mr. rangel: mr. speaker and my members, this is more than just a trade bill. and i want to thank chairman rhine for making certain -- chairman ryan for making certain this did not come anywhere near the controversies that surround this in the trade area which he could have done but he made certain that this extension of agoa, the support for haiti and also the g.s.p. would not be surrounded with controversy but would move seamlessly. i want to thank also ed royce of the foreign affairs committee for being so cooperative in each stage of the way. it's a moving period for me because it hasn't been this type of cooperation between the house and the senate republican and democrats in a long time and it feels extremely good. and so i want to thank you for this and to realize that it's not just african countries. it's an expansion of what i think this great country is all about. it is not really just to exercise the economic power that we have but to explore the potential that other countries have especial

mr. rangel -- mr. brady, and the gentleman from new york, mr. rangel, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. brady: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 2570 currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. brady: mr. speaker i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. brady: mr. speaker, i stand in strong support of h.r. 2570, the strengthening medicare advantage through innovation and transparency for seniors act. this package is comprised of two policies and i'll let the sponsors who worked so hard to speak to them in more depth. the electronic health fairness act of 2015 is marked up -- was marked up by the committee back in february physicians practicing in the a.s.c. setting, by reducing meaningless burdens for lights of service that were left out of the requirements. this exemption only lasts until a.s.c.'s are able to catch up a

mr. rangel, who was an inspiration for agoo -- agoa and a major author mr. rangel. mr. rangel: this is a good day for america and good day for us in the house. there are so many people to thank for making today possible not just for the people in the developing countries in africa, but for americans who recognize that unless we can raise the level of survival in other countries then our country is not fulfilling its moral and economic obligations. i want to give a special thanks to the chairman of the ways and means committee. kind of rough listening to him talking about t.p.p., the transpacific partnership, because he knows and i know that if we wanted these bills pass, the concern by not what the multinationals want, but concern about the middle class. the middle class should get help by having infrastructure, can help by having education, all the things that are not democratic issues, but on this particular agoa bill that he thought that this standing alone did not have to get involved in the controversy that people had over the more controversial bill. and like he sa

mr. rangel who believes congress ought to do its job and pass the aumf. mr. rangel: ask unanimous consent to revise and stepped my remarks. mr. mcgovern, mr. jones ms. lee, i thought the house would be screaming at the opportunity to justify sending men and women to a different part of the world that we believe is of danger to the entire community. i'm so amazed that people are saying that this resolution calls for the immediate withdrawal of our troops. i don't read it that way. because i don't know of anything that justifies them being there and this could be screaming for a reason why the administration and members of congress want these troops there. i have no clue as to why people believe that these people have been fighting each other for thousands of years is a threat to my nation's national security. i don't know of any of my constituents that goes to sleep at night worried about isis invading their community. i do know because i'm old enough to remember that when the japanese struck pearl harbor immediately president roosevelt called the congress to d

mr. rangel. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i don't want to thank my colleague mr.ohnson for not drinking the kool-aid in the back against obamacare. obamacare. >> try that kool-aid. >> i can't try that kool-aid i was a former church boy and i thought that the right thing for americans to do was to believe that healthcare was a part of the pursuit of happiness. it doesn't even seem like a political thing. if a kid is sick and someone says you cannen have healthcare it should pain you see as human beings if a person goes to a doctor and finds out that the child has an illness, but he can't get insurance. if we find the good samaritan on the side of the road and we know that most people middle class people have insurance but that pofr sometimes restricts people from getting this it just seems to me that instead of tearing down the system where you know if in your hearts people are getting healthcare, that you would say, i don't like the way you've done it, mr. president. i don't like the way you democrats have done it. let us help you to do it better. but to take some

mr. rangel. >> thank you, mr. chairman but i do want to thank my colleague mr. johnson, for not drinking all that kool-aid that you have in the back against obamacare. people know we're trying to provide health care is very healthy and i certainly, i can't try that kool-aid because i was a former altar boy and i went to school and all the religions, and i just thought that the right thing for americans to do is to believe in health care was part -- it doesn't even seem like a political thing if a kid is sick and someone says that you can't have health care, it should paint us as human beings if a person goes to a doctor and find out that the child has a disease but he can't get insurance. if we find the good samaritan on the side of the road we know that most people, middle-class people have a choice but poverty sometimes restrict people from getting there. it just seems to me that instead of tearing out a system where you know in your hearts you for getting health care that you would say, i don't like the way you have done it mr. president. i don't like the way

mr. rangel. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i don't want to thank my colleague mr.ohnson for not drinking the kool-aid in the back against obamacare. obamacare. >> try that kool-aid. >> i can't try that kool-aid i was a former church boy and i thought that the right thing for americans to do was to believe that healthcare was a part of the pursuit of happiness. it doesn't even seem like a political thing. if a kid is sick and someone says you cannen have healthcare it should pain you see as human beings if a person goes to a doctor and finds out that the child has an illness, but he can't get insurance. if we find the good samaritan on the side of the road and we know that most people middle class people have insurance but that pofr sometimes restricts people from getting this it just seems to me that instead of tearing down the system where you know if in your hearts people are getting healthcare, that you would say, i don't like the way you've done it, mr. president. i don't like the way you democrats have done it. let us help you to do it better. but to take some

mr. rangel who believes congress ought to do its job and pass the aumf. mr. rangel: ask unanimous consent to revise and stepped my remarks. mr. mcgovern, mr. jones ms. lee, i thought the house would be screaming at the opportunity to justify sending men and women to a different part of the world that we believe is of danger to the entire community. i'm so amazed that people are saying that this resolution calls for the immediate withdrawal of our troops. i don't read it that way. because i don't know of anything that justifies them being there and this could be screaming for a reason why the administration and members of congress want these troops there. i have no clue as to why people believe that these people have been fighting each other for thousands of years is a threat to my nation's national security. i don't know of any of my constituents that goes to sleep at night worried about isis invading their community. i do know because i'm old enough to remember that when the japanese struck pearl harbor immediately president roosevelt called the congress to d

mr. rangel, instead we had the may 10 agreement. with the basic principles of how we should engage other countries. that is part of, and thank you mr. president, that is part of what the t.p.a. has as its goals, but we are dealing bilaterally one country at a time. this is a multilateral agreement with 11 other countries. 12 countries and growing. and we need, we need to slow this fast track down. i think it is possible. now, one of the questions that arises is the question of the trade adjustment act. most of us have not only voted for this, been champions of it over time. i was one of the first issues i dealt with when i came to the congress. speaking about myself again. it's really important but as some of my colleagues have said, our people would rather have a job than trade assistance. trade adjustment assistance. i talked about that red hot stove that people put their hand on when they go home. mr. cicilline talked about his district. mr. norcross about his. mr. boyle about his. and the list goes on and on. how do we say to the

mr. rangel, instead we had the may 10 agreement. with the basic principles of how we should engage other countries. that is part of, and thank you mr. president, that is part of what the t.p.a. has as its goals, but we are dealing bilaterally one country at a time. this is a multilateral agreement with 11 other countries. 12 countries and growing. and we need, we need to slow this fast track down. i think it is possible. now, one of the questions that arises is the question of the trade adjustment act. most of us have not only voted for this, been champions of it over time. i was one of the first issues i dealt with when i came to the congress. speaking about myself again. it's really important but as some of my colleagues have said, our people would rather have a job than trade assistance. trade adjustment assistance. i talked about that red hot stove that people put their hand on when they go home. mr. cicilline talked about his district. mr. norcross about his. mr. boyle about his. and the list goes on and on. how do we say to the

mr. rangel and i negotiated the peru free trade agreement with the government. let no one say i'm not for expanded trade. it had an annex relating to forestation and deforestation and illegal logging. why? because the amazon affects all of us and it affects trade. and so now what we have is language which if accepted here and then in the senate, would essentially preclude that kind of an agreement. that's what happens when you don't proceed on a truly bipartisan basis and there's no leverage for some of us. so also let me talk about currency. there is a provision in immigration, which could have an impact in terms of the negotiations. i don't know that there will be. but what i do know is that this amendment takes out the schumer amendment on currency. so let me just say a word. you put some language into this bill on currency. it's like every other negotiating objective. it's not even swiss cheese with lots of holes, it's the weakest kind of cheese that has no real substance to it except maybe a good taste but this has a bad taste. so those negotiating objectiv

mr. mcgwire's nomination. representatives meek, clay, murphy minge rangel and others stated that mr. mcgwire's senior executive experience in the financial service industry and leadership roles with nonprofit civic organizations working on public policy issues around the world make him distinctly qualified for this position. mr. mcgwire's highly relevant experience in his current experience at the department of commerce added to his extensive background working for both for-profit and nonprofit sectors make him an excellent choice to represent the united states at this institution that is so critical for global stability. i am confident that he will serve with distinction. gentry o. smith is currently a senior advisor at the bureau of diplomatic security. the office of foreign missions assists and regulates service for foreign missions in the united states, negotiates with foreign diplomatic representatives to improve operating conditions for the u.s. diplomatic missions and personnel abroad, assures that the u.s. diplomatic missions abroad receive equivalent treatment with respect t

mr. johnson, for not drinking all of that kool-aid that you had in the back against obamacare. >> charlie rangel there. so this coming one day after president obama took on his critics, saying the aca is now embedded in the country's health care system and the supreme court should not strike down the law subsidies. >>> updating our top story this hour, the trial for those two escaped -- trail for the two escaped murderers in upstate new york appears to have gone cold. we've got richard matt and david sweat last seen in their cells on friday night. nbc news has spoken with a convicted murderer who testified in court against one of the escapees, richard matt. we agreed to disguise his voice and not divulge his name as he fears for his safety. he said this escape should not have surprised correction officers. >> i was shocked to hear that he escaped from clinton, and i was also not surprised. considering his past a lot more protection and staffing probably should have been called for. >> so nbc news also has spoken with the son of the prison worker authorities are questioning in regard to the escap

mr. levin: i have worked in all my years here to expand trade in ways that spread its benefits to the many not just to the few. charlie rangel and i led the fight to include strong and enforcible labor and environmental provisions and to strike the right balance between innovation and access to medicines in the historic may 10 agreement of 2007. the trouble with this t.p.a. is that it means no meaningful provisions whatsoever in t.p.p. on currency manipulation, which has destroyed millions of middle class american jobs and allows investors to challenge american health and environmental regulations and others not through the american legal system but through unregulated, arbitration panels. it's about a t.p.p. going in the wrong direction on access to medicines and in some important ways environmental protections. and it's about countries like mexico that deny their workers basic labor rights to gain and uncompetitive advantage over our companies and workers. and vietnam and ma lashesea who stand in clear violation of the may 10 provisions on international worker rights with no plan we know of. in that sense it's secret of a

mr. levin: i have worked in all my years here to expand trade in ways that spread its benefits to the many not just to the few. charlie rangeld i led the fight to include strong and enforcible labor and environmental provisions and to strike the right balance between innovation and access to medicines in the historic may 10 agreement of 2007. the trouble with this t.p.a. is that it means no meaningful provisions whatsoever in t.p.p. on currency manipulation, which has destroyed millions of middle class american jobs and allows investors to challenge american health and environmental regulations and others not through the american legal system but through unregulated, arbitration panels. it's about a t.p.p. going in the wrong direction on access to medicines and in some important ways environmental protections. and it's about countries like mexico that deny their workers basic labor rights to gain and uncompetitive advantage over our companies and workers. and vietnam and ma lashesea who stand in clear violation of the may 10 provisions on international worker rights with no plan we know of. in that sense it's secret of a t.p