ms. jenkins is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for holding this hearing. as a cpa who used to practice in this area, this has been a real delight to have you all here this morning. i'm not sure i've had this much fun in the year that i've been on the panel. so thank you. >> i'm glad the gentlewoman is redefining fun. >> this is good stuff. and since the focus of the hearing has been on those areas of book and tax differences and where they diverge, do you all have some suggestions as far as reform goes to address that? because it appears what we've been talking about to this point has been to move towards having less differences in book tax and you all have touched on it briefly. so can everyone on the panel just let me know your thoughts on the idea of book tax conformity. >> to some degree, i think there is some benefit there. i would caution aboutin

ms. jenkins. the chair: the gentlewoman from kansas is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. jenkins: i thank the gentleman for yielding. there aren't many areas where the former kansas governor and current secretary of health and human services sebelius agrees on. with you thing that we can agree is that the class act needs to be stopped. that's why i was glad that the secretary backtrack and pull the plug on the program and that's why i support a statutory repeal of the class act today. this act was designed as a new national entitlement for purchasing community living assistance services and was used by this administration as a pay-for to substantiate their faulty claim that obamacare was going to reduce the deficit. however, as i and many others pointed out at the time, the deficit reduction claim was bogus and based on budget gimmicks that proved false when h.h.s. began implementation. you see, the c.b.o. can only project the cost of bills in a 10-year window so the obama administration used a budget trick by setting up the class act to begin collecting premiums in 2012 b

ms. jenkins. the chair: the gentlewoman from kansas is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. jenkins: i thank the gentleman for yielding. there aren't many areas where the former kansas governor and current secretary of health and human services sebelius agrees on. with you thing that we can agree is that the class act needs to be stopped. that's why i was glad that the secretary backtrack and pull the plug on the program and that's why i support a statutory repeal of the class act today. this act was designed as a new national entitlement for purchasing community living assistance services and was used by this administration as a pay-for to substantiate their faulty claim that obamacare was going to reduce the deficit. however, as i and many others pointed out at the time, the deficit reduction claim was bogus and based on budget gimmicks that proved false when h.h.s. began implementation. you see, the c.b.o. can only project the cost of bills in a 10-year window so the obama administration used a budget trick by setting up the class act to begin collecting premiums in 2012 b

ms. jenkins is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for holding this hearing.as a cpa who used to practice in this area, this has been a real delight to have you all here this morning. i'm not sure i've had this much fun in the year that i've been on the panel, so thank you. [laughter] >> and -- >> i'm glad the gentlewoman is redefining fun. [laughter] >> this is good stuff. and since the focus of the hearing has been on those areas of book and tax differences and where they diverge, do you all have some suggestions as far as reform goes to address that because it appears -- what we've been talking about to this point has been to move towards having less differences on tax and you have all briefed on it and can you all give me your idea on book tax conformity? >> so some degree i think there's some benefit there. i would caution about going to the extreme and putting control of the tax revenues in the hands of the accountants, fasbs with all due deference to the cpa, ma'am. but to the extent that you give simplification out of that process, yes, i would agree w

ms. jenkins: i rise to ask unanimous consent to remove my name from h.r. 1964, the conservation easements. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. so ordered. the chair now now will general tain request for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition. >> mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, recreational therapy embraces a definition of health which includes not only the absence of illness but extends to enhancement of physical cognitive emotional social, and leisure development. this caring profession touches the lives of individuals across the nation. personally witnessed our recreational therapy provides independence and dignity in the lives of those facing life changing disease and disability. these services are provided by professionals nationally certified by the national council for therapeutic certification. as certifie