mr. yoder: mr. speaker, i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. yoder: mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate the 2015 world series champion, the kansas city royals. some of my fondest memories growing up come from listening to the royals play-by-play in the radio while riding with my dad in his tractor while plowing our family farm. it was filled with many exciting momentes that will inspire life-long memories for a new generation. it was particularly exciting for my family as my wife delivered a beautiful baby girl, eloise jane, just hours after the world series victory. perhaps the most memorable moment for all of kansas city was eric hosmer making a mad dash home to score in the 17th hour and 38 minute tying game five in new york which the royals will eventually go on to win. mr. speaker, this royals team was backed by a unified kansas city, uni

the chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas, mr. yoder, for five minutes. mr. yoder: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, america and her allies are under attack by islamic extremism. the despicable act of terrorism the world witnessed over the weekend in paris, france, serves as a stark reminder of the threat posed by isis knows no borders. french officials have indicated that at least one of the paris attackers linked to isis was admitted into europe as a refugee from syria. nevertheless, the administration's made it clear that in spite of this it will continue to seek to bring up to 10,000 syrian refugees to america in the coming year. the president's refugee proposal places the interests of other nations ahead of the safety and security of the american people. because we are unable to verify whether the next attacker is within their midst, we must halt the flow of any refugees into the united states from syria. mr. speaker, in light of these attacks, now is not the time to open our borders to refugees from countries who wish to do our citizens harm. congress

the chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas, mr. yoder, for five minutes. mr. yoder: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, america and her allies are under attack by islamic extremism. the despicable act of terrorism the world witnessed over the weekend in paris, france, serves as a stark reminder of the threat posed by isis knows no borders. french officials have indicated that at least one of the paris attackers linked to isis was admitted into europe as a refugee from syria. nevertheless, the administration's made it clear that in spite of this it will continue to seek to bring up to 10,000 syrian refugees to america in the coming year. the president's refugee proposal places the interests of other nations ahead of the safety and security of the american people. because we are unable to verify whether the next attacker is within their midst, we must halt the flow of any refugees into the united states from syria. mr. speaker, in light of these attacks, now is not the time to open our borders to refugees from countries who wish to do our citizens harm. congress

the chair appoints the gentleman from kansas, mr. yoder, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 3189, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to amend the federal reserve act to establish requirements for blackout periods of the federal open market committee, to establish requirements for certain activities of the board of governors of the federal reserve system and to amend title 31 united states code to reform the manner in which the board of governors system is audited and for other purposes. the chair: the bill is considered read the first time. the gentleman from texas, mr. hensarling and the gentlewoman from california, ms. waters, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas and the house will come to order -- the ommittee will come to order. members will take their conversations off the house floor and the committee will come to order. the gentleman from texas is rec