The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. One of the most difficult and challenging situation any family faces is dealing with circumstances surrounding the end of life. Earlier this week, n. P. R. Ran a fascinating story on a little known fact that physicians die differently than the rest of us. They are more comfortable, theyre more likely to spend their final days surrounded by loved ones. They seldom die in an i. C. U. Or in a hospital setting. Thats because doctors understand what works and what doesnt. Doctors are very clear about their wishes, and they choose quality of life and concern for their families as well as their own wellbeing. Ive been working in this area of end of life for more than six years. The ways and Means Committee unanimously approved my legislation and amended it as part of the Affordable Care act to provide greater support for families with that decisionmaking process. It did pass the committee unanimously. Part of the Affordable Care act, even despite the 2009 lie of the year about death panels, on the strength of some of the most compelling testimony that were delivered, not by expert witnesses but by members of the committee. One of our republican members discussed how his mother didnt get the care that she needed at the end of life. Another physician member of the committee explained how he had these conversations repeatedly, but unfortunately they were often much later than they should have been. There wasnt adequate time for the family to prepare. Well, theres been a sea change on this issue, in part because of rising public awareness. Support for our Bipartisan Legislation, the personalize your care act, which i worked on for years now with dr. Phil roe, has made Great Strides forward. Weve had advocates like dr. Bill frist, former republican leader of the senate, who spoke eloquently and forcefully about the helping families under these trying conditions. The reverend billy graham has written how its christian responsibility to take this on for ourselves and spare our loved ones uncertainty. A doctor published a brilliant book being mortal, which quickly climbed to the bestseller list for the New York Times and a 500page report about dying in america that talked about the problems and opportunities to provide more choices and protect peoples wishes. Yesterday was another important landmark when the administration published a proposed fee schedule for next year in which theyve assigned an activity code with payment for advanced care planning. Now, of course this is merely a proposal and theyre still seeking comment but its a historic step forward for a decision that will be finalized this fall. Its another indication that we can and will do a better job of meeting the needs of American Families under the most difficult of circumstances. We will make sure americans have all the information they need to make the right decisions for themselves and their family and to assure those decisions, whatever they may be, are honored and enforced. Medicare will pay for thousands of expensive medical procedures and now for the first time the government is placing a value on this important conversation between a patient and their chosen medical professional. Now its the job of the rest of us to do our part. Who will speak for us if it were unable to speak for ourselves, and what will they say . The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. Jolly, for five minutes. Mr. Jolly thank you mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, most economists and Financial Advisors have recognized that families across the United States are headed towards a major retirement crisis. Studies have shown that a majority of households headed by someone age 59 or younger are in danger of suffering from falling Living Standards in their retirement years and so the administration and this congress should be advancing policies to make retirement counseling, Savings Advice and Investment Services more accessible, not less. Retirement planning, savings counseling and Investment Advice can improve the quality of life and economic stability of every american. Yet, recent actions by this administration, however wellintended will make these Financial Services less accessible and less affordable to those who are in most need of them. By forever changing the rules regarding Financial Advising related to retirement accounts. Mr. Speaker, for years the community of Financial Advisors, including those throughout Pinellas County and those i represent, has been governed by the suitability standard. That is Financial Advisors are required to provide financial counseling and investment recommendationes that are suitable for a client based upon that clients financial position and financial goals. The suitability standards requires advisors to act fairly in dealing with clients. This suitability standard has served individual investors well for many years, creating a market for Financial Services for new and lowdollar investors seeking basic Investment Services and thoughtful financial and retirement planning. But the administration is now in the process of replacing that standard with a new standard called the fiduciary standard. This new standard under the guise of protecting investors will actually have the opposite effect. The administrations proposed rule will ultimately reduce or in some cases eliminate financial counseling products and services to new and lowdollar investors. The rule will result in the elimination of Financial Products that adequately compensate advisors for their services, and it will increase the cost of compliance on advisors who ultimately will need to pass on those costs to clients through a higher Fee Structure and it will cost some advisors. But worst, mr. Speaker, the department of labors new rule reflects the approach that we see from regulators throughout this administration, an arrogant and demeaning suggestion that industry throughout america is necessarily comprised of all bad actors, and unless these actors are forced to do so by this administration, they will no longer do right or do good but for the heavy hand of government and the heavy hand of this administration making them to do so. It is a washington knows best approach that communities across the country continue to reject. The administration can do better. Do not issue the new proposed fiduciary standard rule. Members of congress from both sides of the aisle have sent letters to the department of labor expressing the negative impacts this proposal will have on their communities and we have begged the department of labor to revisit this rule and simply do better on behalf of the American People. Congress has also taken action on its own and will continue to do so. Recently the Appropriations Committee included provisions within their respective bills in the house and senate to halt the administration from moving forward on this perhaps wellintended but completely wrong proposed rule. It was right that we did so. The Administration Simply must do better. It starts with recognizing that the Financial Advisor industry is comprised of men and women across this country who provide a valuable contribution to individuals and couples seeking retirement guidance. And lets realize that transparenty and sunlight can transparency and sunlight can help. It results in needless and expensive litigation and ever more Trial Attorney fees and will ultimately eliminate financial counseling to thousands of families who need it the most. Well mr. Speaker, that is the wrong answer. Lets keep the suitability standard. Lets trust Financial Advisors for the good service they provide. Lets strictly enforce the current law against the very small number of individuals who seek to take advantage of individual investors. Lets protect Financial Services for those who need them most and lets revisit a rulemaking process that focuses only on transparency. Ultimately providing consumers and clients with the information they need to make responsible Investment Decisions and to responsibly select a Financial Advisor that is right for them. It is time that this administration begins trusting the American People. Thank you mr. Speaker. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Gutierrez, for five minutes. Mr. Gutierrez for the record, im not mexican, im not an immigrant. Given the rhetoric of one of the leading republican candidates for president , its important to point that out at the start before im accused of being a criminal, a drug dealer or a rapist. To be fair, donald trump didnt say all latinos or mexicans are rapists. Just the vast majority of mexicans immigrants are drug dealers or rapist. Mexican immigrants working in the United States, it should be the owner of hotels. But he is not basing this on personal knowledge. Trump says that most of the women coming from Central America to the u. S. Through mexico and other countries report being sexually assaulted. On this point, he and i have some agreement. Women and children at the lowest wrung of our economic and social ladder are incredibly vulnerable to Sexual Assault and rape, but from saying most undocumented women are vulnerable to assault and saying most undocumented men are rapists is, as he might say himself, huge. The documentary on pbs front line, rape in the fields was a powerful expose on how immigrant women are regularly victims of rape, abuse because perpetrators recognize how vulnerable immigrant women are. They are afraid to talk to the police afraid they will be deported and afraid they will lose their children and this fear to report crimes makes us all less safe. Yes, the rape and abuse is sometimes perpetrated by other latino immigrants. Perhaps even mexicans. But these crimes are also committed by men of all colors including red, white and blue americans. So when donald trump says on cnn, well, someone is doing the raping, is further evidence we should be building a big wall so he can laster his name on it and keep im laster his name on it and keep immigrants ons its clear donald misses the point. The question is how do we create an immigration system that allows people come with visas and not smugglers so their work is honored, safe protected by oir labor laws . How do we make sure that the work remembers not afraid to dial 911 and report assault when someone, anyone is threatening them or their families . Now, the antiimmigration wing of the Republican Party in this body and on the air is saying that trump may have a point. After all, a beautiful, innocent woman was shot in cold blood by a mexican immigrant in San Francisco just last week. Why wasnt he deported . Why wasnt he held in jail the last time . Why is and you will actually hear this on fox news. Why is president obama letting mexicans kill beautiful Young American women . As the father of two daughters, about the age of kate, the young woman who was shot and killed, i pray every night that no one of any racial ethnic background ever does my daughters harm and i can only imagine the grief that her family is feeling. When we have felons in federal custody or state or local custodies with warrants for drug crimes who get deported and come back, we are not doing our job. They cope with decades of inaction on immigration criminal justice and a range of other issues. I have no sympathy for the man accusing this crime. Murderers should rot in hail. So what if rot in hell. So what if we have a system, people that contributed productively and they have children and other deep roots in the United States, what if we allowed them to come forward . What if we made them pay for their only criminal background check fingerprinted them, made them prove their identity and check on them ever so often to make sure theyre not gaming the system or committing crime . What if we had a system where people came here legally in the first place if they could prove their identity and they had no criminal background . I argue that such a system would allow us to reduce significantly the number of people who are in this Company Country without legal status. It would shrink the size of communities where many people are undocumented, where people are afraid to call the police so that criminals find it easy to blend in and not stick out. Such a system would allow us to concentrate our enforcement and deportation resources on real criminals who should be jailed and then thrown out and kept out. Such a system would make it easier, make it harder for criminals to hide and easier for honest, hardworking folks to contribute to their communities without fear. Unfortunately that is exactly the system that some republicans have been fighting against. So when a hotel and casino owner gets on his high horse about mexican immigrants about crime and rape and murder, lets think about who is standing between the United States, this country, the one we love and that weve sworn to protect and a modern immigration system based on common sense, compassion and, yes, the rule of law. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from North Carolina, ms. Foxx, for five minutes. Ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. For the past two years my email in box mailbox and phone lines have been flooded with reports of canceled Health Insurance plans, soaring premiums, increased deductibles, and exasperated constituents trying to navigate the confusing washington bureaucracy that is obamacare. Members of congress have to buy their Health Insurance on the exchanges along with millions of other americans. I experience many of the same frustrations including the nightmare of navigating a confusing, unfinished website. Despite its central promise, the Affordable Care act it has proved to be anything but affordable for many north carolinians, and the Supreme Courts recent decision in king v. Burwell doesnt change that fact. House republicans are continuing our efforts to minimize the damage caused by obamacare. We have passed legislation that would permanently repeal obamacares 2. 3 excise tax on medical devices which has hindered innovation as well as restricted growth and job creation in an industry that has improved the quality of life for millions around the world. We voted to repeal the independent payment Advisory Board which was created under the president S Health Care law and gives a panel of 15 unelected unaccountable bureaucrats Sweeping Authority to slash medicare payment to providers or eliminate payments for certain treatments and procedures all together. The house has passed legislation that would change obamacares 30hour definition of fulltime employment and restore the traditional 40hour workweek. From adjunct professors to hourly workers i have heard from constituents across North Carolinas Fifth District who have one thing in common. Their hours are being reduced. Obamacare has placed an undo burden on employers and their employees by undermining the 40hour workweek, which has long been the standard for fulltime work. We voted to make it easier to hire veterans by exempting those who already have Health Insurance from being counted as fulltime employees under the president S Health Care law. No employer shd be penal eased for hiring a veteran, and no veteran should be unemployed because of obamacare. Whoever the best approach to solving the multitude of problems resulting from obamacare is to unite behind a complete repeal of the law and replace it with solutions that lower costs and empoer patients to choose the care thats empoer patients to choose the care thats right for them. I recently signed o on to h. R. 2653, the American Health care reform act. This bill would repeal obamacare completely and allow a standard deduction for health ensures that treats individually purchased plans and employer sponsored plans the same. Making sure that all americans receive the same tax benefits for health care. H. R. 2653 would return decisions about health care and Insurance Coverage to patients. It is people not government who can best determine the coverage and services that meet their needs. A government takeover of health care is not what americans asked for and certainly not what we can afford. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Quigley, for five minutes. Mr. Quigley thank you, mr. Speaker