i think that mr. haas raised some interesting and legitimate concerns. you know we're going to embark on this project to study the secretary of interior standards and any local application. i think it is so important that this is going to take several meetings i up. i think that it should be discussions in an atmosphere or a forum where we're not simply considering heritage reports. it should be broadened so other members of the historic preservation community have an you been opportunity pr i think we should invite them and they should express their feelings so we can get the broad it possible spectrum of opinion and pressure from all those various groups and that will better allow the historic preservation commission to evaluate the entire subject matter. we might not get back to this for many, many years. it's important we do it correctly. i'm not sure what the mechanism is i don't know if the professor would come to invest but i think we should have more than one meeting at which the various - well lobbying groups for the various positions are invite

i think that mr. haas raised some interesting and legitimate concerns. you know we're going to embark on this project to study the secretary of interior standards and any local application. i think it is so important that this is going to take several meetings i up. i think that it should be discussions in an atmosphere or a forum where we're not simply considering heritage reports. it should be broadened so other members of the historic preservation community have an you been opportunity pr i think we should invite them and they should express their feelings so we can get the broad it possible spectrum of opinion and pressure from all those various groups and that will better allow the historic preservation commission to

haas, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, in 2009, as the president traveled across the country campaigning for his signature health care takeover, he promised every american family that, quote, if you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. if you like your health plan, you'll be able to keep your health plan, period. no one can take it away no matter what, end of quote. he repeatedly made this clear promise over 20 times. as the failed rollout of obamacare continues, millions of americans have received policy cancellations. it is sad the president broke his promise to the american people. last week he was forced to say he was sorry for families who have lost their coverage. this week house republicans will pass a bill that protects hardworking americans from receiving cove

haas, clerk. the speaker: the house will be in order. members will please take their seats. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? mr. scalise: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from louisiana, the honorable vance m. mcallister, be permitted to take the oath of office today. his certificate of election has not yet arrived but there is no contest and no question has been raised with regard to his election. the speaker: without objection, so ordered. will representative-elect mcallister and the members of the louisiana delegation please present themselves in the well of the house. will all members rise. will the gentleman from louisiana, mr. mcallister, please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, and that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god. mr. mcall

mr. president with a piece of legislation that haas hot-lined -- that means that both sides have sent it around to every single office -- and all but one senator has agreed that we can pass it by unanimous consent. now, the senator has that right, has that right, and just as i have that right or the senator from west virginia or the senator from iowa has that right. and sometimes we exercise that right. but later this afternoon, we're going to be having a cloture volvote, a vote to move to this bill, and that cloture vote is going to succeed. there will be sufficient number of republican votes and a sufficient number of democrat votes to say, we're ready to deal with this. and why are we ready to deal with this? because commissioner hamburg of the food and drug administration told us at our hearing what would happen if we don't. she said this -- quote -- "we have a collective opportunity and responsibility to help prevent further tragedies. if we fail to act," the f.d.a. commissioner said, "this type of incident will happen again." it is a matter of when, not if, i'm afraid. if we fail t