mr. teague, is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. teague: madam speaker, i rise today to speak in support of my bill, h.r. 4307, which would name the v.a. veterans health clinic in artesia, new mexico, in honor of alejandro penteria ruiz, a southern new mexican who was awarded the medal of honor during world war ii. alejandro ruiz was ultimately a surge in the united states army. he was born and raised in loving, new mexico. when war broke out, he traveled north to carlsbad and enlisted in the army. after basic training, he was assigned to the 27th infantry division. the 27th infantry division was part of the largest apple fib with us operation in the pacific theater -- amphibious operation in the pacific %% theater. it was during this invasion that on april 28, 1945, private ruiz's unity was pinned down by machine-gun fire by a japanese pill box. they were unable to advance until ruiz grabbed an automatic rifle and charged the pill box right in the face of machine-gun fire and grenades. unfortunately, his rifle jammed and one of the

mr. teague. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. teague: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of the disclose act, a bill i'm proud to co-sponsor. several months ago in the citizen united case, the supreme court made a dangerous decision to allow unlimited corporate and union money into our elections. the consequences of this decision for our democracy are dimplee until we act, massive corporations can secretly funnel hundreds of millions of dollars through shadowy front groups to influence elections. a foreign company like british petroleum could retaliate against members of congress who want to hold them accountable by secretly funding millions in attack ads. f we don't act to stop this injustice, limitless corporate money will flood into our political system and drown out the voice of the american people. debates by candidates will be replaced by ads. some people say this is a free speech issue. of course it is. the court decision lets foreign corporations influence our elections. what thibill does is protect the speech of american ci

mr. teague. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. teague: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of the disclose act, a bill i'm proud to co-sponsor. several months ago in the citizen united case, the supreme court made a dangerous decision to allow unlimited corporate and union money into our elections. the consequences of this decision for our democracy are dimplee until we act, massive corporations can secretly funnel hundreds of millions of dollars through shadowy front groups to influence elections. a foreign company like british petroleum could retaliate against members of congress who want to hold them accountable by secretly funding millions in attack ads. if we don't act to stop this injustice, limitless corporate money will flood into our political system and drown out the voice of the american people. debates by cdidates will be replaced by ads. some people say this is a free speech issue. of course it is. the court decision lets foreign corporations influence our elections. whathis bill does is protect the speech of american cit

mr. teague. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. teague: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of the disclose act, a bill i'm proud to co-sponsor. several months ago in the citizen united case, the supreme court made a dangerous decision to allow unlimited corporate and union money into our elections. the consequencesf this decision for our democracy are dimplee until we act, massive corporations can secretly funnel hundreds of millions of dollars through shadowy front groups to influence elections. a foreign company like british petroleum could retaliate against members of congress who want to hold them accountable by secretly funding millions in attack ads. if we don't act to stop this injustice, limitless corporate money will flood into our political system and drown out the voice of the american people. debates by candidates will be replaced by ads. some people say this is a free speech issue. of course it is. the court decision lets foreign corprations influence our elections. what this bill does is protect the speech of american ci

mr. teague. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. teague: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of the disclose act, a bill i'm proud to co-sponsor. several months ago in the citizen united case, the supreme court made a dangerous decision to allow unlimited corporate and union money into our elections. the consequences of this decision for our democracy are dimplee until we act, massive corporations can secretly funnel hundreds of millions of dollars through shadowy front groups to influence elections. a foreign company like british petroleum could retaliate against members of congress who want to hold them accountable by secretly funding millions in attack ads. if we don't act to stop this injustice, limitless corporate money will flood into our political system and drown out the voice of the american people. debates by candidates will be replaced by ads. some people say this is a free speech issue. of course it is. the court decision lets foreign corporations influence our elections. what this bill does is protect the speech of american

mr. teague. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. teague: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of the disclose act, a bill i'm proud to co-sponsor. several months ago in the citizen united case, the supreme court made a dangerous decision to allow unlimited corporate and union money into our elections. the consequences of this decision for our democracy are dimplee until we act, massive corporations can secretly funnel hundreds of millions of dollars through shadowy front groups to influence elections. a foreign company like british petroleum could retaliate against members of congress who want to hold them accountable by secretly funding millions in attack ads. if we don't act to stop this injustice, limitless corporate money will flood into our political system and drown out the voice of the american people. debates by candidates will be replaced by ads. some people say this is a free speech issue. of course it is. the court decision lets foreign corporations influence our elections. what this bill does is protect the speech of american

teague, a small 'tising firm, says because -- advertising firm, says because she can't get a simple line of credit, she was forced to lay off workers. it's no secret why small businesses are struggling. mr. peters: wall street banks admitted that they reduced their banks in michigan as well as other states and small local lenders don't have enough capital to lend. i have been fighting for the past year for action to help solve this problem, and the bill before us today will create a $30 billion fund to promote small business lending. small local lenders can leverage this funding into $300 billion in loans for small businesses. but because local lenders will pay the investment back with interest, the nonpartisan c.b.o. says that taxpayers will earn a projected $1 billion. it's not often that a single action can create a multitude of jobs across this country and reduce the deficit at the same time. enacting this bill will do just that. in michigan our manufacturers are struggling particularly hard to get access to credit. as our assets decline in value, they have less collateral to post, and this makes banks less likely to lend to them even if they can show that they are thriving. the mic