country. i understand how peoe feel on both sides of the aisle. it's a very personal decision. yet, republicans seem intent on interfering with a woman's right to make her own d

the speaker pro tempore: mr. engel is recognized for one minute. mr. engel: thank you. i thank the members on the other side of the aisle if you repeat it over and over again the people will believe it. the hyde amendment already prohibits federal funds from being used for abortion. this is not about federal funds. the other thing i don't understand is my republican friends always claim that they want smaller government. they don't want the government to intrude on people's lives. so here we are about to pass a measure that expands government, intrudes on people's lives and penalize small businesses and impeds them from creating jobs. i don't believe the government should be in the business of preventing people from accessing legal medical treatment. it surprises me and worries me that this congress keeps proposing legislation that diminishes the right to access health care. abortion is legal in this country. i understand how people feel on both sides of the aisle. it's a very personal decision. yet, republicans seem intent on interfering with a woman's right to make he

the speaker pro tempore: mr. engel is recognized for one minute. mr. engel: thank you. thank the members on the other side of the aisle if you repeat it over and over again the people will believe it. the hyde amendment already prohibits federal funds from being used for abortion. this is not about federal funds. the other thing i don't understand is my republican friends always claim that they want smaller government. they don't want the government to intrude on people's lives. so here we are about to pass a measure that expands government, intrudes on people's lives and penalize small businesses and impeds them from creating jobs. i don't believe the government should be in the business of preventing people from accessing legal medical treatment. it surprises me and worries me that this congress keeps proposing legislation that diminishes the right to access health care. abortion is legal in this country. i understand how people feel on both sides of the aisle. it's a very personal decision. yet, republicans seem intent on interfering with a woman's right to make her

mr. engel: i thank my friend for yielding to me. give me a break. i hear speaker after speaker on the republican side saying we don't have the resources to do these things. it seems we have the resources to give tax breaks to the rich, we don't worry so much about the budget deficit when it comes to protecting our rich friends. the republicans two weeks ago spent passing bills, putting medicare and medicaid in jeopardy and now they would deny these communities health centers. they don't bring bills in the majority to help create jobs in this country but still once again here we are for the god knows how many time, with a bill trying to kill affordable health care act. again it's political theater. it's not going to pass the senate. the president would veto it. let's put our heads together a and to something constructive instead of saying no to health care. the value of school-based health centers is well known. there are 1,900 in the country. they provide access to high quality, comprehensive health care. the services are provided regardless of the

mr. engel: we also have to thank the president of the united states for making a difficult call. thank you, mr. president. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to speak on behalf of the infrastructure jobs and energy independence act. a bill that was introduced by a number of my colleagues in a bipartisan fashion just yesterday to deal with the issue of energy and our ability to make it available to americans at an affordable and efficient capacity. what it will do is take dollars that we can use by investing the ability to take the resources from the outer continental shelf leases and put those $2 trillion to $3 trillion worth of assets to work by dedicating them to rebuilding our infrastructure, focusing on our ability to find renewable and clean energy resources. and to put those dollars as well towards cleaning up our environment. it's a bipartisan effort that gives it an ability to hold down the long-term costs of

mr. weiner: i'll list the chaplains that will be honored, the 13 fallen chaplains that we will be honoring. captain arnoff of the u.s. army, lieutenant colonel meyer engelnk goldenberg of the united states army. lieutenant alexander goode of the united states army. lieutenant henry goodie of the united states army. major samuel hoitz of the united states army. first lieutenant herman rosen of the united states army. first colonel samuel rosen of the united states air force. first lieutenant solomon rosen of the united states army. captain morgan singer of the united states army. captain david silver of the united states air force. captain irving kepter of the united states army. and first lieutenant lewis woffel of the united states army. may god bless their souls and may we remember them and honor them with a memorial at arlington cemetery. i can my colleagues to vote yes on this. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded that the house rules prohibit persons being recognized in the gallery. the gentleman from minnesota. mr. walz: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. mr. miller: