mr. tonko, thanks for joining us as we talk about a -- we usually talk about jobs and the economy and build it, but this time we are talking about alzheimer's. mr. tonko: thank you for leading us in a very important discussion during this special order. there is no denying that all of us, members of the house and beyond, if you are to ask individuals out there across alzheimer's if issues have impacted their family, the immediate response is absolutely. all of us have been touched by those devastating impacts and outcomes that befell our loved ones and the ripple effect on to that circle of family and friends. it's devastating. you, in a sense, lose that individual and it's a very painful process for those individuals living with alzheimer's and dementia and for their immediate families, loved ones and caregivers as they watch and travel the journey with individuals. so i think for us to take that human element, that impact and that dynamic and put it into working order, we would be well served

mr. tonko, i am completed mine tonight, i think you have another comment you'd like to make. mr. tonko: just to attach my comments to those you've just closed your statement by, you know, this bankruptcy that's driven -- that is driven by certain catastrophic situations and health care costs, are impacting far too many families. and this order of work here in the congress is about prioritizations. you know, we've spent trillions on war and we have really diminished the investments in domestic programming, including health care. we come up with all sorts of efforts called sequestration, which is a hidden attack on investments for a domestic agenda. we have to be cautious about how we're just guiding those priorities that we're establishing in our budgeting here in washington. but if we're to prioritize based on where the public demands are, let me just suggest this in closing. i have gone to the alzheimer's walk in my district for the past several years and every year the same statement is made. this is a large -- this is the largest crowd ever assembled. it just keeps growing. it

speaker, i yield now one minute to the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko. mr. tonko: and thank you, mr. speaker, and thank you to the gentleman from new jersey for the recognition and for leading us in this special order, paying tribute to representative john dingell. it is my honor to stand on the house floor this afternoon to say thank you to john dingell, thank you for your service to country, thank you for your service to the state of michigan, thank you for service to your congressional districts through the years and certainly thank you for your interaction and networking with your colleagues, which has crossed over party lines and has shown an exemplary fashion how to get business down -- in exemplary fashion how to get business done here in the house. your service to the military by serving us in the army and serving us during world war ii, also, the great lakes state, michigan, has produced a leader of greatness in john dingell. john, it is an honor to say here this -- during this special tribute that you were indeed everyone's coach. i know the person

mr. tonko: thank you to the gentlewoman from california for yielding. it's an honor this evening to join in the tributes to two very strong individuals who have represented their districts so very well, representative waxman and representative miller. one of the benefits, one of the opportunities that comes away of members of this house is to stand alongside men and women of greatness who lead not only their home district and state, but the nation and the world, for that matter. and this evening, we recognize the contributions of henry waxman and george miller. when i first arrived in the house some three terms ago, my first assignment was on education and labor and i thank you representative miller for being an outstanding chair to join in your efforts, sound efforts, in providing for the empowerment of children, the strength the then of workers and stamping out discrimination, gender discrimination and all sorts of work that enabled us to address issues in your home state but the entire nation and the world. it has been an empowering statement and to

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speaker, i yield now one minute to the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko. mr. tonko: and thank you, mr. speaker, and thank you to the gentleman from new jersey for the recognition and for leading us in this special order, paying tribute to representative john dingell. it is my honor to stand on the house floor this afternoon to say thank you to john dingell, thank you for your service to country, thank you for your service to the state of michigan, thank you for service to your congressional districts through the years and certainly thank you for your interaction and networking with your colleagues, which has crossed over party lines and has shown an exemplary fashion how to get business down -- in exemplary fashion how to get business done here in the house. your service to the military by serving us in the army and serving us during world war ii, also, the great lakes state, michigan, has produced a leader of greatness in john dingell. john, it is an honor to say here this -- during this special tribute that you were indeed everyone's coach. i know the person

mr. tonko: thank you, mr. speaker. more than 18 months ago the senate passed a comprehensive and bipartisan immigration bill that would strengthen neighborhoods across the country, further secure our borders, inject certainty into our economy, boost our stem and tech community, create jobs, protect employers, keep families together, our deficit would be reduced by nearly a trillion dollars and fix our nation's broken immigration system. that was 18 months ago. more than a year ago we introduced h.r. 15, the border security, economic opportunity and immigration modernization act, which would have moved comprehensive immigration reform forward. a debate so far that has been dominated by partisan politics and obstruction. all we are asking for is the chance to vote on the bill in this body, a simple up or down vote. that's all we ask. we are running out of time to act on immigration reform and pass legislation that an overwhelming majority of americans has asked the house to approve for more than a year. again, i ask this

mr. tonko: thank you to the gentlewoman from california for yielding. it's an honor this evening to join in the tributes to two very strong individuals who have represented their districts so very well, representative waxman and representative miller. one of the benefits, one of the opportunities that comes away of members of this house is to stand alongside men and women of greatness who lead not only their home district and state, but the nation and the world, for that matter. and this evening, we recognize the contributions of henry waxman and george miller. when i first arrived in the house some three terms ago, my first assignment was on education and labor and i thank you representative miller for being an outstanding chair to join in your efforts, sound efforts, in providing for the empowerment of children, the strength the then of workers and stamping out discrimination, gender discrimination and all sorts of work that enabled us to address issues in your home state but the entire nation and the world. it has been an empowering statement and to