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Date: 2015-10-23
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I dont know why we are here this morning. I guess out of desperation. After 11 hours of trying to attack the former Secretary of State. now we come this morning to continue our attack on women and again to have Republicans address the Affordable Care Act that has. in my State. put a dent in some 25.000plus who did not have health care. Today we stand here with a bill that repeals the individual responsibility requirements that people must have their own health care. repeals the Independent Payment Advisory Board. which focuses on making Medicare solvent for our seniors. and the Prevention and Public Health Fund. which supports evidencebased programs designed to keep Americans healthy. prevent chronic infectious diseases. and reduce future healthcare costs. Two days ago I was standing out in front of the United States Capitol calling out my State. the State of Texas. that about 3 days ago declared war on Planned Parenthood to close 39 different clinics.
Date: 2015-10-23
Speaker: VAN HOLLEN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. with all respect to Mr. WOODALL. we dont celebrate legislation that takes away affordable health care to 15 million Americans. including 3 million American children. That is not our definition of bipartisanship. I urge all my colleagues to read the Congressional Budget Office report. The Congressional Budget Office is headed by someone who was chosen by our Republican colleagues. and their report tells us this legislation will take away affordable health care from 15 million Americans. That is nothing to celebrate. I now yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Connecticut . the very distinguished ranking member of the Subcommittee on Labor. Health and Human Services. and Education. and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2015-10-23
Speaker: VAN HOLLEN (democrat)
Chamber: H

No. That is my understanding of the agreement. too. Would it be possible. Mr. Speaker. to just tell usI guess we can do the mathhow much time in the 15 minutes remains for each side?
Date: 2015-10-23
Speaker: VAN HOLLEN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself 212 minutes. Mr. Speaker. this legislation. plain and simple. takes away affordable health care to 15 million Americans. including 3 million kids. I keep hearing about how intrusive and awful the Affordable Care Act is. The reality is the majority of Members gathered right here in this Chamber are on the Affordable Care Act. The government is not dictating to them their health insurance. They are on it. All they are trying to do here. Mr. Speaker. is take away access to affordable health care for 15 million Americans who would not otherwise get affordable health care and. in the process. take away funding for womens health programs. targeting Planned Parenthood as part of a political witch hunt. the same kind of witch hunt we saw just yesterday in the Benghazi special committee hearing. where. the majority leader of this House told the public. it was simply about bringing down Secretary Clintons poll numbers. It is no wonder. Mr. Speaker. that it has been so difficult for our Republican colleagues to find a replacement for the Speaker. You have got a faction of this House that wants no compromise. that thinks it is a celebration to get rid of health care. affordable health care for 15 million Americans. That is nothing to celebrate. and this is a terrible way to end an already unproductive week here in the House of Representatives. So I urge my colleagues to vote against this legislation. It is not going anywhere because the President of the United States is not going to sign a bill that deprives 15 million Americans of access to affordable health care that they didnt have before. So lets stop the games. We have got to deal with the debt ceiling. We have got to deal with a way where we actually pay all our bills. not just some of the bills. and when we decide which ones to pay. we dont say we are going to pay China first. We have got to make sure we come together to prevent a government shutdown. Instead. for the 61st time. this House is voting to take away health care from the American public. So. Mr. Speaker. I urge my colleagues to vote against this legislation. I reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 2015-10-23
Speaker: VAN HOLLEN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I dont have time to respond to all of the misstatements that were made. but now I am going to turn it over to the ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee. Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from Michigan
Date: 2015-10-23
Speaker: VAN HOLLEN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. we have more speakers. but they are not with us on the floor at the moment. I am not sure exactly how many there are either. I reserve the balance of my time. Does the chairman have additional speakers?
Date: 2015-10-23
Speaker: VAN HOLLEN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. in that case. in the interest of time. would the gentleman be interested. since we have 9 minutes and 121/2 minutes left and no other speakers. in agreeing that we will each take 5 minutes to close?
Date: 2015-10-23
Speaker: GENE GREEN (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 3762. the budget reconciliation bill. This bill is little more than a partisan attack on the health coverage for millions of Americans and access to womens health care. This legislation is the 61st repeal vote on the Affordable Care Act. which has succeeded in expanding health coverage to over 17 million Americans. including nearly 20.000 residents in the 29th District of Texas. Included in this legislation is a repeal of the Prevention and Public Health Fund. the federal governments only dedicated investment in prevention and the Nations largest single investment in prevention. The Prevention Fund was enacted as part of ACA in response to the overwhelming bipartisan support for prevention efforts and recognition of the lack of targeted and sustained federal initiatives to address chronic and costly illnesses. This bill would also strip funding for Planned Parenthood for 2016. Eliminating federal support for Planned Parenthood would limit or prevent women from accessing important health services such as contraception. cancer screenings. and STI tests and treatment. Women in communities with a shortage of other health care providers who serve lowincome patients would be the ones most likely to experience barriers to care. As the current ranking member of the Health Subcommittee that worked endless hours authoring the Affordable Care Act six years ago. I ask my Republican colleagues to offer reasonable proposals to improve ACA. There are areas of the current law that I and many of my Democratic colleagues on this side of the aisle would be willing to consider changing. Unfortunately. the bill before the House today is another extreme proposal that would gut the heart out of ACA and take away the health coverage for millions of Americans. Mr. Speaker. we will not let that happen. ACA has been a success beyond the wishes of its supporters and the most important expansion of health coverage since Medicare and Medicaid while slowing the growth of health care prices in nearly half a century. I urge my colleagues to vote against this extreme proposal. President Obama has already said he will veto this bill if it reaches his desk. I promise that his veto will be sustained by Congress.
Date: 2015-10-23
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I request that this article from White House Blog entitled. "The Faces of Health Care: Joanne W." regarding the benefits of the Affordable Healthcare Act be submitted. Joanne was able to sign up for Medicare at 66. Her doctor told her there was an advancement to Medicare through ACA. After being on disability with no other health insurance. Joanne went in for a free annual wellness check once she had Medicare. At that very check they detected early caratoid artery stenosisa condition that has no early symptoms. but if not treated can lead to a stroke or cardiac arrest. Because it was detected early she was immediately given medication and advice on diet and exercise. "Who would have thought after all my support for the ACA. my life would be saved by it." she wrote in a letter to the President.
Date: 2015-10-23
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. some of the good news this week is my introduction. with 16 original cosponsors. of H. Res. 489. congratulating Texas Southern University for 88 years. TSU is celebrating their 88 years at their homecoming this weekend. TSU is a school that has graduated not only Barbara Jordan and Mickey Leland. but tens upon tens of great NFL football players. Tonight we will honor TSU. I pay tribute to Texas Southern University by introducing H. Res. 489. Unfortunately. there are some bad things that have happened. Let me cite H.R. 3762. the Restoring Americans Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act. that cuts $278.2 billion in discretionary funding that would help many of our children and education and the environment and health care and. as well. providing. if you will. the cuts in the Affordable Care Act. I like the idea of the Cadillac tax provision. but that is not the basis of the bill. H.R. 3762 is a bad bill. Then. of course. there were 11 hours of testimony. What did we find in the Benghazi hearing? We found that Secretary Clinton could. in fact. present the facts to the American people and be transparent as we knew. but we found no new facts. no smoking gun. It is time to end the Benghazi hearings and committee.
Date: 2015-10-26
Speaker: EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of H.R. 3033. the Research Excellence and Advancements for Dyslexia Act H.R. 3033 would require the National Science Foundation to have a line item for the Research in Disabilities Education program and to fund at least $5 million dollars a year on dyslexia research. This would include research on the early identification of individuals with dyslexia. professional development for teachers and school administrators. curricula development and educational tools. and implementation and scaling of successful models of dyslexia intervention. I have known several people who have dyslexia. Although dyslexia is a lifelong condition. if someone gets proper diagnosis and instruction. they can succeed in school and go on to have successful careers. The National Science Foundation currently supports fundamental research across a number of scientific fields that provide a foundation for dyslexia research. Also. the National Science Foundation is a leader in educational research and funds learning science directly and indirectly related to dyslexia. A significant amount of the National Science Foundation research relevant to dyslexia is funded out of the Social. Behavioral. and Economic Sciences Directorate and the Education and Human Resources Directoratetwo important National Science Foundation Directorates that fund highpriority research. Research funded by the Biological Sciences Directorate also contributes to foundational knowledge about the neuroscience behind dyslexia. I was pleased that when this bill was considered by the House Science. Space. and Technology Committee. we worked in a bipartisan manner and made several improvements to the bill. including incorporating some of the suggestions that expert witnesses had given us during Committee hearings. I want to thank my fellow Texan. Chairman SMITH for working across the aisle on this bill. I support the bill and urge my colleagues to support it.
Date: 2015-10-26
Speaker: TED LIEU (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. I rise today to recognize Dr. Claudio Pellegrini for his remarkable and groundbreaking work in the scientific community. On October 20. 2015. Dr. Pellegrini received the Enrico Fermi Award for his research on relativistic electron beams and freeelectron lasers. This honor is among the most respected and prestigious awards for scientific achievement. Throughout his lifetime. Dr. Pellegrini has held many prominent positions and earned numerous impressive awards. After studying at the University of Rome. he became Director of the laser division at the Frascati National Laboratories in the 1970s. He later served at the Brookhaven National Laboratory and at the Nordic Institute of Theoretical Physics. In recent years he has worked at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. He is the distinguished recipient of a Fulbright fellowship and the FEL Prize. Still. these include only a fraction of Dr. Pellegrinis accomplishments. I am especially pleased to recognize Dr. Pellegrinis position as a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of California Los Angeles. Widely considered an expert in electron and photon beams physics. his research contributed to the development of the first hard xray freeelectron laser and helped advance highenergy physics more generally. The university and surrounding community has undoubtedly benefited from Dr. Pellegrinis presence. I am confident that Dr. Pellegrinis work will continue to benefit the scientific community in the United States and throughout the world. Today. Californias 33rd Congressional District is proud to congratulate Dr. Pellegrini as a Fermi Award recipient and as a tremendous scientist and individual.
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: CAROLYN B. MALONEY (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New York

Mr. Speaker. this summer. when a small group of Republicans successfully blocked the renewal of the ExportImport Bank. they were very dismissive of the negative effects their efforts would have on job creation here in our country. Now it is autumn. and without the ExIm Bank. we are losing American jobs. Last month. General Electric announced it will move production of large. gaspowered engines to Canada. along with 350 jobs. because the company cannot access financing from the ExportImport Bank. Boeing was recently told by a Singaporebased satellite company not even to bother bidding on a satellite contract because they lacked the financing from ExIm. These are just a few reallife examples of the realworld consequences of letting ExIm expire. There is never a good time to commit economic suicide. I urge my colleagues to join together in renewing the ExportImport Bank and saving and growing American jobs.
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. today we will have an opportunity to support the ExportImport Bank opening so that constituents across America. including Houston. Texas. will have the opportunity to grow jobs and to compete internationally. That is a good thing. Mr. Speaker. Soon I hope we will be able to reopen Riverside Hospital in my congressional district with the collaboration and work with Health and Human Services and State authorities to open the doors for those who need health care. That is a good thing. Mr. Speaker. the showing of a video of a student being dragged out of a classroom violently while educators stand by and watch is a bad thing. It calls upon the Justice Department of that State. the Attorney General. and the local district attorney to stand up and be counted. It also calls upon the U.S. Department of Justice to determine whether the civil rights of that student were violated. Not one American should be able to tolerate the heinous. horrific. violent actions of throwing a young girl student on the floor. up against the door. dragged as if she were a bag of potatoes. No one should tolerate that. Mr. Speaker. I call upon everyone to address the conditions in schools and violence along with those who are perpetrating these acts against students.
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: MAXINE WATERS (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself 2 minutes. Mr. Speaker. yesterday this House took a historic and bipartisan vote in support of reauthorizing the ExportImport Bank. We showed that Democrats and Republicans can work together to overcome the obstruction caused by an ideologically driven minority that put its own uncompromising principles over the needs of the American people. The 4month shutdown of the ExportImport Bank engineered by the chairman of the Financial Services Committee has led to hopelessness. uncertainty. and fear for the many workers across this country whose livelihoods rely on the support of the ExIm Bank. As reports continued to pile in on the loss of jobs caused by the Banks shutdown. the chairman has remained deliberately indifferent to the harm inflicted on the lives of these Americans. The cost of this indifference is more than 100 transactions worth more than $9 billion that have been indefinitely put on hold pending the Banks reauthorization. Unfortunately. many of these contracts have now been lost for good. Today we are showing the smallbusiness owners and their employees that this indifference does not extend to the whole House of Representatives. Supporters of the Bank care about them. about their jobs and their communities. It is high time we reopened the ExIm Bank for business. Instead of shipping jobs abroad. lets start shipping American exports again. Lets put America back to work and pass this bill. Mr. Speaker. I reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: MAXINE WATERS (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Wisconsin . a member of the Financial Services Committee and the ranking member of the Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee. which has jurisdiction over the reauthorization of the ExIm Bank. I just want to take a moment to recognize her tireless work on behalf of the reauthorization of the ExIm Bank.
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: MAXINE WATERS (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Washington . a tireless advocate for our exporters who has never missed an opportunity to fight for the ExportImport Bank and the American workers it supports.
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: MAXINE WATERS (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from New York . a member of the Financial Services Committee.
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: CAROLYN B. MALONEY (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New York

Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for her leadership. I rise in strong support of reauthorizing the ExportImport Bank. There is never really a good time to commit economic suicide. and now would be especially a bad time. The ExportImport Bank creates jobs by supporting exports. and it costs taxpayers nothingzero. In fact. since 1992. the ExIm has returned nearly $7 billion to the U.S. Treasury. Killing the ExIm Bank would be especially bad right now. Export demand is falling because of our strong dollar and economic headwinds in China and Greece and Europe. We have to remember that there are 85 different exportimport banks around the world from China to Canada. all of which are supporting exports more than we are. We are in a competitive world. They say when you lose a job. it goes somewhere else. But what the opposition isnt saying is that it is going overseas. I support the ExportImport Bank. and we should vote for reauthorization.
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: MAXINE WATERS (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas . also a member of the Financial Services Committee.
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: MAXINE WATERS (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas . the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Financial Services Committee.
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: AL GREEN (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentlewoman. There is a better way to do this. It is called regular order through the committee process. bring it to the floor. and make amendments. However. when that doesnt prevail. the rules allow for what we are doing today. which is exceedingly important. I would say this: the ExIm Bank does not take deposits. it makes deposits. and it makes deposits that help us with our deficit. The numbers have been called to our attention: in 2013. about $1 billion. in 2014. $675 million. But the ExIm Bank has done something more important than all of these things that have been called to our attention for the most part. I think one of the most significant things that it has done is it has caused us to do something that we couldnt do for ourselves. and that is create the bipartisanship necessary to span the chasm of partisanship that has manifested itself in this House for too long.
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: MAXINE WATERS (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Ohio . who is also a member of the Financial Services Committee.
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: MAXINE WATERS (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California . the distinguished leader who has been a steadfast advocate on behalf of the interests of American workers and who has made reauthorization of the ExIm Bank a top priority.
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: MAXINE WATERS (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland . our distinguished whip. Whip HOYER has a long record of advocating on behalf of our Nations exporters and their workers. With his leadership. we are here today on the verge of finally passing legislation to reopen the ExIm Bank.
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: MAXINE WATERS (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. parliamentary inquiry. I wish the Chair would clarify that there will be a vote taken on the motion to recommit and that. should that fail. this will not go back to the committee under any circumstances. Is that correct?
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: MAXINE WATERS (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Well. if I may. you just said what I said in reverse. And I just wanted it to be clear. As the chairman of the committee tried to state that he would be willing to hold hearings and do what he has not done as we have tried to consider this. that if. in fact. this body does not support it going back to committee. he has no opportunity to try to do what he has not done in the process. Is that correct?
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: MAXINE WATERS (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Wisconsin . the ranking member of the Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee on the Financial Services Committee.
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: MAXINE WATERS (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York . the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Capital Markets of the Financial Services Committee.
Date: 2015-10-27
Speaker: CAROLYN B. MALONEY (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New York

Mr. Speaker. I thank the ranking member for yielding and for her leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker. I include in the RECORD over 95 investor protection and consumer protection groups who adamantly support the position of the Department of Labor rule that protects investors and consumers.