mr. gerlach: i thank the speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on the subject of the bill under consideration. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. gerlach: i rise to urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan legislation that my colleague, mr. neal of massachusetts, and i believe will help make the upcoming flu season less miserable for millions of americans and avoid expensive hospital stays for those suffering with the flu. last december in the midst of a flu season in which the centers for disease control and prevention reported more than 12,000 people hospitalized with flu complications, and 149 deaths among children under the age of 18, the food and drug administration approved a new vaccine developed to fight the four-strain flu virus. but despite this development, it is imperative th

mr. gerlach and then dr. price. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. werfel, for being here today. my first question is would you agree that irs officials disclosing taxpayer information to outside groups or individuals is improper and, in fact, illegal? >> it is under section 6103, yes. >> what is the process if there's an allegation that an irs official did, in fact, the taxpayer information to an outside group or individual? what is the internal process if you can summarize it very quickly for handling of the investigation of that? >> so what happens is we refer the information or the allegations immediately to the inspector general. the inspector general makes one of two conclusions. one, it was intentional or, to come it was not. it was not in the next up is if you want process break down or control breakdown led to the unintentional release. we have the situations in merge and we make those process improvements. if the fine is that it was intentional thing is referred for further investigation which could be criminal or some other type of discipl

mr. gerlach and our capable staffers. in the senate this was done by unanimous consent. that's an important consideration. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. all time having been yielded back, the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 475. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. . . in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rule is suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. royce: i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1151. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1151, a bill to direct the secretary of state to develop a strategic -- strategy to obtain observer status for taiwan at the try enial international civil aviation organization assembly, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the g