woodall: mr. speaker, it's my great pleasure to yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. ratcliffe. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. ratcliffe: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, obamacare is intrusive, it's expensive, it's full of broken promises, but the biggest failure is the simple fact that it makes life more difficult for hardworking americans. in my district, i've heard countless horror stories from parents, from seniors, from business owners, all of which underscore that there's simply nothing affordable about the perversely named affordable care act. stories like morris from raw et, texas, who -- rawlett, texas. now, the least expensive cost him $854 per month plus a $12,700 deductible. obamacare is preventing morris from investing in things that really matter, like his son's college education. or take from potsboro, who on a $700 per month income can't afford the $287 per month obamacare costs her. obamacare is p

woodall will be handling this for republicans. >> mr. mcgovern. thank you very much. now will be in receipt of a motion from the gentlewoman from north carolina. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i move the committee grant hr 712 the sunshine for regulatory decrees and settlement act of 2014. provides one hour of general debate control by the chair. 20 minutes divided control and ranking member on oversight. the rule weighs all paints of effort. contisting of the text of rules committee print and provides that will be considered read the rule as all points of order against that amendment in the nature of substitute. the rule makes an order, only those further amendments printed in part a may be offered only on the order printed in the report and only by the member designating the report shall be considered as read. equally divided control by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be suspect to an amendment. printed in part a of the report, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. the scrub act of 2015. under structured rule, the rule provides

woodall: the annual budget. it's been 20 years ago this year, the last time congress passed all the appropriations bills before the end of the fiscal year. many of the objections i hear to biannual budgeting come from my friends on the appropriations committee. when biannual budgeting is compared with appropriating if i understood correctly, dr. price, you would oppose both biannual budgeting and biannual appropriations. mr. cole, you might be able tole to late biannual budgeting but would insist upon annual appropriations, is that a fair characterization? mr. cole: i'll let my colleague respond. mr. price: i was stressing that while i support this two-year budget agreement and the one before that, and think that has helped us get past these very partisan, very politicized budget resolutions that simply -- they not only make bipartisanship impossible, they make appropriations impossible. literally. can you not pass appropriations bills to those levels. so we have these budget resolutions that are largely politic

woodall: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, during consideration of this this resolution, all time yielded is for the purposes of debate only. i would like to yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. woodall: i also ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. woodall: this provides for h.r. 3762 the restoring america's health care freedom act of 2015. mr. speaker, you'll recall that on october 23 of last year, the house passed our reconciliation bill that went through the process, went through regular order, the senate amendmented that -- amended that bill in december and it's now back in the house for further consideration this rule today also provides an extension of deposition authority, mr. speaker, for staff members serving the committees on energy and comm

woodall, no. mr. bir mr. collins, no. mr. byrne, no. mr. newhouse, no. miss slaughter aye. mr. hastings eye. mr. polis aye. mr. chairman, no. >> four aye. >> the vote will be on the motion from the gentlewoman from north carolina. those in favor signify by saying aye. those opposed no. the eayes, please. >> miss fox aye. mr. woodall aye. mr. burgess aye. mr. collins aye. mr. byrne aye. mr. newhouse aye. miss slaughter no. mr. mcgovern no. mr. hastings no. mr. polis no. mr. chairman aye. >> eight aye. >> this is mr. mcgovern. >> mr. mcgovern will for democrats. i will be in receipt of a motion from the gentlewoman from north carolina. >> i move the committee grant hr-712, the sunshine for regulatory decrees and settlements act of 2015. it provides one hour debate with 40 minutes equally dividing control by the chair. ranking minority member of the committee on judiciary and 20 minutes equally dividing control by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on oversight and government reform. the rule waves all points of order. the rule makes an order as original text f

woodall to speak on the floor on this tomorrow. i won't go through the entire things that i had. i do remember a time up here in march of 2010 when the senate bill was brought to the rules committee for us to vote on on the floor the next day. and i did come to the rules committee with 18 what i thought were very valid suggestions for improvement in the affordable care act. every one was methodically turned down by a 9-4 vote by the rules committee when the democrats were in control of this committee. i also remember a hearing that was held in september of 2008. it was the same day that lehman brothers filed for bankruptcy. so it was one of those days that gets etched into your memory. the hearing that we were having was the crisis in healthcare. the real crisis was outside the hearing room where the economic system was melting down around us. but there we were in the hearing room focused on the cost of healthcare. we had an enormous panel of witnesses. it took almost forever to get through the entire testimony of all of the witnesses. and a question was asked -- i can't say it w

but karen woodall of the florida center for fiscal and economic policy says florida can't afford that big a giveaway. >> every institution the state is responsible is failing and people's lives are at risk. we've got corrections, we've got mental health institutions, we have child welfare. >> reporter: scott's approval rates have never hit 50%. >> many say he's planning run for something. >> yes, i've heard that. he's happy being governor, he's got at least three more years and his laser focused on that more jobs. >> reporter: campaign or not, scott has never been the consummate political insider you can shake hands and back- slap to get his way. so a grassroots effort may be his best chance of success. >>> one of the political problems for the tax cut package is that many of the cuts sought by the governor reduce revenue year after year rather than relying on a surplus for a one-time cut. >>> stocks close down yet again today on wall street. finished off a pretty officer week. the dow finishing down 167 points. and nasdaq dropped 45. not sure what that graphic is there. [ laughter ]

rob woodall/ (r) georgia :54-1:01) "the shame in this institution is that it took 62 times for the will of the people to make its way to the president's desk!" president obama won't sign it. (sot: rep. jim mcgovern/ (d) massachusetts 1:03-1:05) quick! "this is not going anywhere." the bill would strip millions from planned parenthood: (sot: rep. alcee hastings/ (d) florida 1:08- 1:16) "where exactly are the women in these areas supposed to go to get a pap smear or to get a mammogram?" president obama and congress at odds - with his budget request just weeks away. the white house says that request will include millions for mental health... including restricting gun sales to people who are mentally ill. i'm tracie potts in washington, denouncing the president's plans was republican presidential candidate ted cruz. he continued his "cruzin' to caucus" iowa bus tour, in sioux center, last night. the texas senator aims to hit 28 counties, in the hawkeye state, this week. shortly after taking the stage at dordt college, in sioux center, cruz explained that he plans to abolish the irs, and rep

rob woodall/ (r) georgia :54-1:01) "the shame in this institution is that it took 62 times for the will of the people to make its way to the president's desk!"president obama won't sign it. (sot: rep. jim mcgovern/ (d) massachusetts 1:03-1:05) quick!"this is not going anywhere."the bill would strip millions from planned parenthood: (sot: rep. alcee hastings/ (d) florida 1:08-1:16)"where exactly are the women in these areas supposed to go to get a pap smear or to get a mammogram?" president obama and congress at odds - with his budget request just weeks away. (--- reporter live tag ---)the white house says that request will include millions for mental health... including restricting gun sales to people who are mentally ill. i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. )) 3 (bill>> the leader of the occupying a government building in oregon - is responding to allegations of hypocrisy. records show ammon bundy borrowed more than a half-million-dollars from a federal loan program in 20-10. money he used to fund his valet fleet services.he was asked how this fits in with his stance again

woodall, i think the future is bright in the health care arena. i thank you for bringing this bill for us today. i would be happy to support you in getting it to the president's desk. rep. price: thank you very much. i do not see mr. polis here. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. representative: thank you for being here. thank you for your care for thousands of patients over your time practicing medicine. thank you to the gentleman from kentucky for being here. i appreciate you both giving us your time today and your opinions. i was struck by something you said earlier about the difference between health coverage and health care. we have told millions of americans that they have coverage but they are not getting care and they cannot afford care. when they get care, they are being chased by bill collectors the rest of their life because of high deductibles that they did not used to have. we have confused coverage with care. just because you have a piece of paper or a card that says you have insurance does not mean you are going to get care. it