mr. stivers: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. stivers: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, on tuesday, the rules committee met and reported a rule for three important bills. h.r. 622, the state and local tax deduction fairness act of 2015. h.r. 1105, the death tax repeal act of 2015. and h.r. 1195 the bureau of consumer financial protection advisory board act. house resolution 200 provides for a closed rule for consideration of h.r. 622 and h.r. 1105, and a structured rule for the consideration of h.r. 1195. the resolution provides one hour of debate equally divided between the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on ways and means for h.r. 622 and h.r. 1105, and one hour of debate equally divided between the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on financial services for h.r. 1195. the resolution also provides for consideration of the two

mr. stivers. i rise in strong support of the capital access for small community financial institutions act of 2015, h.r. 299. i join congressman stivers in support of h.r. 299. my colleagues on both sides of the aisle supported this bill in a bipartisan fashion, which i'm very proud to be the lead democrat on. we have worked together to h.r. 299 reported out of the house financial services committee with a vote of 56-1. in fact last year, mr. speaker, the same bill passed unanimously on this house floor 395-0. mr. speaker, as you have heard h.r. 299 would permit privately insured credit unions to apply for membership in the federal home loan bank system. a primary belief of the federal home loan bank membership is access to low-cost secured funding, which is a tremendous benefit to consumers. h.r. 299 would not however mandate the privately insured credit unions to become members of the federal home loan bank. therefore, under this legislation, the federal home loan bank would maintain discretion

mr. stivers: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. stivers: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, on tuesday, the rules committee met and reported a rule for three important bills. h.r. 622, the state and local tax deduction fairness act of 2015. h.r. 1105, the death tax repeal act of 2015. and h.r. 1195 the bureau of consumer financial protection advisory board act. house resolution 200 provides for a closed rule for consideration of h.r. 622 and h.r. 1105, and a structured rule for the consideration of h.r. 1195. the resolution provides one hour of debate equally divided between the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on ways and means for h.r. 622 and h.r. 1105, and one hour of debate equally divided between the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on financial services for h.r. 1195. the resolution also provides for consideration of the two

mr. stivers of ohio. at the end of the bill, before the short title insert the following, section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to pay the salary of any employee of the department of veterans affairs who is a member of an amputee clinic team as described in bha hand book 1173.3 dated june 4 2004. and who is not credentialed in accordance with v.h.a. directive 2012-030 issued on october 11 2012. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 223, the gentleman from ohio and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio. . mr. stivers: i rise in support of my amendment that those responsible for caring for our veterans are qualified to perform the duties entrusted to them. this february, the affiliate in columbus, ohio exposed flaws in the clinic. the story revealed that dozens of veterans, possibly many more who have not come forward received ineffective care by uncertified doctors. one was told that his fitting was supposed to be painful