I hereby appoint the honorable scott r. Tipton to act as speaker pro tempore on this dafmente day. Signed, john a. Boehner speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour, each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. It was interesting to listen to some of the congressional reactions after the United NationsSecurity Council on monday unanimously approved a resolution that creates a basis for International Economic sanctions against iran to be lifted. This was a 150 vote for the 104page resolution that lays out the steps required for lifting United Nations sanctions. And importantly, it sets up a way to renew sanctions if iran does not abide by its commitments. If we get into a dispute over irans enrichment activities, these sanctions automatically snap back after 30 days. And the United States, as a member of the Security Council, could veto any effort to change that. The United States controls the snap back. Congress should not be annoyed but instead should understand and appreciate the unanimous support from the major countries that helped secure the agreement and enforce sanctions in the first place. The United States did not bring iran to the negotiating table by itself. We have been sanctioning iran for years with far more stringent and Stronger Economic body blows. But they didnt bite until we were joined by other powerful countries. It required japan and india not to buy iranian oil. And unanimous support of the u. N. Security council plus germany, the socalled p5 1 to hammer this out. This is Vital Information for congress to evaluate. Were we to walk away from this historic International Agreement that has the participation of all the other major powers and the consumers of iranian oil we would be on our own. If we repudiate this hard fought, carefully crafted diplomatic solution, well be in an infinitely weaker position. Iran free to go about its business and the support of those other countries that was so vital will melt away. There is a reason why 100 distinguished former administration officials, diplomats, military officials from all across the political spectrum with backgrounds in democratic and republican administrations alike endorsed the proposal this week. This is the best solution in a difficult part of the world with a country thats been difficult to work with to say the least. Its been involved with bad behavior, and which has been bent on developing the capacity to create a Nuclear Weapon. We all want to prevent that. At least delay it as long as possible. This agreement achieves that additional time 10 years or more. It has strong enforceable sanctions in the event of failure, and the inspections regime that controls over the Iranian NuclearPower Plant Program continue for 10 years or more. Some are permanent. This is a watershed moment in american diplomacy. An opportunity to get past the troubled history for decades on a more positive footing. Iran to this point has lived up to its agreements and we have watched their Nuclear Activity being dialed back and openness expanded which would have been unthinkable three years ago. Last, and most important to consider, the opponents of this agreement have no good alternative. They may huff and puff about all options being on the table. But realistically the American Public has little appetite for a war with iran. A country bigger than afghanistan and iraq combined, with a population twice as large, well educated and sophisticated. An attack would bring about unthinkable circumstances even if the American Public were likely to accept it, which is highly unlikely. And of course the United States will have squandered the alliance with the worlds most powerful countries. They are aligned with us today. But it would be difficult if not impossible to them back on our side again if we cant take yes or an answer. Congress should stop hyper ventilating, look testified, and move forward to support diplomacy he as our best chance to prevent a Nuclear Armed iran and chaos in the middle east. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The chair recognizes the gentleman from alabama, mr. Brooks, for five minutes. Mr. Brooks mr. Speaker americas policymakers face an information gap that undermines our ability to make the immigration policy decisions needed to protect american lives from the threat posed by illegal aliens. What information gaps . Crime statistics that reflect criminal conduct by illegal aliens. The horrifying murder of 32yearold kate steinle in San Francisco has once again put crime by illegal aliens in the national spotlight. But this issue should always be in the spotlight because it daily affects american citizens across the country despite proamnesty forces best efforts to suppress politically Inconvenient Truth about illegal alien crime in america. The fact is americas crime data for illegal aliens is inadequate. While we have access to federal Sentencing Data for illegal aliens illegal alien crime data for cities counties, and states is just not there. For example while illegal aliens are roughly 3. 5 of americas population, the United StatesSentencing Commission data reflects that out of 74,911 federal sentencing cases illegal aliens committed 17 of drug trafficking, 20 of kidnapping hostage taking 12 of money laundering, 12 of murders and a whopping 74 of drug possession felonies. If this federal data is any indicator, illegal aliens are far more likely to commit violent and dangerous crimes than the average american or lawful immigrant. The absence of state and local Law Enforcement data is critical because most heinous crimes, such as murder rape, violent assaults and the like, are prosecuted at the state level. As of today, the federal government does not publicly report state and local illegal alien crime data, thus undermining our understanding of how bad the illegal alien crime problem is and what we must do to address it. A report released this pastp monday july 20, by the center for immigration studies, found that according to Census Bureau data 2. 5 million illegal aliens at the rate of 400,000 per year had been added to americas illegal alien problem since president obama took office. Americas policymakers need Empirical Data showing how Many Americans are horribly victimized by the millions of illegal aliens, this and other administrations have allowed into our country. While we have daily access to the endless stream of anecdotal gruesome news reports of yet another illegal alien taking yet another american citizens life, we need big picture data to rebut the liberal left mantra that illegal aliens are as clean, innocent and pure as freshly fallen snow. For example, in my district which has red stone arsenal, one of the americas premiere military facilities, more americans have been killed by illegal aliens than my district has lost in afghanistan, in iraq, to the islamic state, to al qaeda, and to the taliban combined. So is alabamas fifth Congressional Districts experience with illegal aliens an anomaly, or is illegal alien crime as bad in the rest of america . Mr. Speaker, in order to make good policy decisions americas policymakers need better data. I have introduced a bill to help. My bill, the arrest statistics reporting act does two things. First, it requires that arrest reports already sent to the f. B. I. By state and local governments include the best known immigration status of the arrestee. Second, it requires the federal government to publish illegal alien crime data in the f. B. I. s annual crime statistic reports. This data will better inform the public and lawmakers about illegal alien crime, empower us to make the decisions needed to protect american lives. Mr. Speaker, honest immigration debate requires the best crime data. My bill, the arrest statistics reporting act, will help us obtain it. Mr. Speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Schiff, for five minutes. Mr. Schiff mr. Speaker, earlier this month americans were riveted by news that infamous drug lord joaquin guzman, better known as el chapo, escaped from a maximum security prison in mexico. It took this spectacular movie style breakout to return mexico and drug cartels to the National Attention and that is a problem. When ruthless barbaric criminals terrorize a population halfway around the world, america notices. We rightly rise up the speaker pro tempore as one to decry the horrific violence perpetrated by isil in syria and react, recoiling in horror at the news of rapes, beheadings and savagery run amuck. When similar violence is visited upon an innocent population in our own back beyond a reasonable doubt, why are we not similarly outraged . Earlier this year ida was beheaded by ruthless thugs. Not halfway around the world but in the mexican state of ger rareo, less than 1000 miles from the u. S. Border. Her death was not an isolated incident nor was it random. She was a candidate for mayor of her town. Her husband had been mayor until last year when he was assassinated. A note found near her body warned of similar treatment for other politicians who did not quote, fall in line and was signed, loss rojos, the name of one the guerreros largest criminal organizations. If violence there sounds familiar, it should. In the town of equala last year 43 students engaged in a peaceful protest were kidnapped, murdered, and cremated in a mass grave. Those 43 are but a tiny fraction of the tens of thousands of mexicans who have been murdered by mexican drug cartels over the last decade. Including at least four candidates and more than a Dozen Campaign workers during this years midterm elections. Disturbingly violence against women in particular has skyrocketed and the rate which member are murdered in mexico is double the global average. Meanwhile, a cowed and corrupt leadership seems powerless to stop any of this and may even be actively abetting the violence. We know the drug use in the United States has regrettably contributed to the conditions that have allowed this violence to spread. The money that fuels the drug cartels comes in large part from narcotic sales north of the rio grande. Just as the drugs flow north, the guns flow south. I have addressed this chamber in support of legislation countering the sale of guns through straw purchasers which are then sent across the border. This mutually destructive trade of guns and drugs cannot be allowed to continue unabated. More sensible treatment of drug addiction at home and more commence gun laws would not only help our own country but also reduce chaos in the neighborhood. The u. S. Has done much to assist mexico in countering cartel violence. Primarily through the initiative of counter drug and anticrime assistance package. Since 2008, we provided mexico with over 2. 5 billion from the initiative whose strategy focuses on disrupting criminal groups institutionalizing the rule of law, creating a 21st century border, and building strong and resilient communities. But the forums our money supports has been painfully slow in coming. Only 25 of the crimes in mexico are reported. Fewer than 5 are investigated. And fewer than 2 ultimately move to trial and sentencing. The problem in mexico is not simply a lack of resources, it appears to be a lack of will. The active presence of corruption and official clution squelches free speech, causing citizens to fear their elected officials, allowing the rule of law to fail. Those 43 murdered students appear to have been killed with the knowledge and participation of the local police force on orders from the mayor and his wife. It is a dramatic story but not an unusual one. A story of corruption and impunity in official come. Officialdom. Sadly those who tell the stories, and brave victims willing to speak out too often meet fates 43 murdered students appear to have been killed with the knowledge and participation of the local police force on orders similar to the students. Indeed, within the last month, three journalists have been murdered and three different mexican states, joining the tragic toll of more than 50 mexican journalists killed or disappeared since 2007. I wish i could have a simple solution to these problems. I do not. I do know the strugful of the mexican people for a peaceful, safe and wellgoverned nation is a struggle as well as ours. We recognize that mexicos problems are also our own. I thank you mr. Speaker, and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The chair recognizes the gentleman from nevada, mr. Hardy, for five minutes. Mr. Hardy mr. Speaker i rise today to discuss the unfortunate doddfrank wall street act. This week marks the fifth anniversary of the signing of the law that the democrat answer to the recession that impacted our nation. My state, the state of nevada, was devastated by the meltdown which started with the weakening of the credit standards and erupted into foreclosures that brought our fiscal system to the edge of the cliff. At the peak of the recession, nevada had an Unemployment Rate of 13. 7 . Nevadans all over the state were losing their jobs, their homes and their businesses. Democratically controlled congress and the democratically controlled white house responded with regulation after regulation. On the false pretense that the crash was caused by the lack of rules. Five years in and what do we have today . We have for the first time in over three decades more Small Businesses failing than being started. Think about that. We have more Small Business deaths than we have Small Business births. The lifeblood of our nation lies with Small Businesses. According to the 2012 data from the Small Business administration 64 of all private sector jobs were created by Small Businesses. Half of all people employed in this country work for Small Businesses. Im going to repeat. We now have more Small Business deaths than we have Small Businesses being started. They are being suffocated by 400 new federal regulations. Onesizefitsall rules have impacted small bankers so much we have Less Community banks now than we had before doddfrank. These small Community Banks serve my constituents. They serve the neighbors of my district. They serve the neighborhoods of our country. These Community Banks were not the banks making the risky loans. They were building strong relationships with their customers, but now, because of doddfrank, there are less of them. And how did doddfrank address fannie mae and freddie mac . It didnt. It didnt reform fannie and freddie. Doddfrank in essence is topdown governance from washington bureaucrats. Instead of ending the toobigto fail regulators it inserted into law. We now have sifis systemically important Financial Institutions. If a bank is defined as a sifi, it will surely be the first to be bailed out because they are systemically too important. This presents problems for moral hazard. Doddfrank put into law that they will be bailed out by americans and their hardearned money. Doddfrank was supposed to end this practice and it was supposed to protect the consumer. But after five years with you now have sifis. We now have Less Community banks. Simply put, our businesses are facing higher borrowing costs and the inability to create jobs. Nevada today has an Unemployment Rate of 6. 9 . Nevadans dont want more regulations. They want more jobs. Like all americans, they want more opportunities. They want access to capital to start their new companies and businesses. Mr. Speaker, unfortunately the burdensome doddfrank law is still churning out final rules. Americans will continue to face the red tape during this slog of a recovery, and, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. Sanchez, for five minutes. Ms. Sanchez thank you mr. Speaker. Last week, thanks to the leadership of the Senate Health committee, chairman Lamar Alexander and Ranking Member patty murray the Senate Passed a bipartisan bill known as the every child achieves act that reauthorizes the elementary and secondary education act. This is the law where the federal government has with respect to kindergarten through 12th grade education. And i applaud my Senate Colleagues for reaching across