Representatives. World so we can defend the the speaker pro tempore world . Pursuant to the order of the i repeat, is it not a symptom house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by of senility to be boring from the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The world so we can defend the the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one world . Mr. Speaker, that is so hour and each member other than prophetic and i thank pat the majority and minority leaders and minority whip buchanan for trying to wake up congress before its too late. Limited to five minutes but in. No event shall debate continue mr. Speaker, finally, i have a beyond 11 50 a. M. Poster beside me of uncle sam the chair recognizes the and uncle sam says, i want you. Gentlewoman from florida, ms. Roslehtinen, for five minutes. I want you to understand that ms. Roslehtinen thank you, if you cannot afford to take mr. Speaker. Just 90 miles from u. S. Shores, care of your veterans, you the most repressive human cannot afford to go to war. Rights abuses in our hemisphere that, again, is what pat are being perpetrated by a regime that has shown no buchanan is saying. And, mr. Speaker, those of us respect for human life, and in congress in both parties need to understand that we have that will never change as long a constitutional responsibility as the castro brothers and to not commit our young men and their kind remain in power in cuba. Women to fight and die and be every day these brutal thugs continue to repress 11 million wounded unless we debate the cubans who yearn for freedom policy on the floor of the and the respect of their basic house. And with that, mr. Speaker, i human rights. But the regime isnt just the ask god to please bless our men and women in uniform and their threat to the people of cuba, families and please, god, they also operate within the continue to bless america, and United States with i yield back the balance of my time. Sophisticated espionage trade the speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. Craft and allies of our worst the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Enemies. We have but to remember the schiff, for five minutes. Story of anna mon at the, a mr. Schiff mr. Speaker, equal Senior Analyst in our defense justice under the law, impartially and uniformerly intelligence agency. Applied has been for more than anna was one of the master two centuries the ideological minds of cuba intelligence in underpinning of american the u. S. She was a top spy for the democracy. But from the beginning, the castro regime and undermined noblist aspiration has been u. S. Foreign policy efforts intertwined with our struggle with race, a battle that has throughout the world due to her sometimes come to define our nation and to divide it in ways nefarious espionage activities. Shes certainly serving a long that too often cleeve us still sentence in texas. Castro also harbors fugitives today. 150 years since the emancipation proclamation and from u. S. Law such as jo ann, half a century after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, formerly shes a new jersey cop killer ended jim crow, our president , and earned the terrible his attorney general, secretary distinction of being the first of Homeland Security and National Security advisor are woman on the f. B. I. s most all africanamerican. Wanted list of terrorists. Blacks are now prominent in castro went to every facet of american life. But much of this has occurred during my lifetime because people marched and sat, voted iran and met with iranian and demanded greater equality. Supreme leader could he haney and castro said at that time yet, despite the progress, equal justice under the law is not the reality for too many of khomeini and castro said at our fellow citizens, and that time cuba and iran will bring america to its knees. Injustice continues to limit their lives and their its a few examples of why it livelihoods in ways that are is imperative for the obama difficult for many White Administration to get tough americans to comprehend. With castro. Not only to protects our National Security interests, inequality manifested itself at but also to extend a helpful every wrung of the criminal hand to the prodemocracy leaders on the island who are Justice System but its most deadly consequences are to be struggling for freedom. The cuban regime continues to found in the encounters of young men of color with the repress independent police. Journalists, human rights ive seen the video of eric activists, and commits garner in new york and watched arbitrary detentions every day the tragedy in ferguson in the all to thwart any attempt at aftermath of the shooting of Michael Brown. The exercise of freedom of the agony of those families and expression. The anger of their communities i will show you just a few of the names and faces of the have rightfully moved the voices of those opposition nation. Sadly, they are not alone. Leaders in the push for freedom the deaths of eric garner and on the island and each deserves Michael Brown grabbed national the attention of this body. Headlines but decades of strife between police and many poor mr. Speaker, this is the leader and minority neighborhoods have resulted in an endemic mistrust of a movement called ladies in white. Of Law Enforcement there. A group of women tirelessly almost completely foreign to much america, the talk, it is a advocating for the release of Political Prisoners in cuba. Ritual that plays out in black these courageous women walk to and brown households across our nation every day as parents mass, peacefully holding up flowers, and are met with teach their Young Children about the special dangers they brutal attacks by castros face with Law Enforcement. State security. As a father to hear that is heartbreaking. As someone who has long worked they became the leader of this organization after the death of with and on behalf of law her predecessor. Enforcement and has deep respect for the bravery, integrity of so many that wear the uniform, its a call to action. Laura started this movement in first in the months since the cuba and died under mysterious Michael Brown shooting, i pressed for greater deployment causes in october, 2011, and to body worn cameras to police many of them many people in departments across the country, the island and outside have an idea that the president has blamed the castro regime for now endorsed. Her unfortunate and suspicious its a path to greater circumstances of her passing. Transparency and accountability. Second, since cameras alone we also have many prodemocracy will not bridge the chasm of leaders who are still languishing in cuban jails. Mistrust between many and these are some of their communities of color and faces. Police, we must invest in a this first young man, his name 21st Century Police department. Is angel, hes also known as it requires Mutual Respect another face of repression on between the community and the the island. Angel was arrested in march for police. Criticizing the castro regimes and diversifying Police Forces so they are more reflective of brutal human rights abuses and the communities they patrol and the oppression of 11 million of improving the training of his fellow countrymen. Officers to reduce the to this day he remains in likelihood of violent prison nor for the mere confrontations are essential. This will not be accomplished crime of expressing his right overnight and generations of to address grievances through injustice have left these rhyme. Scars. So the third leg of any effort then there is the face of sonia must be enforced by oversight , another member of the ladies through the department of in white. Justice, which has a long record of working with state sonia and her husband were arrested two years ago in a and local agencies to modernize violent raid. And improve practices and her trial has been suspended behavior. Four times without an we ask a lot from our Police Explanation or any reason being and have a difficultnd a who given. Along with sonia fighting for have a difficult and dangerous the causes of freedom and liberty is this young man, job and we grant them enormous power, including the right to take a life under certain jorge, who has been in prison circumstances. It is not only proper that we insist this power is used in cass free throws gulag for impartially and as the last nearly castros gulag for 17 resort. It is fundamental to a just society. Years. Him and his wife have been in the 1951 speech to the new assaulted and beaten by state york legal aid society, the Security Forces and their scars tell a story of resilience and great injuriesist, jurist, commitment to the cause of freedom on the island. It is the daily, it is the they are free now, but one does small, it is the cumulative not know for how long. Injuries of Little People that we are here to protect. Lastly, mr. Speaker, there is if we are able to keep our the case of juan carlos, democracy, there must be one another Freedom Fighter id like to highlight. Commandment, thou shall not hes a lawyer who is blind. He has been spent years ration justice. 63 years later, eric garner defending the human rights of the cuban people. These are just a few of the hauntingly invoked hand when he faces of the prohuman rights pleaded in vain, every time you activists in cuba, mr. Speaker. See me you want to mess with i could not possibly cover the me. Im tired of it. Face of every single dissident it stops today. On the island, but these faces im minding my own business, officer. Im minding my own business. Are representative of the horrors of the cuban regime and please, just leave me alone. The horrors that liberty mr. Speaker, it must stop fighters face every day. Today. I yield back. And that is why, mr. Speaker, the speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. It is our moral obligation to stand in solidarity with these the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from North Carolina, ms. Foxx, for five prodemocracy activists and be minutes. A voice for 11 Million People who are being oppressed and ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Silenced in cuba. Thank you, mr. Speaker, for speaker. This opportunity. Last week the house passed the speaker pro tempore the legislation to extend a number gentleladys time has expired. The chair recognizes the of individual and business tax gentleman from oregon, mr. Braur, for five minutes. Provisions that expired mr. Blumenauer, for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. December 31, threen. Speaker. It would reinstate the programs yesterday by unanimous consent retroactively and extend them motion from my friend and the through the end of 2014. Bills republican lead, ted as a former Small Business poe, the house passed h. R. Owner, i recognize the tremendous costs that federal policy can have on american 2901, our paul simon water for businesses and believe the the world act. It was almost anticlimactic temporary extension of many of these tax breaks is necessary. Considering all the ins and however, ive long been a uts its taken for years to be consistent and vocal supporter of simplifying the tax code and able to hammer out the details decreasing the tax burden of necessary to take the next step hardworking americans. In reform of the the hard work if you listen to the political was worth it making our efforts discussion in our country very to have the United States embrace its responsibility to long, youll inevitably hear some liberal lawmakers repeat help the world deal with our water and sanitation crisis. One of their favorite lines, and make no mistake about it, that all of our countrys budget problems would be solved it is a crisis. If only we increased taxes. Oday 152 million hours will be but our old friend across the pond, mr. Churchill, once said, spent by women and girls to get a nation trying to tax itself water. Often dirty polluted water to into prosperity is like a man meet the basic needs of their families. Standing in a bucket trying to lift himself up by the handle. Almost three quarter billion history has shown the truth of people still lack access to this statement. This fundamental necessity of increasing taxes increases life. Theres an even greater crisis Government Spending and crowds out private sector investment, with inadequate sanitation. Diminishing our prosperity. There are approximately 2 1 2 it is ridiculous that americans billion people who suffer from this lack of what most of us take for granted. Labor an average 111 days just it results in horrific disease, to make enough to pay the stunted growth, even government before starting to malnutrition. In fact, the children under 5 keep what they earn for the who are malnourished in india year. At 70,000 pages long, the u. S. Are suffering less from a lack of food and more from the tax code is also far too diseases produced by poor complicated. It is almost five times wordier sanitation. The children who do survive are than the bible, minus the grace left with mental and physical and mercy. Burdens for their entire life. Its so complex and in a world where there are more intimidating that the majority of americans pay good money cell phones than toilets, this just to have someone else tell is something that we can do them how much the government is going to take from them. Something about. Its seriously out of kilter. It is also important that we reduce the number of loopholes the world knows what to do and we can afford a solution. In the tax code, which is why i voted for the budget proposals the enactment of the water for the world legislation moves us introduced by chairman ryan since republicans regained the in that direction by focusing majority in the house of representatives in 2011. The United States efforts on things that will work. These path to prosperity areas of the world most in need budgets provide for and making sure our solutions comprehensive tax reform, close loopholes and make our country are sustainable. I deeply appreciate the more economically competitive. Leadership of my friend, the simple truth is that united colleague, and colead on the states has the highest bill, ted poe, whos been Corporate Tax rate in the tireless in his efforts. The work of chairman royce and developed world. Continuing to make it more the Foreign Affairs committee expensive to do business in the are partners in the other body, u. S. Than elsewhere in the world will not encourage senators dick durbin and bob companies to operate and keep corker, and of course dozens of jobs in this country. Nongovernmental organizations as we move forward with that have been at work around the globe making progress while comprehensive tax reform in the they have been unrelenting 114th congress, it is vital advocates here at home. That we enact policies that strengthen and stabilize our i must also acknowledge the tireless efforts of my economy as well as give legislative director, michael individuals and businesses herald, whos done as much as longterm certainty. I yield back, mr. Speaker. Any human alive to get this across the finish line. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. Mr. Speaker, this is an amazing the chair recognizes the and important accomplishment, gentleman from tennessee, mr. And it makes me pause. Cohen, for five minutes. Mr. Cohen thank you, mr. Speaker. What else could we do in the thank you, mr. Speaker. Spirit of bipartisan yesterday, there was a vote by cooperation in doing whats the Major League Baseball right . Might it be possible to take a committee on who should be inducted into the hall of fame small step, show a little courage, and embrace what from a particular area. One of the players who was up Ronald Reagan and tip oneill for consideration and could do over 30 years ago . Unfortunately wasnt chosen was president reagan used his radio minnie minosa. Address on thanksgiving 32 years ago to provide leadership and it reminded me of the debt i owe him. To more than double the gas tax. He was the first latin american which he correctly pointed out was really a user fee and which baseball player and in 1954 in memphis, tennessee, a town i had not increased in 23 years. Was born in and a town in the southern United States that was while roads were falling apart. Especially a part of the jim crow era, i went to a baseball well, the current gas tax has me, an exhibition baseball not been increased in almost 22 years and america is falling game and i was on crutches apart and falling behind. Because i had polio and i had a Chicago White sox cap on and a the Highway Trust Fund is going Chicago White sox tshirt and a bankrupt. Everyone acknowledges an player came to give me a baseball from the opposing increase is long overdue with gass lean prices falling team, the st. Louis cardinals. And i thanked him and went and dramatically, seemingly every told my father and we came down week, and are expected to to thank him. He said, dont thank me. Continue doing so well into the thank that player over there. He was the blackest player on foreseeable future. A nickel a gallon per year is the field, number nine, minnie hardly going to be noticed. But as president reagan pointed minoso. He didnt feel comfortable nf out, people will directly 1955 to give me in 1955 to give me the baseball and yet he benefit. Today poor road maintenance was the player with the most compassionate heart and cost the typical family 377 humanity on the field because that was the segregated south. He became my hero and i per year in damage to their followed his career and became cars, far more than they would friends with him. Pay in a small increase in the gas tax. Millions of hours and billions we exchanged gifts when he came to memphis and i went to of dollars are wasted due to chicago. In 1960