mr. fattah, why don't you pick it up. mr. fattah: thank you and i appreciate that. we were together just recently n your district at the stagland scientific symposium focused in on some of the challenges related to diseases and disorders of the human brain. this issue that you raised on the floor tonight is the most dominant challenge that we face in terms of a degenerative brain disease. it is not by accident that prime minister david cameron, when leading the g-7, said that dementia was the world's global challenge. it is not by accident that here in our own country we have created, through the great work of members like yourselves and others, a major focus now on brand er's as one of the name, dementia, that is affecting millions of americans and will affect millions going forward. i led an effort in the appropriations process focusing on the human brain, both mapping the brain and challenging and chasing cures and treatment for diseases. this neuro science initiative, the fattah neuro science initiative has focused on the fact that these 600 diseases and plus of

mr. fattah. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. fattah: i thank the gentlelady and thank the house. we have come to the floor any number of occasions honoring people, but i think this may be the noblest moment i have rizz on this floor. it's not a name a stamp after wilt chamberlain, or the train station after kangman -- congressman gray but this is to acknowledge a young man who graduated from high school in 1966 and within a year or so joined, enlisted, and went off to war on behalf of his country in a faraway place. he finished at cardinal dockery, he played baseball there played basketball in a summer league at simons recreation, grew up in west oak lane in my district, but the corporal who we honor today is someone who, even though he was only in country for just a mere few months, when this attack took place, he grabbed a machine gun and he went toward the fire. it has been recounted when president nixon awarded him the medal of honor he, took out one machine gun nest he, took out another he, then took out a third. -- when an

mr. fattah, ranking member of the commerce, justice and science appropriations subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. fattah: in each and every one of our district throughout our country and every one of the families situated, there's a concern around neurological base diseases and disorders from alzheimer's to autism, schizophrenia, we could go through the list of 600, but the point is this work in our committee on a completely bipartisan basis, we are moving aggressively on neuroscience initiative. i want to thank chairman rogers for his support and the ranking member from new york and i want to thank my partner and the chairman, frank wolf, for his support in this effort. we launched an initiative to map the brain and to do so much more. and i want to talk about what's in this bill today. we have the framework for a global fund on alzheimer's. we have the effort now on the brink for the first time, the national labs, into an effort the national brain observatory which is -- it's a complete scientific art na

mr. fattah, ranking member of the commerce, justice and science appropriations subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. fattah: in each and every one of our district throughout our country and every one of the families situated, there's a concern around neurological base diseases and disorders from alzheimer's to autism, schizophrenia, we could go through the list of 600, but the point is this work in our committee on a completely bipartisan basis, we are moving aggressively on neuroscience initiative. i want to thank chairman rogers for his support and the ranking member from new york and i want to thank my partner and the chairman, frank wolf, for his support in this effort. we launched an initiative to map the brain and to do so much more. and i want to talk about what's in this bill today. we have the framework for a global fund on alzheimer's. we have the effort now on the brink for the first time, the national labs, into an effort the national brain observatory which is -- it's a complete scientific art na

tonko, for joining us tonight, and i thank my colleague mrs. fattah of pennsylvania and ms. speer of california on this important -- ms. speier of california on this important subject. mr. speaker, we yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. does the gentleman have a motion? mr. garamendi: can i get another hour? mr. speaker, i move for adjournment. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands it's a mishmash of tax breaks for individuals and businesses and it's got enough support usually to carry everybody, to carry enough members to support of it even though there are a lot of things that individual members would pick on and complain about. hakem: why do these -- host: why do these need to be revised here? guest: what's driving the timing is the end of the congressional year, congress is trying to get out by the end of next week and the second is the tax filing season that starts in january. the inch r.s. says it need