but unfortunately mr. payneke it, so michael decided he was going to continue making these videos. he was going to continue dancing in the name of mr. payne. and to talk to us more about his journey, we have michael via skype right this minute. welcome to the show, michael. what does it feel like to have that positive influence on people? >> i'm hoping the video -- i'm not really looking for myself to inspire. >> do you feel like you're getting benefit off it though? people all over the world talk about the restorative benefits of a positive mental attitude. you seem to have that? >> i love dancing. i love talking. i talk a lot. a lot of people on the floor, a lot of patients. >> you say other patients are saying this. do you go down the hallways and give them a show? >> i talked to the nurses to show them the videos but they won't do it. so i post it onto groups -- cancer groups, leukemia groups. everyone just shares it and leaves positive comments and how much it inspires them. >> have any of the doctors or nu

the clerk: leave of absence requested for mr. payne of new jersey for march 23, 2017. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request s granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet on monday, march 27, 2017, when it will convene at noon for morning hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative usiness. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the house -- >> mr. speaker, i move the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned mr. hoyer: who was indefatigable in her work to ensure that every american would have the security of the availability of health insurance. this bill went down today. it went down today because the majority of the representatives of the american people in the house of representatives thought this was a bad bill. went in the wrong direction. left 24 mill

mr. payne: under this plan, millions of americans will lose their health insurance and millions of other families will pay more for worse coverage. and at the again. mr. payne: same time, the republicans -- the republican bill rolls back medicaid expansion and allows insurers to charge older enrollees more. we always knee the house republican plan would harm the most vulnerable americans but we still do not know how much this bill will cost and how many americans it will cover. now house republicans prefer this way. they know that their bill will cover far fewer people than the affordable care act does. they can hide -- they want to hide this fact from the american people and rush this bill through committee. mr. speaker, this is an obvious and embarrassing display of cowardice from the house republicans. the american people deserve to know the consequences of this bill just as they deserve quality and affordable access to health care. with the republican plan it looks like america will -- the

mr. payne: their hard work this season has paid off and they now advance to play northwestern tonight. i'd like to congratulate the first-year head coach steve keuchel, and the entire rutgers program. following their win, the coach said that the team learned how to compete this year. last night it certainly showed and i look forward to watching the scarlet knights play tonight and wish them continued success in the tournament. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, it's no surprise, pakistan is not the friend they portray themselves to be. mr. poe: they are devious, deceptive and disloyal ally. for years, they have supported the taliban by providing them cover, cash, and weapons. however, this benedict arnold ally is among the leading

mr. payne: mr. speaker, last night president trump delivered a speech that was long on campaign themes, but short on specifics. it seems the president is more interested in political theater than leadership. and it showed. he was very vague on every topic he discussed, from health care to trade to tax reform. the campaign is over. but it's clear president trump hasn't moved on. where is his interest in governing and in leading this nation? i don't see it. just the day before, in his speech he discovered that health care is unbelievably complex. every day since the inauguration president trump has shown that he is ill-prepared, ill-temperaturered and ill-informed -- ill-tempered and ill-informed and he does not understand what governing is about. his speech did not change that. it is time for president trump to stop talking about bringing this country together and actually make an effort to do so. he needs to engage congress, including the congressional plaque caucus. he needs to move -- black caucus

marino of pennsylvania for today and tomorrow and mr. payne of new jersey for today and tomorrow. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2017, the gentlewoman from washington, ms. jayapal is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minoritylead -- of the leader. >> i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jy pal: i rise to speak -- ms. jayapal: i rise to spk about the budget that has just be released by this president. i'd like to say, mr. speaker, that while it's being called a skinny budget, we call it the billionaire's budget. to it's the same misguided rambling, unfocused, bletted give away to rich and corporate interests that has been offered for years. and my belief is that a budget is a statement of our values. this budget ensures that the rich get richer at the cost of working people, the environment, and the

marino of h of pennsylvania for today, mr. payne of new jersey and mr. rush for march 15 through march 24. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. he requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2017, the gentleman from georgia, mr. ferguson, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. ferguson: for the last 25 years, i practiced den ties try and experienced the health care system that was in repair to increase access to care. after the affordable care act was signed into law i saw my patients, friends and neighbors forced away fr doctors and instead of decreasing costs, patients saw their access to care limited. i want what is best for my patients and those are the people that i'm fighting for. my neighbors and constituents o saw their premiums skile rocketed. i'm committed that i would repeal to obamacare and undo the damage. the legislation we are currently considering in the house is just the beginning of keeping that promise. this is not a choice between a broken health care system, but a

the clerk: leave of absence requested for mr. payne of new jersey for monday, march 20, through wednesday, march 22. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request s granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2017, the gentlewoman from washington, ms. jayapal, is recognized for 60 minutes as designee of the minority leadership. ms. jayapal: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jayapal: thank you, mr. speaker. tomorrow, we will be voting on the american health care act. we are doing this in spite of the fact we just found out there is an even more dire and harsh plan. we still have not received the congressional budget office's estimates of what that plan will do, but we do know that trumpcare will throw at least 24 million people off of their health care. and tonight for the next hour, i am proud to help

payne wary. i want to thank mr. kohl for allowing me to get appeared today and i hope you all can join us at a time. thank you. [applause] >> we are squeezing a few more members of the family had. but we are doing it. i first learned about daniel murray back when i was a young library is before it given the center for the book was created which was 39 years ago. i've learned that i was in the collections librarian and i was assigned to work on a collection called the color doppler collection that has many labels across the front of them. the library the congress decided to do some things about this collection of oral good. part of it was to put an end to the collection and part of it to start up the valuable pamphlets they were going to be part of debris division. and a partner. dorothy who is the director of the howard library and she helped me out this and we sorted many of the duplicate than some of the special books for the daniel murray collection that was left after mr. murray died were made part of the librar

bipartisan colleague, professor payne and i said donald trump has a disturbing mystery at the middle of his finances. he denies russian financial connections, but his son before mr. trump ran for president said, they see a lot of russia money in their businesses and russia is very important to their assets. so we need answers to whether mr. donald trump has financial incentives for his bizarre -- >> what does it have to do with the information and when and how nunes got it? >> two words. cover-up. this goes to the whole strange keystone cop affair of mr. nunes, who is a close trump associate. he sat on the transition team. running to the white house. remember, there are questions about whether he was honest. he said it was not a white house source. hiding it from the committee. parsing through the data in the white house. it has the smack of a cover-up. the critical question is why is donald trump instead of saying as matt's boss would have said, let the chips fall. we'll cooperate. why is he furiously denying and stonewalling? can it be because he has financial ties he does not want revealed? >> matt, your response. >> my response is the following. i don't know

the clerk: leave of absence requested for mr. payne of new jersey for march 23, 2017. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted.