mr. pitts: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules s. 1558, the children's hospital g.m.e. support re-authorization act of 2013. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: an act to amend the public service act to support medical graduate program in children's hospitals. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. pitts, and the gentleman from texas, mr. green, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. pitts: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and xtend their remarks and insert extraneous materials in the record on the bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. pitts: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pitts: mr. speaker, i'm glad that today we will pass a bill that will help keep american children healthy. today the house c

mr. pitte, he said, how is it legal for -- okay, we're going to play it now. >> how does someone kind of basically know that there's going to be a bid and be allowed to accumulate stock? classically, that would be front money. if we had an s.e.c. that was on the case, i think that they would opine on this. they're not going to. this is going to be blessed, i believe. everything's going to be fine. it's unfortunate because i don't think it is the way that things should be done. but being right and being legal are two different things. >> what do you think? is it illegal? >> i don't think there's enough of a basis to suggest that what happened is illegal. one would have to know when ackman started negotiating with valiant. but what is clear is that prior to his consummating an actual deal with valiant, he was in the marketplace, and my suspicion is the s.e.c. will look at that. and try to determine the facts to see whether he was front running valiant's bid. that's the real issue. >> here's what

mr. pitts: mr. speaker, i'm very pleased to ask all members to support s. 1557, a very important legislation, with bipartisan support, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass senate bill 1557. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approxim give the president some wide latitude in terms of sanctions on officials that are deemed to be destabilizing. econd one is a counterpropaganda. sort of countermessaging bill that would increase funding for broadcasting in ukraine, crimea and the region and the idea there, according to the bill text itself is that television ations in crimea have been