mr. gallego: mr. speaker, if the gentleman has anything else to say, i'm ready to close unless the gentleman has additional -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida. mr. miller: no, sir. we have no more speakers at this time. we're prepared to close. i would urge my colleagues to oppose the motion to instruct and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from texas. mr. gallego: thank you, mr. speaker. let me start by in all sincerity saying i have the greatest respect for chairman miller and the work that he's been doing. i follow his comments and his remarks and his committee regularly because the issue of veterans is an issue that is near and dear to my heart as it is to so many of us. and i have great respect for his views and his expertise, and i certainly, while i may differ in my opinion, i ertainly would never, ever think that his motives are impure because they are not. he is very sincere and very driven to help. but here is

mr. gallego, for five minutes. mr. gallego: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. thank you, mr. speaker. this morning as i continue highlighting places in the 23rd district which comprises nearly 24% of the land area of texas, i'd like to talk about the city of brackettville. with a population of a little over 1,500 people, it is a small town with a big history. located as the county seat in kenny county, brackettville was once the drive-in movie capital of texas. it was founded in 1852 as the name of a nearby spring and creek that it feeds. the town initially was a supply stop on the old san antonio to el paso road, and it was a supply depot for the u.s. army's fort clark, which was also established in 1852. the town was first called bracket after oscar b. bracket, the owner of the first dry good store in the area and it's a name that still sticks among locals. in 1873 when a post office opened in the town, the ville was added to brackettville in order to differentiate it from a different town. the town expanded the gar

mr. gallego. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. gallego: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to rise in support of the conference committee report asking all of our members to support it and i congratulate the chairman, with whom i had a rather spirited conversation on this floor, as well as the ranking member on accomplishing the first step, i think and it is the first step but it is a significant step. i'm particularly proud that two of the provisions that i came to this floor that i argued for, being additional facilities, including an expansion of the facility in san antonio, as well as additional support personnel and medical personnel, health care personnel are included in this bill. but this bill includes so much more. a graduate medical education component, in addition, educational opportunities for spouses and families. so this is an incredible first step. i, again, want to underscore my thanks to the chairman, to the ranking member, to the members of the conference committee. and this is a great first step putting us in t

mr. gallego of texas. at the end of the bill before the short title, insert the follow, title, additional general provision. section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to implement or enforce revenue ruling 212, 2012-18 or any guidance of the same substance. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. crenshaw: i reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. the chair: a point of order is reserved. pursuant to house resolution 661, the gentleman from texas and a member -- and the gentleman from florida each control five minutes. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. gallego: as the gentleman knows, i find several government agencies frustrating, one of the most frustrating is the internal revenue services. ne of their tasks deals with wages when they were meant to be tipped. there's a tremendous difference not only to the employer but to the employee as to whether a wage is classified as a wage or whether it's classified as a gratu

mr. gallego of texas for today and mr. marine o'owe he -- mr. marino of pennsylvania for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i move that the house now adjourn. 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 >> what areas of the federal government does it fund? $21.3 funding level is billion. treasury, irs, they're also looking at funding the fcc and commissions and small businesses. a bill includes a spending for the internal revenue service, how have the recent congressional investigations expect it -- impact of what is in the bill? >> a lot. there's a good handful of writers taking aim. especially targeting people for their first amendment rights and they are laying it on pretty thick. the ultimate level and this bill a 10.9 billion which is decrease from current funding levels. and this won't .5 billion less

mr. gallego, for five minutes. mr. allego: thank you, speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. thank you, mr. speaker. today i'd like to continue the journey through the 23rd district of texas and talk about kermit. kermit, texas, which many people know as being one of the communities in the center of all of the action with respect to the energy economy in texas, but i know it as the home of the yellow jackets. the yellowjackets who for years have been a formidable foe for my own alpine bucks. kermit started life -- the town started as a local trading and supply company, trading and supply depot for the ranches that dotted the west texas landscape. kermit gets its landscape not from a notable green frog, the first frog to communicate with humans, but instead it gets its name from kermit roosevelt, the only place in the united states that is named for the son of a former u.s. president, teddy roosevelt. kermit, texas, became the county seat of winkler county city like was a many of the othe

mr. gallego, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. today i'd like to continue the journey through the vastness of the 23rd district of texas and pass through a texas town with infamy. reputation for coutulla, everybody get their guns ready, that's what they would say which was established in 1881. in spite of its infamous start, they are common to early texas towns and became an early indicator of the social change that was to come to america. taking on issues such as civil rights and women's education. life in catula inspired a very young teacher, a man by the name of lyndon b. johnson who went on to serve as our country's 36th president, inspired him to lead the fight for change. president johnson taught mexican americans in the segregated public schools. early on he understood how education could pull a family, generations out of poverty and push them into the middle class. l.b.j., after his experience in catoula, once said this nation could never rest while the door to knowledge remained closed to any american. . education is the

mr. gallego, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. today as we continue our journey through the 23rd district, i'd like to travel to a small town some 40 miles west of san antonio, that would be hondo, texas. it's about 9.6 square miles of yukonic america. as you pass the city boundary, there is a sign "this is god's country, please don't drive through it like hell." hat sign, erected by the local lion's club in the 1930's, has been featured on postcards, it even made the cover of "national geographic magazine." i remember that sign even as a ittle kid long before i-10 was built and through 90 was the east-west highway from l.a. to florida. the original sign said "this is is god's country, don't drive through it like hell," but as you might imagine, it was a somewhat controversial sign for the 1930's, and so finally in the 1940's the word please was added to soften the tone and to placate those in town who found the sign a bit too harsh. today some 84 years after its installation that sign still serves as a not so subtle reminder to s

mr. gallego of texas. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to instruct. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-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 for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 201, the nays are 213. the motion is not adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the house will come to order. he house will come to order. he house will be in order. house will be in order. members take their conversations off the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> by direction of the committee on ways and means, i submit a privileged report to accompany h.res. 645 and h.res. 647 for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the tites. the clerk: report

mr. gallego: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 661 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for urther consideration of h.r. 5016. will the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, kindly take the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 5016 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2015, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, an amendment offered by the gentlewoman from california, ms. waters, had been disposed of and the bill had been read through page 152, line 15. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i like to strike the last word. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for ive minutes. >> mr. spe

mr. gallego: thank you. thank you to mr. rahall and, mr. speaker, i appreciate the opportunity. i'm constantly frustrated in this chailber by our inability to come to an agreement -- chamber by our inability to come to an agreement. and we're arguing whether a senate position sbetter and whether the house position is better. and the thing is the american people want action. one thing we can agree on is we do not have enough medical providers in our system. we see a lot of veterans and we try to force a lot of veterans with a small funnel with very few providers. in fact, if you look at the data recently as men and women come back from different places across the world like iraq and afghanistan, we have a much higher pronounce need than ever before for physicians to treat ptsd and yet we have fewer physicians able to do that because in that area of specialization we do not have enough medical care providers in the v.a. it seems pretty basic that one of the things we ought to be able to agree on is the fact that we need more health care providers in our system. you can leave aside