mr. schrader: mr. speaker, i rise today to acknowledge the significant milestone for the confed rated tribes of the community of oregon. this friday, november 22, 2013, marks the 30th anniversary of the grand ron drives restoration federally recognized tribe. the confederated tribes of grand rock has indian tribes who live in western oregon, southern washington and northern california. this confederation of tribes was created almost 160 years ago when the federal government forced these tribes onto the indian reservation in order to make room for the expanding settler population. before the settlers arrived on the west coast, there were more than 60 tribes living more than oregon's stretch of the pacific ocean. they were there for over thousands of years. as they went there they began to -- conflict ensued. by the 1850's, the united states government, in an effort to end the conflict, opened up the lands for the settlers and initiated treaty making for the tribes. the united states and the tribes enter

mr. schrader could not find insurance in the individual market. no insurance company would cover him. he did what people locked out of the market do, he went without care. after months of ignoring care, for areeter went in colonoscopy, he could not afford one. the only one -- the only way he could get it was from a doctor who agreed to take half payment now and half when he could afford it. he had advanced: cancer -- advanced colon cancer. his doctor said this "it was heartbreaking to see the paint on his face, the real train wreck is what people are experiencing every day because they cannot afford care." mr. streeter is the second patient the doctor had put off seeing because of a lack of health insurance and now has advanced colon cancer. he has a tough road ahead of him, but now he does not have to worry about paying for treatment. he signed up for health insurance starting january 1, which cannot turn him down because of his pre-existing condition. we passed to the affordable care act so that this would never happen to another family. millions of americans are shopping on new hea

mr. schrader. you.ank i appreciate the opportunity to be a part of this conference. as a relatively new member, we make up one third of the house of representatives these days, my experience in the committee in the last congress and this congress was unequivocally the high point of my service here. the way that we worked together, the difference we show each the respect we showed each other was emblematic of what i thought we signed up for when i became a member of congress. i would like us to remember that. there are a lot of ways to get divided here. we agreed on a number of ways that our colleagues have alluded to. conservation programs, modernization before history, you know there is a whole host of things that i think we could agree on. we should emphasize, though, there are still some big issues to come, we are modernizing american daily pop -- dairy policy. there is some concern about it being an open-ended draw at taxpayer expense and i expect this move to deal with that issue. we have the same discussion going on, frankly, with some of our nutrition programs