mr. gosar: mr. chairman, i rise today to offer a simple amendment that will save taxpayers money and prevent h.u.d. from hiringous counsel. this wasteful practice has been used by the agency and stifle investigations and limit overall transparency. mr. chairman, a recent report commissioned by a inspector general revealed that the philadelphia housing authority paid more than $30 million for legal services. that's nearly $10 million a year in outside legal fees for one public housing authority in this country. the inspector germ report stated, alarmingly the public housing authority could not support $4.5 million that it paid to outside attorneys during that period. the entire limited amount we reviewed raising questions about the propriety of the $26 million in payments that we did not review. in addition, the public housing authority made unnecessary payments of $1.1 million to obstruct the progress of the h.u.d. office. the public housing authority allowed an apparent conflict of interest to exis

schock of illinois, first amendment by mr. gosar of arizona, second amendment by mr. gosar of arizona, an amendment by mr. schiff from california, an amendment by mr. sessions of texas. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time on any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california, mr. denham on which further proceedings were postponed and the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. denham of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-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 com

mr. gosar of arizona. page 5, line 5, after the dollar amount insert reduced by $220,000. page 6, line 23, after the dollar amount insert increased by $220,000. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 616, the gentleman from arizona, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. gosar: i rise today to offer the simplest amendments. this amendment transfers $220,000 from the u.s. department of argue's wasteful and ineffective -- agriculture's wasteful and ineffective office bringing their appropriations in line with the president's request. it seems only fitting that the inspector general's office receive additional resources, particularly at the expense of the office it will most likely first investigate. in april of this year, the inspector general reported that the department's chief financial officer failed to comply with the improper payments information act for the third year in a row. the c.f.o. could have saved more than $514 mi

mr. gosar of arizona. at the end of the bill, before the short title insert the following, section, the amount otherwise made available by this act for department of housing and urban development, management and administration, executive offices, is hereby reduced by $2 million. the chair: the gentleman from arizona is recognized for five minutes. mr. gosar: madam chair, i rise today to offer an amendment to save taxpayers money and to hold a disorganized and wasteful department accountable for its actions and inactions. my amendment is very simple. it reduces the funding to the executive offices at the department of housing and urban development by $2 million. which brings their funding levels back to fiscal year 2014 levels. as always, i appreciate the work the committee does to put these bills and committee reports together. it is not an easy job. but i'm also glad that members are able to read their work and offer further input here on the house floor. since republicans took the house major

first amendment by mr. gosar of arizona. second amendment by mr. gosar of arizona. an amendment by mr. franks of arizona. the clerk will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 32 printed in the congressional record offered by the gentlewoman from california, ms. lee, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. cloim amendment number 32, printed in the congressional record offered by ms. lee of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a vorded -- a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-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 cover

the clerk: amendment offered by mr. gosar of arizona. at the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following, section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to procure any army air crew combat uniforms. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 6 , the gentleman from arizona and a member -- 62, the gentleman from arizona and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona for naive minutes -- for five minutes. mr. gosar: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today to offer a commonsense cost-saving amendment. it has been brought to my attention from numerous sources within my district that in 2009 the department of army fully phased out the c.w. 27-p army aviation flight uniform and moved to the army air crew combat uniform also known as the a--c-u. constituents of mine, many of whom are active duty, retired or friends and family of military personnel, have expressed a strong desire for the army to go back to the cw- 27-p uniform. there are multiple reasons to swit

mr. gosar: the fuels, number 154. mr. frelinghuysen: i reserve a point of order, madam chair.he chair: the chair will tell the gentleman from arizona that perhaps the number on the amendment may be incorrect. if the gentleman could come to he clerk for a second. the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. gosar of arizona. at the end of the bill before the short title insert the following -- section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to enter into any contract after the date of the enactment of this act for the procurement or production of any nonpetroleum-based fuel for use as the same purpose or as a drop in substitute for petroleum. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from arizona and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. gosar: thank you, madam chair. i rise today to offer a cost-saving amendment to the department of defense appropriations act for the fiscal year 2015. this is a straightforward amendment that will help bring defense spe

mr. gosar i thank the gentleman for yielding. i'd like to thank chairman miller and chairman lamborn for their continued leadership at the house veterans' affairs committee. mr. speaker, i rise before you to honor a great man who served this nation and its veterans for a lifetime of work. that is dr. cameron mckinley. the bill being considered here today, h.r. 1216, would designate the department of veterans affairs vet center in prescott, arizona, as the dr. cameron mckinley department of veterans affairs veterans center. he served in the u.s. marine corps reserve in shreveport, louisiana, from 1947 to 1949. he served with honor at the air force hospital during and after the vietnam war, providing therapy to military personnel and their families. later, he served with great distinction as the chief of sigh colk at the veterans affairs hospital in prescott, arizona, from 1981 to 1995. dr. mckinley spent decades confronting the pressing issues of posttraumatic stress disorder, also known as ptds

mr. gosar: thank you, madam chair. i rise today to offer a commonsense, cost-saving amendment to the department of defense appropriation act for the fiscal year 2015. specifically, my amendment prohibits the federal government from wasting more money on storage for eight patrol boats which have cost taxpayers $3 million, have never been used and have been sitting in storage for almost four years. recent media reports and an inspector general's report brought this issue to my attention and the wasteful spending involved is deplorable. in 2010 the federal government spent more than $3 million on patrol boats for the afghan national police that were never shipped to the land-locked afghanistan. even more troubling, the cost of each patrol boat was more than $265,000 each. "the washington post" has reported that similar patrol boats can be purchased in the united states for approximately $50,000 each. the office of inspector general for afghanistan was so concerned about this waste of taxpayer money that it conducted an in

guesser -- mr. gosar, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. gosar: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize the one-year anniversary of the tragic yarnel hill fire which took the lives of 19 firefighters in late june of 2013. the fire began when lightning struck approximately 30 miles southwest of prescott, arizona, off of highway 89 on june 28, 2013. the blaze burned approximately 8,400 acres and danieled more than 1,000 structures -- damaged more than 1,000 structures over a 50-day period. during the disaster 19 firefighters from the granite mountain hot shot agency crew lost their lives. the six deadliest -- sixth deadliest arizona wildfire overall. this historic day yielded the largest loss of fire fight life since september 11, 2001. to this day words cannot essex -- express my sadness and the depth of micon dolences to the families of these brave first responders. i will certainly remember this horrible tragedy for the rest of my life, as well as the public memorial service that was attended by more than 1,200 members of our comm

host: ok, mr. gosar. guest: there is a backward and sensitization program, you are exactly right, tom, that is wrong. it atop a patient's first, they put bureaucrats for us. -- it does not put patients first, it puts you bureaucrats first. it is not mandating that we're are seeing our veterans on a priority scale but being based upon the system by the way the bureaucrats have devised it. this has been seen to be dictated by the top down. -- it is aitter worthless bill that has bernie sanders' name on it. he is not going to punish working people in the government. guest: that is one of the trinity. you have a democratic-controlled senate, you have a republican controlled house. they still want the system to work. i do not see the system working unless you open it up and create a patient-centered model, but you also have to remember that that is not what the administration wants, either, because they will show you signs of what obamacare is coming, and if you unfold the v.a. and break it up, you are going t

go sar of arizona, second amendment by mr. gosar of arizona, and an amendment by mr. fleming. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion by representative gohmert. the clerk will report at the amendment. cloim amendment offered by mr. gohmert of tox. the speaker pro tempore: those in support of a recorded -- the chair: those in support of the recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-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 chair: on this vote the yeas are 160. the nays are 266. the amendment is not agreed. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, on which further proceedings were postponed