mr. schrader: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate it. this really was a truly bipartisan, bicameral effort, including, as you already heard, impressive coalition ranging from farm bureau to the spca and 50 state veterinary medical associations. it's nice, i think the public should be reminded that while we have great differences in this body on many issues, there are also a lot of issues we agree on. this first six months has been a very productive session for this congress and this particular bill i think is noteworthy. it's a little bit of a shame we're actually here. in the early stages of drug enforcement agency's efforts to control the distribution and abuse of controlled substances, -type ssued a very blanket of rule that unfortunately scooped up veterinary medicine and animals that we've been able to avoid this issue for many, many years. it's one of those where for the last 100, 150 years, vet nearns have gone out to the farmers and ranchers. nowadays, even going home to home with mobile veterinary clinics, making sure those pati

mr. schrader for five minutes. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. mr. elmendorf how have projections for veteran health care change both before the enactment of the affordable care act and since the affordable edit -- care act has been put in place. >> between our 2010 long-term projections in and 2014 long-term projections we have reduced our projection of federal health care of federal health care spending as a share of gdp in 2039 by 1.5% 1.5% of gdp and that is a substantial reduction relative to what we had, down 3% so from 9.5% to 8% since 2010. i don't have a comparison of the long-term from before 2010. essentially the affordable care act as you know raise certain kinds of health care spending paid for that partly by cutting other health care spending and raised federal health care spending but what has happened since that point is we never served -- everyone has observed a grey grey slowing and federal health care grey slowing in federal health care. federal health care costs and private health care costs as well and we have done analysis to un

mr. schrader. >> thank you. mr. elmendorf, how have your projections for net federal health care spending changed from before enactment of the affordable care act and since the affordable care act has been in play? >> so as we show in this report, congressman, between our 2010 long-term projections and 2014 long-term projections, we reduced our projection of federal health care spending as a share of gdp in 2039 by 1.5% of gdp. that is a substantial reduction relative to what we had, down to 8% from. about 9.5% to 8% since 2010. i don't have a comparison over the long term from before 2010. essentially the affordable care act raised certain kinds of federal health care spending, paid for that partly by cutting some other kinds of federal health care spending, on balance we thought raised federal health care spending. what's happened since that point is that we have observed, everyone observed a great slowing in federal health care costs and in private health care costs, as well. we and others have done a great deal

mr. schrader: where were my republican colleagues when president bush was issuing his egregious executive orders. the hypocrisy here is appalling. we need provide long-term funding for the highway trust fund. the export-import bank, federal education programs to prepare our people and our children for the next generation of the work force. we need to pass a long-term solution for our doctors. we need to provide funding to address the wildfires that are ravaging the western united states, including my home state of oregon. we need to get the unregulated am of money out of politics. we need to get back to work. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has ex-er -- expired. the chair lays before the house the following enrolled bill. the clerk: senate 1799, an act to re-authorize subtitle a of the victims of child abuse act of 1990. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, by direction of the committee on rules irk call up house resolution 694 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore