Signed, paul d. Ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition january between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Gue layer, for five minutes. Thank you, era madam speaker. Today i rise to honor someone i was lucky to call a colleague and today i rise to honor someone i was lucky to call a colleague and mentor. Redland city councilmember, pat gillbreth. Heartened to learn of her passing in early october but ill be grateful to her contributions to our community of her imprint can be seen throughout the city and our region. She was the earliest advocate for passenger rail. Supported Healthy Communities h passing in early october but ill be grateful initiative. And open space initiatives to honor our citrus heritage. Hen i was just starting out on city council, her leadership and poise helped shape the Public Servant i aim to be. She was pragmatic, measured, and listened intently to the public. I will always be thankful for everything that she taught me. Not the least of which was how to hide the chocolate in the City Council Dais so we could eat it during our late Night Council meetings. A loving mother and grandmother, she was always proud to beam about her family. And i know that when they look at her legacy and the impact she made in the community, her family can be just as proud of her. Pat will always be remembered in our region for her thoughtfulness, her dedication, and her problem solving ability. And i will always remember her for her friendship. Thank you, madam speaker. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Thompson, for five minutes. Thank you, madam speaker. Madam speaker, i recently visited the innovations commons at penn states campus in erie county, which is an idea lab that offers support for entrepreneurs and startup companies. 2016, to n january, innovators, including those at the student level who sought to place a place to organize, collaborate, compose, and construct their ideas. The innovation commons is a part of the innovation beehive housed at and 2016, to managed state baron. With three ship other universities, mercy herst, and edinburgho. It was the first of its kind in 2016 and its success established a Business Network across erie county. And in other words the beehive. The sites will operate as with both niversities, mercy individual Service Providers and part of a larger connected network with multiple points of entry for entrepreneurs. All services will be available to the public and to businesses seeking to develop new products or enter new markets. Each lab will specialize in different aspects of product or Business Development. At Edinburgh University they will provide advertising, marketing, and Public Relations strategies for business startups. Oth current students and those hures in the community can all seek assistance with all these universities. For edinburgho ed binburg, the lab will be will be low vated in the library. Again at university it will focus on business analysis. It will be located in the center for business ingenuity will offer access to Small BusinessDevelopment Center and the erie technology incubator. Mercyhurst university will rovide Business Intelligence services and solutions to help developers commercialize their ideas. Blended faculty student teams will use highend computers, plotters, and other tools to services and develop custom intelligent products from within the Ridge College of intelligence studies. Madam speaker, this northwest Pennsylvania Innovation Beehive Network is working to serve the region. It will enable innovators madam access universities resources and applied Research Capabilities for new Business Development or expansion at little or no cost. I recently participated in a round table discussion with the University President s and im very excited to see this collaborative effort take root in erie county. This network is made possible thanks to the ignite erie industry and business collaborative. The gaming revenue authority, and appalachian regional commission. This truly is a collaborative effort and it is my hope that the beehive will soon be abuzz with good ideas a throughout erie county. This is an Excellent Partnership that will give innovators and students hands on realworld experience to test their ideas and make their dreams become reality. Mr. Speaker, im glad to see erie county leveraging the strengths of these four universities for the betterment of its community. It is exciting time in erie county. I look forward to seeing what this brings to the region. Thank you. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. Jeffries, or five minutes. Mr. Jeffries the socalled republican tax plan will increase taxes on the middle class, explode the deficit, and undermine medicare and medicaid. It will saddle your children and grandchildren with more than a trillion dollars in debt simply to provide millionaires and billionaires with a massive tax cut. House republicans will argue , t trickledown economics supply side economic, dynamic scoring will somehow magically save the day. But the notion that massive tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires will somehow result in strong Economic Growth is a phony, fraudulent, and fake argument. It has no basis in reality. There is no evidence to support this fantasy. Hen Ronald Reagan cut taxes on millionaires and billionaires, it didnt result in strong Economic Growth. It led to a massive deficit. When george w. Bush cut taxes on millionaires and billionaires, it didnt result in strong Economic Growth. It led to the great recession. When the republican governor of kansas cut taxes on millionaires and billionaires, it didnt result in strong Economic Growth. It led to prison riots, overcrowded schools, and crumbling infrastructure. We cannot allow this scheme to happen to the United States of america, the American People a better deal. I yield back. A better deal. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Fitzpatrick, for five minutes. Madam speaker, our veterans represent one of the most highly skilled work forces in american history. He product of rigorous training and ironclad commitment to teamwork and the remarkable ability to succeed where others might fail. Its no wonder that veterans are 45 more likely to be selfemployed than nonveterans. In total, veteranowned training and ironclad businesses make up nearly 10 of all businesses in the United States and account for more than 1 trillion in business receipts every year. One of those businesses is nadmar applied sciences corporation. Owned by air force veteran tom, to make sure our military has the best tools possible to complete any mission. Thomas also committed to employing veterans in the community. Im privileged to represent tom and others like him in congress. In honor of their service both in uniform and paragraphs of our economy, im proud to recognize the importance of veteranowned Small Businesses in our community by introducing and supporting House Resolution 588, which recognizes National VeteransSmall Business week this week, from october 30 to november 3. Madam speaker, i urge my colleagues and all americans to join me in supporting the veteranowned Small Businesses n our community. Madam speaker, i rise today to recognize National Obesity care week and nearly over 90 million adult americans living with ebicity. It is recognized during the first week of november when individuals and organizations from across the country raise wareness about the serious chronic disease of obesity. Leading medical organizations, medical the American Association, the obesity society, American Academy of family physicians, the American Association of clinical endocrinoligists, antiworld Obesity Federation all recognize obesity as a disease and the belief it should be treated as such. National obesity care week aims to advance an evidencebased understanding medical association, the obesity of obe widespread access to respectful comprehensive and appropriate care. Obesity is a complex disease linked to over 50 disorders, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. Over 1. 4 trillion is spent in the u. S. On direct and indirect costs for Health Related conditions related to obesity each year. This must change, madam speaker, its time for action and i commit to being part of the solution to improve care for obesity. It is i urge my fellow members to join me in recognizes obesity as a serious chronic disease and work towards improving access to evidencebased tools for chronic weight management. Madam speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from massachusetts, ms. Clark, for five minutes. Ms. Clark thank you, madam speaker. Dreamers are young people who are fighting to give back to the only country they have ever known as home. They are not political bargaining chips and they didnt ask to be at the center of this immigration debate. They were brought here before they were old enough to know the difference. They grew up as our neighbors, our kids classmates, and our friends. They are also taxpayers, teachers, medical students, and they are young people who are signing up to serve in our military. Let me tell you about some of the dreamers i have met in my district. Richard kim is a student at tufts university. He was brought here by his parents from korea when he was just 2. His parents sacrificed a great deal in america. Even becoming homeless and living in a car for a while for the chance that richard would have a better life than they had. Their son worked hard, got good grades, and ultimately was admitted into one of the best schools in the country. Now hes a freshman at tufts studying international relations. One day he wants to work here in congress. Richard calls himself 100 american. In his words, he says, i grew up here just like everyone else. I want to make a difference in america because this is the place i call home. Et me tell you about mario delgado. In marios words, he says, i know what its like to live of a shadow in a room full light. Keeping my head down to make sure i dont get sent back to a country that i know nothing of light. Keeping of. And so mario kept his head down. He studied, he worked through high school to help pay the bills, and saved up money for the future. Mario expects to graduate from college next year. He wants to work in the Renewable Energy industry. He says he intends to help america with the advancement of fusion energy. And then theres marla, who started attending school in framing ham, massachusetts, when she was in the first grade. She describes learning american history, listening to popular music, and watching the Disney Channel like the rest of her friends. But something was different. Unlike her friends, she realized she couldnt get a drivers license. As a teenager she suffered the crushing fear that every knock on the door could mean that she would never see her loved ones again. She feared that applying for exposing her mean a cruel reality for someone who was the valedictorian a cruel reality f someone who was the valedictorian of her graduating class. Graduate ly went to you but to the top of her class. Last week marla bravely came to me as a dreamer in front of her coworkers because she wanted to make a difference. Madam speaker, dreamers are bright young people who are american in their hearts and in their minds. They are american in every way but on paper, and their dream for a Better Future is unmistakably american. Their families have often endured poverty, violence and persecution, but despite it all, theyve excelled and charted their own path to success. And though they know no other country, they grew up with the threat of deportation and that their families could be torn apart at any given moment. The daca program showed them a way to come out of the shadows, to lift their heads and reach for their dreams and give back to a country they call home. Through daca 800,000 young people have been able to contribute to our work force and our armed forces. As marla put it, 800,000 is not just a number. It is birthdays, school events, graduations, homes and memories. Reversing daca would be sending these talented young people to a country they dont even know, where they could potentially be our competitors in our work force. We have all the tools we need to prevent that from happening and keep dreamers like richard, mario and marla in our communities where they can help us build successful futures. All we need is for leadership to allow us a vote. With these young what these young people deserve is no different than what we want for our own children. If we fail to pass the dream act, we not only fail them, we fail to meet our potential as a country. Lets do what the vast majority of americans are asking us to do. Lets give our dreamers and the dream act a vote. Thank you and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from alabama, mrs. Roby, for five minutes. Mrs. Roby thank you, madam speaker. Id like to start by saying i am heart broken and shocked by the terror attack in new york this week. This atrocious act of hatred and violence has no place in this country, and we must make it clear that we will not stand for it. I offer my sincere condolences to every Single Person who has been impacted by this senseless tragedy. My family and i will be in prayer for everyone who has been hurt by this act, whether physically or emotionally. I also want to thank Law Enforcement officers who responded so quickly, who saved lives and apprehended the suspect. As scary as this incident was, we can all be reassured by the courage and professionalism of our Law Enforcement, the military and the Intelligence Community that worked together to keep our country Work Together to keep our country safe. Madam speaker, its been a busy 10 months here in the house of representatives. We passed more than 360 bills a s year alone, and in unified effort to deliver the promises to the American People. Of course, many of those bills are aimed at rolling back the Big Government policies of the obama era. So id like to say we are doing a lot to make sure that the federal government does less. As a limited government conservative, im especially glad weve taken action to return some of washingtons bureaucratic power to the American People. The last seven years saw the emergence of a regulatory state that never stopped in its mission to grab power and impose its will at the expense of everyday americans. This town is overrun with federal agencies and departments where bureaucrats sit around every day concocting rules and regulations that might sound like a good idea but in reality end up weighing down businesses, destroying jobs and limiting freedom. In his eight years, president obama added 18,000 pages to the federal register, amounting to six pages added every day that he held office. This habit cost american households roughly 15,000 per year each. While president obamas no longer in office, his regulatory state is alive and well, but not for long. Madam speaker, the people of alabama elected me to help put an end to that, and i am proud to report that is exactly what we are doing. The house is changing the game because the American People deserve better than to pay for unnecessary Big Government mandates. Weve utilized the Congressional Review Act to strike 15 federal regulations that were imposed by executive action. What kind of regulations . One, extended intrusive, overreaching and punitive environmental penalties on energy companies, costing tens of thousands of jobs, but not anymore. One attempted to force state and local schools to use washingtons preferred teacher preparation programs, undermining local control. Not anymore. One restricted states ability to enforce existing laws, stopping otherwise abled bodied drug abusers from receiving unemployment benefits. Not anymore. One attempted to take away the Second Amendment rights of millions of americans without due process by arbitrarily restricting Social Security disability beneficiaries from purchasing firearms. Not anymore. And finally, one attempted to force states to steer millions in title 10 fun