mrs. beatty: mr. speaker, as we talk about the struggling continuing, it is my honor to ask my colleague and classmate, congressman mark veasey from texas to be our next presenter. mr. veasey: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank my colleagues representative pain and representative kelly putting together this special order and the theme is 50 years of selma where we are and where we're headed because it's important to have that discussion. oftentimes people say in conjunction when you talk about civil rights we need to move on it was the past. it happened a long time ago, but we can learn a lot from the past. we can learn a lot about where we're going by studying our history, so i'm really glad during this black history month that started in february, that we are able to reconnect and take the opportunity to talk more about our communities' past and the challenges that we face and selma really provides us with a great vehicle to do that. i think about an event that i attended several years ago when i was

mrs. beatty: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you to my colleague from florida for allowing me this time. mr. speaker, i rise today in opposition to h.r. 5, student success act. this bill would continue unnecessary and arbitrary k through 12 education funding cuts and erode accountability for historically underserved students. we should be preparing the next generation, but this bill is a step backwards in achieving academic excellence for 90% of the nation's students. mr. speaker, diverse organizations across not only my state, the great state of ohio, but across this nation, educational organizations educational funding organizations parents and lawyer advocacy groups, business leaders and groups disability and exceptional children's group, and the naacp, and civil rights organizations are against this and very concerned about this bill. mr. speaker, the way we fund all of our schools and educate all of our young scholars is a reflection on our values and commitment to equality. access to education is a civil right. it is

mrs. beatty: thank you, congresswoman sewell. mr. speaker, i rise today to support and join congresswoman teri soil sewell my good -- terri sewell, hi good friend, and my good friend martha roby, on this bill to award a congressional gold medal to the foot soldiers who participated in the marches in 1965. these foot soldiers including our congressman john lewis and the men, women and children who marched on bloody sunday sunday turnaround tuesday, and the final march from selma to montgomery who were met with attack and dogs and beatings and deaths along the way. still they march as many of us will march in a if weeks to fight for equal rights and voting rights. let us honor the 1965 foot soldiers fir their bravery and for their equality. marching for equality. mr. speaker, i urge all members to vote yes on h.r. 431 and i wreeled back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. huizenga: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from alabama is

mrs. beatty: thank you to the gentleman. thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up h.r. 861, the clean department of homeland security funding bill that would keep the department open so it can carry out not only its mission but it can also keep the american people safe. the speaker pro tempore: as previously announced, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. mr. polis: mr. speaker, with barely more than 24 hours left before the closure of the department of homeland security, i yield to the gentlelady from oregon, ms. bonamici for the purposes of a unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from oregon is recognized. ms. bonamici: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up h.r. 861, the clean department of homeland security funding bill, that would keep the department open so it can carry out its mission of keeping the american people safe. the speaker pro tempore: as previously announced, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained.

mrs. beatty: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of go red for women. more than 600,000 women's lives have been saved from heart disease since go red for women was created in 2004. but heart disease still remains the number one killer for women and men and women and men and causes more deaths than all the four cancers. as a national heart association board member, one of columbus, ohio's first go red chairs and a member of the congressional heart caucus, i rise today to recognize the survivors, those battling with heart disease and those who are fighting in working to find cures and improved treatment. today, members of congress will stand together, democrats and republicans, in red to send a message to the nation that as colleagues we can stand and celebrate the american heart association and its go red for women campaign. mr. speaker, working together we will make a second and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? without. mr. stewart: mr. speaker, i stand he

mr. chairman. and, director, thank you for taking the time to be able to be here. i'd like to follow up, actually on a comment that ms. beatty was just making in regards to our federal home loan banks. you'd made a comment earlier in our conversation here to my colleague from oklahoma mr. lucas, that we were following statute in regards to establishing some new rules in regards to membership in the federal home loan banks. and i'd like to follow up with you on that and looking in through the bank act it does not address a minimum level of mortgage loans. that is not cited. and i guess my concern over this issue is ms. beatty and, i think, mr. lucas both spoke to these issues. my particular state of colorado we have over 200 community banks, credit unions, insurance companies, they're minutes of a federal home -- they're members of a federal home loan bank. and these institutions do responsibly utilize thely liquidity that is provided in order able to deploy credit in agricultural production, small business formation, community development. and they do this currently in full compliance with federal home loan bank act and the

the chair recognizes the gentlelady from ohio, miss beatty for five minutes. >> thank you so much mr. chairman. let me just say to director watt, what a pleasure for me to be here. i noticed you looked at me and saw the big book and list of questions. in full disclosure, director watt was my mentor. i recall him always saying to me, read everything and always have good questions. with that said, let me just say on a very serious note how much i appreciate the work that you and your team, that you are doing to protect all of my constituents and constituents across the country with housing and those regulations. but today i would like to lend my voice to one of the questions that we've heard from both side, centered a

mr. tipton from colorado for five minutes. >> i would like to follow up actually o a comments that ms. beatty was just making in regard to our federal home loan banks. you made a comment earlier in our conversation here to my colleague from on oklahoma, mr. lucas that we're following statute in regards to establishing some new rules, establishing membership in the federal home loan banks. i would like to follow up with you on that. looking through the bank act, it does not address a minimum amount of mortgage loans. that is not cited. i guess my concern over this issue is, ms. beatty and ms. lucas both spoke to these issues, my particular state of colorado we have over 200 banks, credit unions and insurance agencies, members of the federal home loan bank. these financial institutions they do responsibly utilize the liquidity utilized in order to deploy credit in support of housing, finance, alt agriculture production community development and they do this in compliance with the federal home loan bank act and congressional intent, as i read it and through the existing programs. under this prop