mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on h.r. 5759. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i recognize myself for such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. goodlatte: thank you, mr. speaker. i urge my colleagues to support mr. yoho's important bill, the preventing executive overreach on immigration act of 2014. president obama has just announced one of the biggest constitutional power grabs ever by a president. he has declared unilaterally that by his own estimation more than four million unlawful immigrants will be free from the legal consequences of their lawless actions. not only that, he will in addition bestow upon them gifts such as work authorization and other immigration benefits. this, despite the fact that president obama has state

mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i yield myself 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. goodlatte: to clarify a couple things. first of all, it's not true that house of representatives has not acted to fix our broken immigration system. first of all, last summer we passed two bills, one from the appropriations committee and e -- the jurisdiction of the judiciary committee, that did just that, to provide resources to secure our borders to stop the surge illegal immigrants coming into our country and to make sure that similarly unconstitutional daca program that the president implemented earlier was frozen and could not proceed further. so to me that's simply not true. second, to say that president's going to require people who -- the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. mr. goodlatte: i yield myself an additional 15 seconds to say that fact of the matter is that en you talk about taxes, there's no requirement in the president's executive orde

mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, may i inquire how much time is remaining on each side? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia has 14 1/2 minutes remaining. and the gentleman from michigan has 14 1/4 minutes remaining. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, at this time it's my pleasure to yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. mcclintock. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. mcclintock: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, this transcends the issue of illegal immigration. the president's action has crossed a very bright line that separates the american republic that prides itself on being a nation of laws and not of men from those unhappy regimes whose rulers boast that law is in their mouths. it's true that throughout the nation's history presidents have tested the limits of their authority, but this is the first time a chief executive who is charged with the responsibility to take care that the laws be faithfully executed

mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i recognize myself for such time as i may consume. today we take an important step toward preventing the taxpayer-funded bailouts that characterized the 2008 financial cry sills. the legislation before us -- crisis. the legislation before us, the financial institution bankruptcy act, enhances the bankruptcy code to facilitate resolution of a failing financial institution through the bankruptcy proelse is. in doing so, this will help to ensure that private creditors, not taxpayers, bear the losses related to a failing financial institution. the financial institution bankruptcy act is the culmination of years of research by the judiciary committee, other committees and experts from the financial regulatory, legal and academic communities who helped to examine how best to prevent another financial crisis from occurring and avert the use of taxpayer moneys to bail out failing firms. the judiciary committee has participated in and promoted this review with the aim of examining whe

mr. goodlatte. mr. gutierrez: maria's youngest is a u.s. citizen.ut maria wants to work and live legally in the u.s. she told me, i'm too scared to leave the house unless i have to. we drive to school, church, and grocery storks that's it. maria knows anything else is too risky because any contact with the police could mean she gets deported and her family is split up. so today i give thanks that maria an her family in just a few months will sign up for that same peace of mind my family had because she's be eligible for deferred action for parents of u.s. citizens. i'll think of maria and her children no matter how many times the republican majority makes me vote on bills to attack the president's actions that he's taken because they will prevent american citizen children from losing their parents. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from