mr. hoyer: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: i thank the speaker, and i yield to my friend, the majority leader, mr. mccarthy of california. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, on monday the house will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. on tuesday and wednesday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business. on thursday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. last votes of the week are expected no later than 3:00 p.m. on friday no votes are expected in the house. mr. speaker, the house will consider a number of suspensions next week, a complete list

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, the problem with that suggestion, ma the -- the majority leader makes is, the export-import bank will be out of business. and if that happens, speaker boehner has said, it's going to adversely effect jobs in america. it will adversely affect the ability of small, medium and large businesses to sell our goods overseas. by people working here in america. the export-import bank is about jobs. and to simply let it twist in the wind and let it be unauthorized simply because of inattention, when it has the majority of votes on this floor, mr. speaker, i've said that over and over again and have not been contradicted. there are 60 republicans who sponsored the export-import bank's re-authorization. there are 188 democrats or at least 185 democrats who will vote for it. that's 249 votes. all you need is 21. there is no doubt that the --here is no doubt that the export-import bank has the votes to pass this house and the senate. and yet we fiddle while jobs are being burned. mr. speak

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. first let me say the extraordinary respect i have for the gentleman from rhode island mr. langevin. i had the honor of sponsoring the americans with disabilities act in 1989 and 1990 and passed it in 1990 and it was signed then by then george h.w. bush. it was called the americans with disabilities act but should have been called americans with abilities act and should have been called that because its inat the present time was to focus on what people could do, what people would do, what people wanted to do. mr. langevin, is a perfect example of an extraordinary person with great ability, who has a wheelchair. he has a wheelchair because he has a mobility impairment that we don't have. but in serving with our colleague, he is extraordinarily able and he represents his constituency with great energy great intellect and great integrity. i'm pleased to join him in this special order. we introduced a resolution and it is not the practice of the house to bring commemorative resolutions to t

mr. hoyer: i now yield to my friend. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. mr. speaker, on monday, no votes are expected in the house. on tuesday the house will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. votes will be postponed until 6:30. on wednesday and thursday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business. on friday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business, last votes of the week are expected to no -- expected no later than 3:00 p.m. mr. speaker, the house will consider a number of suspensions next week, a complete list of which will be announced by close of business tomorrow. in addition the house will consider h.r. 1734, the improving coal combustion residual regulation act, sponsored by representative david mckinley. this bill is essential to protect and create jobs. if we do not act, the e.p.a. will replace the existing successful state-based regulatory program wi

the speaker pro tempore: the democratic whip, mr. hoyer, is recognized for three minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank you mr. speaker. i thank mr. polis from colorado. i rise in opposition to this rule. this is our last day in session before we leave for five weeks or six weeks. we then will have 13 days before the end of the fiscal year. we have a number of things that the american public expects us to do. that enjoys almost universal support on this floor and one of which enjoys a significant majority of support on this floor. mr. speaker let me quote the speaker of this house john boehner. quote, above all else he said as he assumed the speakership, we will welcome the battle of ideas encourage it, engage in it openly, honestly, and respectfully. as the chamber he went on to say closest to the people, he the -- the house works best when it is allowed to work its will. and he then asked all of us, i ask all members of this body to join me in recognizing this common truth. al gore, the former vice president of the united states would observe, however, that seems to be an inconvenient t

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, the problem with that suggestion, ma the -- the majority leader makes is, the export-import bank will be out of business. and if that happens, speaker boehner has said, it's going to adversely effect jobs in america. it will adversely affect the ability of small, medium and large businesses to sell our goods overseas. by people working here in america. the export-import bank is about jobs. and to simply let it twist in the wind and let it be unauthorized simply because of inattention, when it has the majority of votes on this floor, mr. speaker, i've said that over and over again and have not been contradicted. there are 60 republicans who sponsored the export-import bank's re-authorization. there are 188 democrats or at least 185 democrats who will vote for it. that's 249 votes. all you need is 21. there is no doubt that the -- 218. there is no doubt that the export-import bank has the votes to pass this house and the senate. and yet we fiddle while jobs are being burned. mr

so again i thank mr. hoyer, mr. garamendi, and everyone else who's worked to shape this strong manufacturing agenda, i'm proud to be a part of it, and i yield back the balance of my time. mr. garamendi: thank you so very very much. i think new hampshire's very fortunate to have your leadership on manufacturing. i think i want to go up there and watch your manufacturing week. i'm not running for president, so that's not why i'd go. i noticed that we have our leader who has put together this program over the last five years, has geared us up with the hearing last week from all of the members of the democratic caucus that have introduced legislation, mr. hoyer, you are our leader, you have made make it in america an american agenda. thank you so very much for that leadership. and thank you for being here. and last week's conference, we've got more work to do, we need to get all this legislation in place and i know with your leadership we got a good shot at it. mr. hoyer, welcome. mr. hoyer: i thank you very much mr. ga

mr. hoyer: my colleagues we have an opportunity in the next 48 hours to do three good things . one, keep the highway system going. it is irresponsible that we have not already done so. two, to make sure that the veterans administration has sufficient funds to keep our v.a. hospitals serving our veterans. and three, making sure that we are competitive with the rest of the world by adopting the fincher amendment and providing for exim bank's ability to create jobs and to make us competitive worldwide. we ought to do all three of those things. mr. speaker, you have said that you wanted to allow this house to work its will. 64 members of the united states senate voted to keep the exim bank in business. for america and for american jobs. there are in my opinion, mr. speaker, at least 240 votes on this floor to pass the fincher amendment, which is the kirk amendment in the senate. let's do it. let this house work its will. let's keep america competitive with the rest of the world. let's adopt the export-import bank, send it to the senate, have them send it to the president and help s

veasey: mr. hoyer, i thank you very much. i appreciate those very kind words about speaker wright and everybody in fort worth will appreciate those kind words as well. i would like to recognize leader nancy pelosi another member of congress who also served with speaker wright and someone that she was also very fond of and had the opportunity to talk with speaker wright a couple of years before his passing when she was down in fort worth. i recognize leader nancy pelosi. ms. pelosi: i thank the gentleman for yielding time on this very, very special order and afford the opportunity to visit with speaker wright as you mentioned in the recent past and number of visits to texas, i basked in his glow, because that's what we did here in the congress of the united states. when jim wright was the speaker, i served under his leadership, i was a relatively new member. and when he would come to this floor, to this well, to speak as the speaker of the house his oratory was just so compelling. people would stop what they were doing to list

e speaker pro teore: t chir recnizes thgentlen from maryland, mr. hoyer for five minute mr. hoyer: thank you mr. speaker. ask unanimous csent to revi and extend my remarks. he speaker pro tempore: without objection. hoyer:r. speaker there are daysn this house when morality and the values our cotr as articulated in the declaration of independence and in the constitution of r countr summons us o vote as americans. as moral representatives and representatives of e values of oucountry. today is such a day, my cleagues. ree demoatic amendments were adoed earlier in the nsideration of the interi bill that would en the practice of diplaying our selling confederate battle flagsnd flag merchandise in national parks and national park service cemeteries. those amendments were adopted by voice vote. they reflect the strong consensus in this country and hopefully in this congress that a symbol of slavery is a digs, segregation -- sedition segregation has no place in our national parks and cemeteries whose grounds have been hallowed by the veterans who rest there after having served and gi

mr. beyer: it's very good with nancy pelosi, steny hoyer, and others. that is the other thing, i am not seeing any of these desertions on policy become personal. i have not felt any impersonal problem. even coming out of committee meetings, the science committee or the natural resources committee, i may have voted against a republican friend's bill, and you come out into the hall together and realize these are classes in philosophy, but it's not personal. interviewer: when you ran for the house, you had a pretty contentious primary. how did you win? mr. beyer: there were 13 of us. campaigns are message and message delivery. the message that works the best for me was 40 years in business, lieutenant governor of the state, overseas ambassador. no one else had the resume and the experience to hit the ground running. we needed a congressman who would not be a newbie but someone who could be a factor right away, and that message worked. i also spent every waking minute running. i didn't read any books or watch any television or do anything else for those mon

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama is recognized for one hoyer. mr. byrne: mr. speaker, during consideration of this resolution all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. i now yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, penning which i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. byrne:00 mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. byrne: house resolution 369 provides a structured rule for consideration of h.r. 1734, the improving coal combustion residuals regulation asket 2015 and -- act of 2015, and h.r. 1599, the safe and accurate food labeling act of 2015. mr. speaker, when i'm back in southwest alabama for district travel, i spend a lot of time visiting with small business owners and holding town hall meetings. almost every event i hold someone mentions how regulations are having a negative impact on them, their business, and their employe