mr. hinojosa: mr. speaker, morph that the house suspend the rules -- i move that the house suspend the rules and concur in the senate amendment to h.r. 1777. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1777, an act to make technical corrections to the higher education act of 1965, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr. hinojosa, and the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. hinojosa: mr. speaker, i request five legislative days during which members may revise and extend and insert extraneous material on h.r. 1777 into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hinojosa: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hinojosa: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 1777, a bill to make technical corrections to h.r. 4137, which is the higher

mr. hinojosa is next. >> i'll set another commitment and i will you back my time and listen to my colleagues ask their questions. >> once you yield your time -- >> i yield my time to the gentlewoman from new york, miss mccarthy. >> i thank the gentleman for his time. listening to the testimony from the first panel and this panel, one of the things i'm going to be focusing on, i spent 32 years as a nurse, the nursing shortage in this country is severe. not only the nursing shortage that all health-care workers, plus primary care doctors. i don't see how this plan can work without the work force behind it. we have some initiatives in this bill that will work toward doctors and nurses, but the public health centers, if that is -- especially for those who have the insurance. i grew up in the public health center. that is where i went for my medical care, my polio shots, all of that, my mother and father didn't have health care insurance. there's nothing wrong with that as long as we teach the patient, give the patient the dignity that they should deserve wherever they go to get an examination. t