mr. yarmuth, where are you, mr. yarmuth? thank you, thank you, mr. yarmuth. he has kept us disciplined on a path of a middle class jump start, instead of the stalling that the republicans have done at every effort to increase jobs in our country. good-paying jobs in our country. today with this action plan, we reassert the truths of our history. and this is not just about better jobs, about more employees. this is about entrepreneurship and our women and our middle class initiatives for entrepreneurship, to create more employers, to create small businesses and that entrepreneurship, that innovation's connected to education and opportunity by the make it in america and the build america brings us all together. so today, with this action plan, we reassert the great truths of our country, of our history, and of our future. when the middle class succeeds, america succeeds. when families succeed, america succeeds. and when women succeed, america succeeds. thank you all. now i'm pleased to yield back tower distinguished chairman -- back to our distinguished chairma

mr. yarmuth, where are you, mr. yarmuth? thank you, thank you, mr. yarmuth. he has kept us disciplined on a path of a middle class jump start, instead of the stalling that the republicans have done at every effort to increase jobs in our country. good-paying jobs in our country. today with this action plan, we reassert the truths of our history. and this is not just about better jobs, about more employees. this is about entrepreneurship and our women and our middle class initiatives for entrepreneurship, to create more employers, to create small businesses and that entrepreneurship, that innovation's connected to education and opportunity by the make it in america and the build america brings us all together. so today, with this action plan, we reassert the great truths of our country, of our history, and of our future. when the middle class succeeds, america succeeds. when families succeed, america succeeds. and when women succeed, america succeeds. thank you all. now i'm pleased to yield back to our distinguished chairman. >> thank you. we want you to have

mr. yarmuth, where are you, mr. yarmuth? thank you, thank you, mr. yarmuth. he has kept us disciplined on a path of a middle class jump start, instead of the stalling that the republicans have done at every effort to increase jobs in our country. good-paying jobs in our country. today with this action plan, we reassert the truths of our history. and this is not just about better jobs, about more employees. this is about entrepreneurship and our women and our middle class initiatives for entrepreneurship, to create more employers, to create small businesses and that entrepreneurship, that innovation's connected to education and opportunity by the make it in america and the build america brings us all together. so today, with this action plan, we reassert the great truths of our country, of our history, and of our future. when the middle class succeeds, america succeeds. when families succeed, america succeeds. and when women succeed, america succeeds. thank you all. now i'm pleased to yield back tower distinguished chairman -- back to our distinguished chairma

mr. yarmuth: i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. yarmuth: madam speaker, today some of my colleagues from across the aisle unveiled their proposal to address poverty in america. it's ironic because tomorrow they will vote to push six million children deeper into poverty by excluding their low-income families from the child tax credit. i just wish they will explain what they'll do different from a current budget which is a hardhearted and direct attack on the poor. 2/3 of the cuts in the republican budget come from our social safety net including medicaid, nutrition assistance, and education. their budget ends the medicare guarantee and raises prescription drug costs for seniors. it raises the already overwhelming cost of college, and slashes investments in jobs to rebuild our national infrastructure. and it does this to cut taxes by 1/3 for the well off and well connected. while tining to reward companies that ship our jobs overseas. madam sp

mr. yarmuth, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, mr. slavitt, thank you for your testimony and your work. one of the -- i want to talk about some of the things that happened in kentucky since we're doing an update and i'm proud of the experience we had so far in my state. but there was actually some pretty astounding news early whier this week regarding the trustees of medicare coming from them about the prospects for viability of the medicare trust fund. are you familiar with that information? >> yes, i am, congressman. >> could you tell us what has happened? as i recall, when we passed the affordable care act in 2010, the trustees were projecting the trust fund would be insolvent by 2017. >> i believe if i'm not mistaken that the -- in summary the projection is that the trust fund was -- life expectancy extended to 2030. >> that's pretty astounding in four years the projection extended the life -- the viability of medicare by 13 years. and there is also some really fascinating and i think impressive data about expenditures they essent

mr. yarmuth: across the country, one in every nine bridges is structurally deficient and our national infrastructure was rated a d plus. my district alone, 20 bridges have been deemed obs sleet and 65 are deficient. every american who drive askar, rides a train or crosses a bridge knows we need to fix that. our infrastructure was once the envy of the world, today it's n embarrassment. funding this would help keep america safe and help commerce move more efficiently and put tens of thousands of workers back on the job. wshed take this opportunity to create jobs and certainty for a change and enact a multiyear transportation bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on the motion to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. any record vote on the postponed question will be taken later. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 30 6, the p

mr. yarmuth: these maps show how it's reduced the rate of the uninsured in 20 counties. the orange and red show the counties with preaffordable care acts with uninsured rates from 14% to 42%. some of the most impoverished areas had the highest uninsurance rate. the bottom shows the -- shows kentucky now. only one county still has a rate of 14% or more. in rural areas, the uninsured rate plummeted from 20% to 5%. it reduced the total number of uninsured kentuckians by nearly half. behind every number, behind every red county turned blue or green are the stories of a person or family getting the health care they need. that's success by any standard but most importantly, kentucky standards. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend the remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. westmoreland: some of our military has been sent emails telling the