mr. gutierrez: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to

mr. gutiÉrrez.f all of us, i recognize your need on the floor , in committee, and your constituents waiting on you, and the fact that the four of you would take the time and testify, we are grateful for your perspective and insight. we have another panel, so we will stand down for a moment, while the three of you go about, and mr. gutiÉrrez will hopefully join us. with that, we will be in recess for about five minutes. with thel continue rest of this hearing after a short break. the house returns tuesday at noon eastern time for general speeches, 2:00 p.m. for legislative work. on the agenda, a bill focused on transportation and housing programs next year. housing leaders will also take on -- house leaders will also take on a bill addressing the doubling of student loan interest rates. the latest version was approved wednesday by a vote of 81-18. monday.te returns they will begin the week by debating the nomination of james comey to be the director of the fbi. a vote is expected at 5:30 eastern mond

mr. gutierrez will join us. we will be in recess for five minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> i want to thank our first panel for the time and expertise and turn our attention to our second group of witnesses. we will begin with nonmember witnesses by having you rise and take and no. if you would all please rise and lift your right hands. to use with the testimony you're about to give is the truth all truth, nothing but the troops help you god? led all -- with the record reflect all witnesses answered in the affirmative. you may be seated. thank you. i am going to the read all of your biographies and then recognize you individually for your 5-minute opening statement. we will start with dr. barrett duke, vice-president of policy and research, institute of the southern baptist apply christianity was them with the group since 1997. graduating with a ba from criswell college receiving a master's with honors and oral testament studies in 1985 from denver conservative baptist seminary and a ph.d. in religious and steady from the joint doctoral program o

mr. gutierrez: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. fleming: president obama says he now has serious ideas about taxes and job creation. i'd like to take him seriously but the truth is, the president has spent the last four and a half years hammering the nation's businesses with taxes, regulations and obamacare. his business mandate has already forced many small businesses to convert fall-time jobs to part-time jobs. and let's remember, the jobs that have already dissipated due to the medical dice companies that are reducing employees to pay a new obamacare excise tax. one company has already terminated more than 1,000 workers. as for taxes, the president's fiscal cliff deal pushes tacks up to as much as 45% for many small business owners and investors. that simply diminishes their incentive to move forward with

mr. gutierrez.ank you, chairman gowdy and ranking member lofgren for inviting me to testify today. 12 years ago i introduced the first bill to legalize the status of young people brought to this country by their parents. the immigrant children's educational advantage and dropout prevention act, 2001. since i introduced that first bill, the movement for legal immigration, for immigration reform and legalization has grown broader and deeper. in every community today there are young people, religious people, women, business owners, immigrant moms and dads, and regular civic-minded u.s. citizens organizing to make sure we pass immigration reform this year in the u.s. congress. over the august recess members of this committee and members of the house of representatives will see firsthand the desire for reform is real and present in their communities across this nation. we have recently heard the speaker of the house and the majority leader and a wide array of republican voices say they are for legalizing

mr. gutierrez. >> thank you, chairman and ranking member lofgren for allowing me to testify.and to chairman goodlatte for joining us as he has during all of these hearings. 12 years ago i introduced the first bill to legalize the status of young people brought to this country by their parents. the immigrant children's educational advantage and dropout prevention act, 2001. since i introduced at first-- that first bill, the movement legal immigration, immigration reform and legalization has grown broader and deeper. in every community today there are young people, religious people, women, business owners, immigrant moms and dads, and regular civic minded u.s. citizens are organizing to make sure we pass immigration reform this year in the u.s. congress. over the august recess members of this committee and members of the house of representatives will see that the desire for reform is real and present in their communities across the nation. we have heard the speaker of the house and the majority leader and a wide array of republican voices they are for legalizing the status of children under c

gutierrez, democrat from illinois. a member of the hispanic caucus. representative trey gowdy says there is aren't enough republican who's share mr. king's views to derail immigration reform. but mr. king refuses even to apologize when he's pursued by reporters. so i ask you, do these idiotic reap prehenceable comments detract from the progressing that house republicans may have been making on immigration? >> they may hurt the republican party and their standing, but since we're into numerical equations let me give you this one. there are 25 good, decent republicans for every steve king in the republican caucus of the congress of the united states. i'm working with some of them. one of them is trey dowdy, another is paul ryan and other members, raul labrador and other member who's want to bringing about comprehensive reform. last weekend i was in