Chaplain conroy let us pray. Eternal god to whom we see what we could be and what we can become, thank you for being giving us another day. Send your spirit upon the members of this peoples house to encourage them in their official tasks. Be with them and with all who labor here to serve this great nation and its people. Assure them that whatever their responsibilities, you provide the grace to enable them to be faithful in their duties and the wisdom to be conscious of their obligations and fulfill them with integrity. Remind us all of the dignity of work and teach us to use our talents and abilities in ways that are honorable and just and are of benefit to those we serve. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will led by the gentlewoman from kansas, ms. Jenkins. Ms. Jenkins i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore the chair will entertain up to five requests for oneminute speeches on each side of the aisle. For what purpose does the gentlelady from kansas seek recognition . Ms. Jenkins mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. Ms. Jenkins i rise today to congratulate Mars Chocolate North America on the grand opening of the stateoftheart facility in topeka, kansas. This is the first mars Chocolate Factory built in the u. S. In 35 years. Mars has invested more than 270 million to build this facility, bringing hundreds of jobs to the topeka area. We will be manufacturing snickers as well as 39 million individual mand ms per day. I m ms per day. I want to thank them for attracting world class jobs. They reviewed 80 potential sites, access to key infrastructure and positive business environment, all made topeka the best choice. Thank you, mars, for making topeka home in the heartland and welcome to kansas. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Mcnerney i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Mcnerney thank you, mr. Speaker. I stand here today mr. Lone that will thank you, mr. Speaker. I recognize multiple sclerosis month. M. S. Is a debilitating, chronic disease that attacks the Central Nervous system and makes it difficult with balance and coordination and impaired mobility. One of my most trusted and longterm district staff members, ms. Robin mccray, whos been with me many, many years, first when i was in the California State Legislature and now in congress, has a son, ian, who is now 42 years of age who has m. S. Ian was diagnosed at the age of 29 at the most productive time in his life. He was avid snowboarder, an outdoorsman and practiced masonry. M. S. Has stolen these things from him. There is no cure for m. S. Which is why we need advocates to help fight this terrible disease. Ive seen, through robin and ian, how m. S. Not only affects the individual but the entire family. Today i speak for ian, but i advocate for the 400,000 americans diagnosed with m. S. Thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Speaker, i rise to recognize national myeloma month. Mr. Higgins it is a cancer of the bone marrow which ranges from bone pain to failure. Over 22,000 new cases will be diagnosed and 11,000 deaths will occur due to myeloma this year. While myeloma is not curable, its treatable. I thank my colleagues, congressman bachus and rangel for drafting a resolution to establish march as multiple myeloma month and the International Myeloma foundation for raising awareness of the disease year round. Additionally, as Congress Begins to develop a budget, i encourage strong support for medical research, increasing funding to the National Institutes of health to 32 billion. Finally, i urge the house leadership to bring the cancer drug coverage parody act to the floor, a bill i introduced to make sure that patients with myeloma and other cancers who are prescribed oral chemotherapy by their doctors will have the Insurance Coverage they need to treat their illness and to get healthy. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition . Good morning, mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Barrow thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise to shed light on issues facing medicare recipients across the country, including more than 300,000 seniors in my home state of georgia. Medicare advantage provides care and support to the constituents of every member of this body, and it reduces the need for hospitalization and reduces Health Care Costs by focusing on prevention and disease management. The centers for medicare and Medicaid Services recently proposed a 5. 9 cut to this program which will reduce benefits and increase premiums by 35 to 75 per month for beneficiaries all across this country. This month, dr. Bill cassidy and i led an effort with over 200 members of this body to urge the centers for medicare and Medicaid Services to prevent these devastating cuts to this program. I urge this body and our friends in the senate to do all we can to preserve this critical program. We simply cannot place this countrys Financial Burdens on the backs of seniors by undermining Medicare Advantage. With that, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to recognize dr. Rank kitamoto. Mr. Kilmer he was forced from his home during world war ii and taken to a War Relocation Center in california. In total, 12,000 japanese american washingtonians were forced out of their homes for the duration of the war. Dr. Kitamoto returned here and began an oral history project. He traveled the country to educate others about japanese American History and forced relocation during world war ii. He served as president of the banbridge island for more than 25 years, and he also played and integral role in the Bainbridge Island exclusion memorial. Mr. Speaker, our nation owes a debt of gratitude to him to ensuring that the stories of this difficult period in American History are told. Im pleased to honor his legacy in the United States congress today. Thank you, mr. Speaker. And i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with all the questions surrounding Health Insurance today, it is vital that seniors can keep the Health Care Coverage on which they depend. I remain committed to working in a bipartisan manner to address the longterm drivers of our debt, but i also understand we must consider the impact the decisions we make we have on real americans, recent efforts to bring Medicare Advantage payments in line with traditional medicare makes sense if the think of the budget solely as numbers on a spreadsheet, but we are seeing these cults resulting in Smaller Networks of doctors, cuts to addon benefits and higher outofpocket limits. Shifting the cost and burden onto our nations seniors on fixed incomes. The Medicare Advantage cuts proposed for 2015 would be short sided and counterpro shortsighted and counterproductive if it led to Hospital Readmissions and, worse health outcomes. I add my voice to the growing bipartisan chorus calling for no more cuts to seniors on Medicare Advantage. I urge the administration to keep the rates flat for this year, protecting seniors continued access to Health Care Choices that they have earned after a lifetime of hard work. I yield the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house dentcam. Org. Washington journal continues. Congressman lee terry represents the Second District in nebraska, including omaha. Lets begin with the keystone xl pipeline, which would cut through part of your state. I want to share with the audience a clock that points out congressen 2015 days has been looking at this pipeline and still no action. It is very frustrating. When you talk about 2015 days to 2015nto perspective days, to put it into perspective world war ii was less. Lets talk about what we heard from the state department earlier this year. The Department Said what you go said what . Guest they finalized the environmental report and said what would hold us up is negligible. That is the fifth report that has concluded the environmental impacts are negligible. State kerryary of says he will remain neutral. Do you believe him . Guest he cant. His duty is to make a recommendation to the president. I dont see how that is mutual how that is neutral. The president can do just nothing. T let me share with you spendingillionaire money on climate issues. He said guest i think the environmental studies would show that they are easier to clean up because they are heavier than the lighter crude. Not sure he is the most sincere guy because he is invested in his portfolio and the success of the pipeline taking the sands and exporting it through canada. The map. s look at it is the area where the oil would originate from come heading down across the u. S. To the coastline. As you look at this, why does it need to go to the west . Why not travel across canada . Have tots going to does in refineries that are contracting with that oil. Refineies need oil to and we buy that oil. Venezuelaby from because it would offset the oil that they have to purchase. Thats whats coming to our refineries. The Oil Refineries are buying that oil to process into gasoline, diesel and a variety of other products. More than 2000 days waiting for a decision. How long will these businesses weight . Guest thats a good question. Canada is already saying that theyre not going to a. They have already provided or obtained all of the Eminent Domain properties to do a pipeline to the west. They are reverse engineering a pipeline that already exists to the east. That is also part of the in my mental study and the impact study. This crude oil is going to be used somewhere around the world, whether it is within the u. S. Or just china and other places. Host which is a question from honor of years. Why cant canada build its own pipeline and refinery . Guest they can. These are u. S. Businesses that are contracting for their product, which is gasoline and other Oil Products Good host what does the president have to focus on . Onst i would liken to focus the Keystone Pipeline and follow the environmental studies. His decision is a yes or no at some point in time. He can say yes or no today, despite john kerry being neutral. And go forward with the project. It hosthost environmentalistst want to see this bill, so they are putting pressure on the white house. Guest that is exactly why there has been no action. Because of the in my mental fossilthat are against fuels. They know this will be a game changer. , its energyis security. If we can offset all the oil that we import from venezuela, that makes us more secure. Host i want to get our viewers and listeners. How long can these investors in canada weight . Is it the next couple of weeks or months . What type of timeframe . Giving us are not timeframe. They are Going Forward with their east and west pipelines. At some point, they will have those abilities and then it becomes irrelevant. Host lets go to jackie from santa clara, california. Good morning. Ive been following the keystone and i would like to know, why not build the pipeline on Government Property where you could . Aquifer . Ypass the guest two good questions. I guess, fortunately, the government does not own all of montana,rty oklahoma, texas theres not enough Government Property to do it. To put it on Government Property. The other side of that question building and across canada. They already going to build it across canada. They already have their domain through all of the land. They can go ahead and do it. On the jobown creation and economic moment that they have in the United States. Host this tweet from our viewers. Isnt it true that the u. S. Gets none of the oil for our use . Its only for export. Guest that is one of the greatest myths. It is very frustrating. This oil is going to u. S. Refineries. We do know that the gasoline is going to be used in the u. S. That gives us a great amount of security. There will be some products that will be produced and exported. Forever. Been therell be other oil products that come out of it, such as lubricants that would also be exported just like they always have been. Gasoline is the most important issue to consumers. That is a u. S. Product that will stay in the u. S. Host there are no guarantees in life. Are there assurances that this pipeline is safe to the environment . Guest that comes back to the previous question on the safety. That is the whole focus. Pipeline safety. Engineering this pipeline to prevent leaks. There is no way you can have a perfect pipeline. You can have a perfect whatever. You cant have a perfect whatever. ,f there is a perfect pipeline how will the league be controlled and can be cleaned up . This comes back to jackies question on the aquifer. , ituse its a heavier crude. S easier to clean up the aquifer is not one massive lake that is flowing. It is a rocky formation that captures water. So its easier to clean up. Host lets go to herald an alabama. Harold in alabama. Caller the refineries on the , that is what government does not have. Oil they are refining will not stay in the u. S. It will go straight to other countries. There has never been a pipe built that has not busted. That is why the engineering of this is the most incredible Pipeline Engineering that we have seen. It far surpasses all the current standards. 59 extra made concessions to make sure it is the most secure pipeline that can be built today. You wereeries if putting the oil on a barge, it would not make any sense to then ship it to a refinery to just be to someunproduced tanker and go through the panama canal. Lot easier for candidate that was the goal. To send it to their east or west pipelines. Ask you about your colleague. Trying to figure out a way to get more of u. S. Energy throughout europe. This is a tweet from the reviewers. You think the u. S. Should make export toort to europe . Guest yes. I really do. We have, because of the new technology, getting out the natural gas, a plethora of natural gas. One third of natural gas being weed today in the u. S. Dont have a big enough market. Why dont we take that third and use it for our geopolitical purposes in providing some security in europe so they dont have to be reliant on russia for their natural gas . The ukrainian issue is important to europe because the natural gas Pipeline System goes through ukraine. Ukraine, itkes over puts pressure on your. Providese that we can security to our friends. Host we cant ship it overnight. How do we do that . You take the natural gas and turn it into liquefied natural gas and put it on ships and send it over and then they deal with it. Rts built around the world to do that. For us as we have to permit that process. It takes time from the department of energy. It takes a couple of years to build it. Delay the permitting process, you can start the construction. The same argument with the pipeline. We focus on a number of issues that he is working on, including the keystone xl pipeline. We will turn our attention to gm in just a moment. Max is on the line from indiana. Good morning. Caller i just want to preface this by saying i mess constitutional of a conservative as a person can be. I agree with obama on virtually nothing. Pipelineking and this it has not brought my natural gas bill down one nickel. Unless you can guarantee that this big ugly pipeline crossing our country is going to reduce the price of fuel for americans, i dont see destroying our country is a good idea. All, withst of natural gas, we have the cheapest natural gas in the world. We are about four dollars per cubic feet. The rest of the world is 1114. We are already seeing the low prices. The low prices for natural gas in the u. S. From fracking is leading to a job creating manufacturing expansion. Especially for those industries fertilizer, chemicals we rely on. Natural gas as their feedstock. That has offset the labor differ