mr. pallone: thank you, mr. chairman. i urge opposition to the amendment and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from north carolina. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion -- in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the amendment is adopted. mr. pallone: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceed thonings amendment offered by the gentleman from north carolina will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 31 printed in house report 114-359. for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? ms. castor: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 31 printed in house report 114 will have 359, offered by ms. castor of florida. the chair: the gentlelady from florida, ms. castor and a member opposed each will control phi minutes. the gentlelady is recognized. ms. ca

mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes now to the gentlewoman from california, ms. chu. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. ms. chu: this week something historic is happening. leaders from 195 countries are meeting in paris to discuss a global solution to a global problem, climate change. there's no denying it anymore. climate change is real. human activity is contributing to it, and without action, the results will be catastrophic. yet, while the nations of the world gather in agreement and concern, what are the house republicans doing? rejecting science and reversing what progress we've made. these disapproval resolutions effectively gut e.p.a.'s clean power plan and carbon pollution tandards for power plants by -- power plants. by attacking the e.p.a., republicans are releasing more of the dangerous emissions that we know contribute to global warming. this is reckless. not only do these resolutions ignore the warnings of the scientific community by reversing progress

mr. pallone. mr. pallone: i just want to leaped my support to the legislation on grid resiliency and i think it's very important and i appreciate the gentlewoman putting it forward. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady from texas. ms. jackson lee: at the appropriate time i would like to add into the record the letter and the house committee on defense and veterans affairs. the chair: that request is covered by general leave. ms. jackson lee: let me conclude by saying i thank mr. up ton and to -- upton and mr. pallone revise the amendment. to say this report on increasing methods to increase the electric grid resilience with respect to all threats, the report would go to the congress and i thank them very much and i ask my colleagues to support the jackson lee amendment and i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment as modified offered by the gentlelady from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment, as modified, is a

mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i just wanted to comment in closing on two issues that keep coming up on the republican side, one is this notion which i think the g.o.p. -- mr. scalise talked about the president's war on coal. nothing could be further from the truth. i agree the transition away from coal is contributing to job losses in the coal industry. in setting aside these rules will not alter this trend. there are too many changes occurring in the power sector. technology, including smart grid, energy storage, energy efficiency, micro grids, all of these are maturing and being incorporated at a faster pace and they call into question the ld grid model that was centralized. in concerns should be motivating to help these people and their communities to transition to other good paying jobs. setting aside this rule isn't going to replace the job security. instead of wasting time to hold back progress and ignore climate change we should be working together to address this challenge and this rule moves us forward an

mr. pallone. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we are here today for yet another hearing to attack the affordable care act since the august recess the majority of the subcommittee since having dedicated to undermining the law. the majority is called in the state exchange is an cms to criticize of them come and get burdened them with massive document requests in the middle of the open enrollment. i do not mean to suggest that we should not be doing oversight of the invitation of the aca, but what we are seeing from my republican colleagues is not that was oversight designed to improve the law. instead the majority's efforts are simply designed to hamper implementation and undermined the affordable care act regardless of the facts but, frankly, it's incredibly frustrating to hear time and time again listening to my republican colleagues late into the administration's witnesses, criticize the efforts of the department without any sense of perspective on historic gains and coverage of that energy. i would've hoped by this point nearly

mr. pallone. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. pallone: i'd like to rise in support of the 9/11 health provisions that are in the omnibus bill that we will be voting on tomorrow. this is a major victory, bipartisan victory, i should say. in our committee, the energy and commerce committee, we had the health portion of the bill which basically provides specialized health care for those first responders and survivors on 9/11. i cannot tell, mr. speaker, how important this is. in my own state of new jersey, we have a clinic where we help about 5,000, mostly first responders. they need specialized health care. their problems get more severe as time goes on, and what we're doing with this legislation is making this program, this 9/11 health program and compensation -- victims compensation program permanent. it was authorized for five years. there was a cap on it. the cap has now been removed, and we know that those first responders now will get the kind of specialized health care that they need. i cannot emphasize how important this is.

mr. pallone each will control 20 minutes. mr.pton: i ask that members may have five legislative days to insert extraneous materials on the record on the bill. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. upton: i would rise today in strong support of h.r. 1321 the microbead-free waters act of 2015. franknered with my friend pallone from new jersey on this very important bill to begin the phase out of microbeads which is the size of a pinhead from personal care products on july 1, 2017. many folks might be wondering what is exactly a microbead. many of you at home are using products that contain micro beads. they are the tiny little scrubbers, toothpaste and nearly invisible, smaller than a pinhead. once they are flushed down the drain, that's when the problem begins. they are so small they flow through the water filtration systems including the great lakes. they are norm to absorb pollute apartments and mistaken by as food by fish. microbeads are causing mega problems. as

mr. pallone of new jersey. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 26 printed in house report 114-359, by the gentleman from north dakota, mr. cramer, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 26, printed in house report number 114-359, offered by mr. cramer of north dakota. 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 recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be 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

mr. ahn, you bring up some great points. i think you heard ranking member pallonealk about providing services to the un-banked in places where the infrastructure for check-to-bank does not exist, whether it be because of civil strife or warfare or poverty. so you actually could to some degree bridge that gap, could you not, with the devices that you're talking about? >> that's right. we have the opportunity through our phone ecosystem -- and remember we have over 700 million devices in market around the world. we are a global company. we have the opportunity through our application to provide payment solutions that are relevant for consumers. what we're doing in the united states with our recent launch of samsung pay is providing an opportunity for the user, the consumer, to pay at any merchant location, whether it's a big-box retailer like many of the mcx merchants for small pop-and-mom shops. we're in discussions as partners. we were designed to be a consoretia of the largest merchants. we think that we need to go beyond just large-box retailers into mom-and-pop

mr. pallone for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman.despite countless attempts by the republicans to repeal and undermine and defund the affordable care act, it is making affordable, comprehensive coverage a reality for american families. according to recent cdc data, the uninsured rate has dropped to a historic low of 9% down from 16%. so i want to ask administrator slavitt, can you put this in historic perspective? how significant is this drop in the uninsured rate, and can you comment on how the different coverage provisions of the aca have operated to result in these gains in insurance coverage? >> well, since at least i've been in health care in the early 1990s there's been very little progress. so these strike me as fairly significant improvements. i think they've come both from medicaid expansion as well as the offering of qualified health plans through the exchange. >> and you said, of course, that these gains really are historic, and i want to thank you for your contributions to making health insurance more affordable and avail

mr. pallone. >> thank you, mr. chairman.we're here today for yet another hearing to attack the affordable care act. since the august recess, the majority of the sub committee's hearings have been dedicated to undermining the law. the majority has called in the state exchanges and cms to criticize them, and they have burdened them with massive document requests in the middle of the open enrollment. i do not mean to suggest that we should not be doing oversight of the implementation of the aca, but what we're seeing from my republican colleagues is not balanced oversight. instead, the majority's efforts are designed to hamper implementation and undermine the affordable care act regardless of the facts. frankly, it's incredibly frustrating to sit here time and team again, listening to my republican colleagues lay into the administration's witnesses, criticize the efforts of their departments without any sense of perspective on the historic gains in coverage that have been achieved. i would have hoped that by this point nearly s

mr. smith: i want to thank chairman pitts for his extraordinary work on this legislation. green, o thank chairman pallone mr. upton for their strong support in this legislation. in the senate we had orrin hatch, frank burr, al franken who worked in a bipartisan way to ensure that this life-affirming, life-saving legislation not only made it through the senate but was beefed up, made stronger. this was, you know, people talk about the lack of bipartisanship. i do believe this is one of those bills where we've all come together to say whether it be bone marrow or adult stem cells in the form of cord blood that it be made available to as many people as possible in the most useable and efficacious way. mr. speaker, we know this, and i won't try not to be too redundant because i know the chairman explained it. the bill under consideration by the house does re-authorize through 2020 two critically important and complementary programs. cell w. "bill" young stem trant plantation program and the national cord blood inventory. it's especially important during this time of gift giving to re-authorize these life-aff

mr. ahn, you bring up some great points, and i think you've heard member pallone talk about services to the unbanked and places where the infrastructure for check to bank does not exist, whether it be because of civil strife or warfare or poverty, so you actually could some degree bridge that gap, could you not, with the devices that you're talking about? >> that's right. we have the opportunity through our phone ecosystem. and we are a global company. we have the opportunity through application to provide payment solutions that are relevant for consumers. what we're doing in the united states with our recent launch of samsung pay is providing an opportunity for the user, then consumer to pay at any merchant location, whether it's a big box retailer or small mom and pop shops. mcx, there are many partners within mcx. it is designed to be a large consortia of the largest merchants. however, we think that we need to go beyond just large box retailers into mom and pop stores. anywhere there's a transaction, we want to be there for the consumer. so having said that, i think it's in the early st

mr. pallone, five minutes. >> thank you, mr.chairman.d to ask professor hughes, consumers ability dispute unauthorized charges on a mobile payment varies to been on the payment method being used. for example, consumers luckily for unauthorized discharges autocratic or at a certain date is lower than on a debit card. so could you tell me what protections are available to consumers who do not have access to a credit or debit card and choose to link a mobile payment to their mobile phone bill? >> i did it again. there we go. i believe that you've hit upon a single greatest challenge from the consumer perspective. and this particularly effects unbanked and underbanked individuals. so the persons were using credit cards and debit cards have access to two federal statutes that it in place in one case or more than 40 years and at the case for 37 plus years. fair credit billing act and the -- you are correct their standards are slightly different. you have to report fast on an efp transaction that on a credit card transaction. and your liability