mrs. walorski. mrs. walorski: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: without objection, the gentleman from washington, mr. kilmer, is recognized for one minute. mr. kilmer: thank you mr. speaker. i rise today to honor today's guest chaplain, reverend dean curry from tacoma, washington. we are blessed to have such a remarkable pastor with us today who's a leading figure in the region that i represent. reverend curry's life center church in tacoma is a vibrant place where folks young and old can come for worship. he knows what it means to give back to your community. each month he brings together civic and elected leaders in tacoma for a faith breakfast, and volunteers from his church are always helping out those going through hard times. the model of his church sums it up pretty remarkably, it's all about the people. like the united states house of representat

mrs. walorski of indiana, mr. zeldin of new york. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following personal request. the clerk: leaves of absence requested for ms. chu of california for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 6 2015, the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. garamendi: madam speaker and members, wow, there are actually people in the audience and members. we talked a lot about middle-class economics, but why, why is it important? why did the president raise his issue in his state of the union? what's this all about? we're going to spend some time here today working our way through middle-class economics and some of my colleagues may join me and i ask the republicans if they want to join they could too. it's ok, mr. speaker that