mr. pittenger. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pittenger: thank you, mr. speaker and mr. collins. i rise today on behalf of precious kilah davenport, a sweet little girl at the age of three years old was taken by her caregiver and bashed her head against the wall, kilah has suffered irreparable damage to the extent at this point, she is immobile and paralyzed and has suffered severe brain damage. you can see pictures right here of kilah, a young girl and then the next day, the condition that she's in. she's made some progress. her family is encouraged. they assist her 24/7. it's changed their lives. but to the credit of the davenport family, they wanted what occurred to their child to make sure that that never happened again. and they focus their attention and their efforts, their commitment to passing a law in north carolina where i live, and now we have a statute that gives a minimum sentence of 10 years anyone who's convicteded of this egregious child abuse. at this time, the sentence for such abuse was four years, maximum, six years. this type of sever

mr. pittenger. >> thank you for your service and for being here today. during the government shutdown the treasury department administration declared there were 90% of the treasury's 15,0009 irs employees deemed to be nonessential. including nearly every staffer of the financial crimes enforcement network and the office of foreign asset control. the treasury put out a statement on the state of affairs and it said this massively reduce staffing impairs ofac's abilities to execute terrorism financial intelligence broader efforts to combat money laundering and illicit finance, protecting the integrity of the u.s. financial system and disrupt the underpinnings of our adversaries. let me read some statements put out by the treasury on september september 27. it says the treasury assures the public that in the unfortunate case of a lapse of appropriations it will continue to provide certain critical functions. among them terrorism and financial intelligence offices will continue collection, analysis and reporting of intelligence as well as administration of th

mr. pittenger: in charlotte, jimmy is a supporter of -- jimmi sembings a supporter of project -- jimmie is a supporter of project lift, improving the graduation rate in some of charlotte's toughest neighborhoods. thank you, jimmie, for using your ontrack success to make a lasting impact in the lives of thousands of children. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks and address the house. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i rise today to speak about the benefits of obamacare. dennis denbow, a 63-year-old constituent of mine, spoke to our local newspaper to share his story. mr. denbow, who was laid off recently from his computer sales job, went to the california website and found that he and his wife will save $300 a month on a plan comparable to what they have now. a few weeks ago mr. denbow wrote to my office to tell me personally about his ex