ms. jackson lee of texas. amendment number 8 by ms. chu of california. and amendment number 10 by mr. holt of new jersey. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in the house report 113-88 by the gentleman from texas, mr. weber, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in house report 113-88 offered by mr. weber of texas. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support for the request of a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for politi

ms. jackson and others to do what we need to do to improve that for the community. >> (off mic) >> president torres: let the record show that mr. moran was pointed out by doctor jackson. >> most of my knowledge of those agreements was handed down from jim jefferson. unfortunately he is not here to refresh my memory. >> ofm (off mic)( laughter) >> it occurs to me that the other person who was around at the time was don gehrer (sounds like) and we can check on his recollection as well. >> president torres: and we miss jim jefferson. he was a good man. communications, item number five. any public comments on communications? yes? >> is the indication we most recently received is included in item number five or included in a subsequent agenda? >> president torres: good point. we should amend the two included since it was passed last evening, we have all seen it but it should be included in the minutes. good point, thank you vice president courtney. >> i continue to be very please with the audit program in place; it is as comprehensive and transparent as any program program i have seen anywhere. i

ms. jackson re. -- ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentleman from colorado for his leadership and i hope that we will continue this debate, my good friends on the other side of the aisle on this issue. it is just very challenging to have a structure of legislation that deems approval and does not do what i think all of us want to do, is to get move, to provide these jobs and to do what america is uniquely noted for, that we cross the tmbing's and dot the i's, that we make sure the environmental concerns are answered. i rise on this rule to make several points. mr. rush and myself offered an amendment to strike section 4. in this bill it does not allow judicial review. it allows somewhere someone in kentucky or in arizona or in texas to come to the district of columbia to file their case in the court of appeals. as a member of the judiciary committee, i raise concerns about that and my bill struck the provision that eliminated judi

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ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. son lee: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentlelady from new york and gentlelady from north carolina. i thank the gentlelady from new york for her persistent and i hip on this issue, rise today to ask a question how you can have a legislation that sounds positive but in actuality puts the situation in america upside-down. first let me tell you how frustrated americans are as they see the drip, drip, dripping of the sequester. i join the gentlelady in her frustration of why we have not gone to budget reconciliation. i just want to mention the pathway of education so that we can see that families are being pounded upon. sequestration is causing 70,000 children to lose head start and early head start, and unfortunately 950,000 military children will lose teachers. i live in the state where we have a lot of military bases. so when i rise today to oppose h.r. 1911,

ms. jackson lee of texas one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for one minute. madam speaker, i rise today in opposition to the patients' right repeal act. i thank the gentleman for his time and i simply want to say thanks. my good friend, mr. crowley, indicated there's no plan on the other side. look at the list i can give you. but let me emphasize texas for the gentleman from the business community. 13 million are using the tax credit that's provided by the health insurance under the affordable care act for its workers. 17 million children with pre-existing conditions in texas no longer can be denied coverage by insurers. and then, of course, what we're finding out those who treat those with cancer are suffering because there are cuts in medicare. those cuts in medicare are coming because of my friends on the other side, but the affordable care act will provide an umbrella for those who are in need. then we find out that texas itself has 3.4 million women and over 1.8 million seni

ms. sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for two minutes. i thank the e: managers of this legislation. i think it should be made very clear since we'll have a general debate that i hope to engage in, that the underlying premise of this bill, h.r. 1406, is two simple points. and 140 undermines this point. the fair labor standards act only incentive provides the incentive for employers to adhere to the 40-hour workweek by paying time and a half. 1406 removes that fundamental requirement and allows employers to pay nothing for overtime work at the time the work is performed. i, too, am sensitive to those who want to join with their families and clearly that opportunity is there. but if you allow this bill to go forward, you take the choice out of the hands of the employee and if you are looking at a boilermaker, those in manufacturing, and a boilermaker can have close to 210 overtime hours, making a certain amount per hour, literally if you force them to take comp

ms. jackson lee: thank you very much. and i thank you for this special order and express my appreciation to mr. horsford and to mr. jeverries for continuing to educate our colleagues on extremely important issues and i'm delighted to join the congressional black caucus as it proceeds continuously to ensure that we advocate for those who cannot speak for themselves. i am -- i want to take up an issue that has struck home and is being confronted by many states, some of whom are in the south, and some are in other places throughout the nation. i was very pleased to stand with my fellow democrats and support the affordable care act. i could go through the journey of 2009 and 2010, when many of us spread out across the country and confronted misinformation through town hall meetings, and s dr controversy conflict he hadness and what should be emphasized as the president's leadership on one single point that although health care was not listed, per se, in the constitution, it should be a constitutional right. and if you read th

ms. jackson lee: allow me to thank both of my very good friends, the gentleman from new york and the gentleman from from nevada for really answering the call of the american people. the first amendment guarantees the freedom of speech. but i think the most important part of speech is information. thank you for the opportunity to share with our colleagues and share with america the pending crisis. if i might just quote from an article in "the houston chronicle" by a writer in the early part of february, that said, like a hurricane churning across the gulf of mexico, the looming federal sequestration threatens everything in its path if the deep federal budget cuts actually take place, and he was talking about back in february, they will be damaged somewhere, perhaps a lot of somewheres. so today we are standing on the floor of the house embracing some of the historic comments as relate to the african-american community and other american communities about the value of education. how many of us have been told by our parents, that it was the key to opportunity. how many of us recognize by listenin

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is ecognized. ms. jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent to address the house, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: thank you. mr. speaker, i am so pleased to be able mr. speaker i'm so pleased to be able to come to the floor today as we approach this week to memorialize those fallen heroes and as well at the same time acknowledge those who yet live who served and wounded, even today as we stand on the floor in the backdrop of enormous tragedies among our civilian population, in oklahoma over the last couple of days and in texas and elsewhere, this is an important, very important legislative initiative. as the former ranking member and chair of the subcommittee on transportation and security and a co-sponsor, i rise in strong support of h.r. 1344, the helping heroes fly act of 2013, and i congratulate my colleague, my new colleague, for this outstanding legislation. ms. gabbard from hawaii, thank you very much. and to the manager, thank you very much. it's import

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ms. jackson lee. >> thank you, for your patience. .e were on the floor debating thank you for your courtesyi do not want to miss the opportunity, first of all, to thank the witnesses for being here to a knowledge legislation that is before us. over the years, we have had congressman lofgren working tirelessly under the support of mr. berman. mr. agree does knows we have been on a long journey. i cannot -- mr. rodriguez knows we have been on a long journey. i cannot start any question without saying the real commitment of the nation is copper hence of immigration reform. what i remember in terms of our work, the years going past, we worked on issues such as poor housing for farmworkers, poor health conditions, poor working conditions. we were at the bare minimum of trying to create a decent way of life. i'm also reminded of the friendship of cesar chavez and martin luther king. it has been a long, long journey. and i frankly believe that if we look at this issue and do not provide a component that deals with the rights of workers, then we may be going in the same cycle again. so i just want

ms. jackson lee, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for one minute. i thank the e: gentleman for his leadership. mr. speaker, you've seen them. many, many women, hourly workers, you've seen them with their sneakers on, their rubber-soled shoes, getting on buses, in order to get to work and to get back in time to be with their children. but those workers need cash, mr. speaker. they need cash to make ends meet and housing, food and other living expenses. it's also our men as well. these workers would see a substantial reduction in their takehome pay if they were compen say thed with time off rather than cash up front. we know that if 1406 was passed they would be paid nothing for their overtime work at the time they work. we also realize that employers can schedule workers to work up to 160 hours of comp time. workers will be cheated out of of the accrued overtime earnings. these same mothers and many, many men who depend on this overtime pay. you've seen them. the same mo

ms. jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker. again, let me offer my deepest concern and sympathy for our fellow americans in oklahoma. what an enormous tragedy and devastation, and our friends in north texas. america is embracing them as we should. i rise today to acknowledge as we look towards this coming weekend to honor those who've fallen in battle and to be able to celebrate the experience that members of congress, women members of congress had this morning in commemorating the war memorial for women and to salute brigadier general wilma vott who was the founder and originator along with members of congress of this historic memorial. today we ascended to arlington cemetery where we placed a wreath in honor of those women, 154 women have fallen in afghanistan and iraq. we had the privilege of honoring five men from the five military branches and pay tribute to those who were willing to sacrifice. men and women sacrifice. they are parents, mothers leave behind their children and families. families depend upon women in many di

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. what a -- i e: thank the gentlelady for her leadership and i rise today in opposition to the patients rights repeal act. i want you to see the face of those who have been served across america. they are, yes, low-income, some are impoverished, but many are middle income. there was an article in the texas newspaper that said, part of what drives the need for health care on medicaid or expanded medicaid which is part of this great bill, the affordable care act, is the fact that people are impoverished. here's what my friends want to do today for the 37th time. they want to take away from 13 million americans the health insurance that they need. that they were able to secure with rebates from the health insurance companies. they want to take away from 105 million americans, 70 million americans in private plans who receive prefree preventive services. they want to tell wowh ne

ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i want to congratulate and thank the community of north forest and the north forest independent school district. this has been a tumultuous week. this school district, undeserving, has fallen prey and victim to the closing of public schools and the public school system. this district that has acceptable schools, this district that has homeowners who have taxed themselves to ensure excellence in the teaching of these children, 7,500 students happy to be in a small pond and being a big fish. it is sad that the administrator has undeservedly offered to close without accepting an offer of compromise. this is time for the secretary of education to act on the massive closings of public schools throughout america. this is time for the u.s. department of justice to act on preventing the elimination of elected school board members and utilizing section five. but more importantly, i want to sbudsman coalition, the presidents of the ministers alliance who carried on a prayer vigil this

ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, as we leave here today, many of us will anxiously return to our constituency to be able to celebrate and pay tribute to soldiers, those who have fallen, and of course, those who are now veterans. as i look out and will look out into the vast audience at the houston veterans cemetery, i can tell you that i'll see an array of america, families who have come to say thank you to the fallen, but those who have no relatives at that particular site are just being american and as we have as members of congress are sent to the podium to say thank you and talk about the work we have done, the beautiful sunshine will shine on those faces and we will feel that america is a country that really understands the love and affection for our soldiers and those who are on battlefields. i want to thank the city of jacinto city who will be placing flags to honor our soldier and i want to thank the community of the heights where i will place flags at the world war ii memorial and draw the community

ms. jackson lee, for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: -- >> i think it's worthy to put on the record that is not enough time to be able to engage on some very important issues. i do want to take a moment of my time to be able to thank the general for one of the most passionate and driven efforts of the department of justice. we are well aware of it in texas, which is the effort of the department of justice to increase the number of human trafficking prosecutions. we are the epicenter of human trafficking in houston. you have come on more than one occasion. i want to thank my local officials and the human trafficking task force. and to indicate to you as the ranking member of the border security committee and homeland security, my chairman and myself will be embracing that topic. hope that we'll be able to join in with the efforts of the department of justice. mr. general, i appreciate that and i hope this is an ongoing effort. it is a priority for this attorney general, priority for this administration. secretary clinton was

ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i know many of our colleagues in the tornado corridor are not here today, but i want to offer my deepest concern and prayers as the recovery begins and praying for those who lost their , in , some in grand prarie texas, in the northern area, excuse me, in texas. in of course in the area now oklahoma. this is a devastating time with these enormous tornadoes as evidenced by a quote by bill cnn, g of the noaa told our worst fears are becoming realized this afternoon. i hope we can find all of those the ve been harmed and most important part the nation stands up to be of help. this is for partisanship to take the highest level. it's time to end the sequester. there is too much need in this country and i hope we will be able to serve all of those who youo are suffering across america because that's what this congress needs to do. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for o

ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, this almost seems like the curious case of benjamin button. a movie that went backwards. particularly when tomorrow for he umpteenth time we'll be debating the appeal of the affordable care act when states have uninsured up to 28%. what are we thinking? it's a curious state when the judiciary committee, someone can come in and offer as audio as testimony that the person on there happens to be someone who worked in the department of justice, with no affirmation of who it is and then expect the attorney general to answer questions and in the instants of who it was supposed to be -- instance of who it was supposed to be, a man who was cited by the o.i.g. as restoring integrity to the voting rights section, or in fact blaming the administration for the associated press incident when we're talking about trying to protect the nation from a terrible attack as it relates to terrorism. and everyone knows that we're unified in protecting the first amendment rights and shielding reporters. we're not looking for reporters, we're looking for those who leak

ms. jackson lee. >> i think it has a certain ring to it. thank you very much mr. chipman. and as my good friend, mr. smith is leaving, let me thank you and the ranking member. and i wanted to make mention of the fact for the record that yesterday we completed in homeland security one of the components to comprehensive immigration reform which is a very strong border security bill. and i wanted to make mention for this committee that mr. smith and i join on an amendment that covered operational control for -- border. i just want to show a sign of bipartisanship and cover for this committee as we look at these issues. .. >> i understand the challenges that they have, and i would also say that they seek to hire anyone who will come and be a good worker and do the job and stay on the job. you have given opportunity to young people, i'm hearing that you're hiring seniors because seniors are coming back to work in between. and there are people in your business, businesses that use the restaurant job as their income for their family. so i think your work is very important. and i

ms. jackson lee: i want to thank my good friend from california r really framing the discussion tonight around i think the only thing that gives us the kind of positive agenda that puts americans back to work. we know as the economy collapsed, 12 million were out of work, but we also know -- excuse me -- that we have steadily made an increase. but it's not where any of us would like to be. and i couldn't help but, as i listened to the gentleman so eloquently and so effectively, ask the simple question as to why are we again putting on the floor of the house a repeal of the affordable care act? something that has not only been resoundingly embraced by many of our leaders, by the uninsured in our nation who are looking forward to the opportunity to be insured, but in the last election i think it was very clear that in the ampleation of president obama and 64 -- affirmation of president obama and 64 million people voted for him and the enormous unequal divide in the states supported him and he made it clear that he wanted to ensure on behalf of the american people that there would be coverage of

ms. jackson-lee. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman an overwhelming experience for the witnesses, and i thank you very much to be in this place and to be speaking about the attack on our soil. i think it is important to call the names of martin 8 # years old, crystal lindsey and officer collier. we should take a moment to recognize them. i want to proceed with first, enormous thanks, commissioner davis of the heroics of everybody in boston. we worked with offerses throughout our profession nap life and we thank you. >> thank you. >> there's a thorn and the russian contact it still baffling all of us in spite of diplomacy res -- issues, if nothing else why that was not a trigger in the joint terrorism centers to one probe, and up share that. what do you think happened? >> i agree with you. as you said hypped sight is clearer, but this was an unusual situation. now, we especially it's a context of mistrust between u.s. and russian intelligence. there is cooperation in some areas. as i look back at this. seems to me the fact that