The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 35563. The bill is passed. Without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent that i may hearafter be considered as the first ponce juror of h. R. 637, a bill introduced by representative schock of illinois for purposes of adding cosponsor and requesting printing pursuant to clause 7 of rule 12. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. The house will come to order. The house will come to order. The house will come to order. Please take conversations off of the floor. The house will come to order. For what purpose does the gentleman from seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i ask for unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to pay my respects to the young women who died suddenly in savannah, georgia, yesterday. On wednesday morning, just before 6 00 a. M. , three tractor trailers, two pickup trucks, and two cars were involved in Chain Reaction car accident. Abby loach of Savannah Emily Clark of powder springs, morgan bass of leesburg, Katherine Mckay pittman, and katelyn badget of mellon were killed. I ask that a moment of silence be given to these young women and their families and the nation. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition . Mr. Hoyer mr. Speaker i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for the purposes of inquiring of the majority leader, mr. Mccarthy, the schedule for the week to come. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman from maryland is recognized. Mr. Hoyer i thank the speaker. I yield to my friend, mr. Mccarthy. Mr. Mccarthy i thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, on monday, no votes are expected in the house. On tuesday, the house will neat at noon for morning hour and meet at noon for morning hour and 2 00 p. M. For legislative business. Votes will be postponed until 6 30. On wednesday and thursday, the house will neat at 10 00 a. M. For horning hour and noon for legislative business. And on friday, the house will meet at 9 00 a. M. For legislative business. Last votes of the week are expected no later than 3 00 p. M. Mr. Speaker, the house will consider a number of suspensions next week, complete list of which will be announced by close of business tomorrow. In addition, the house will begin the annual appropriation process. The house will consider the military cop strucks and Veterans Affairs appropriation bills construction and Veterans Affairs aappropriation bills. It provides funding to house and train our military and ensure we can meet the Health Care Needs of our nations veterans. The house will also consider the energy and water appropriations bill sponsored by representative mike simpson. This bill ensures that we safely maintain our Nuclear Weapons stockpile and provide for Critical Infrastructure projects to the army corps of engineers. Finally, mr. Speaker, the house is expected to consider the budget conference report. I thank the gentleman and yield back. Mr. Hoyer i thank the gentleman for that information. The ipped case that the appropriations process the indication that the appropriations process has started. As a member who served on the Appropriations Committee for 23 years, i always thought we ought to start the appropriations process early i. I. I. E. , in may. But starting it is good news. We have had trouble. Both sides getting all 13 12 appropriation bills, used to be 13, 12 appropriation bills done. I congratulate the committee for initiating its work in a timely fashion. Hopefully, mr. Leader, that will lead to hopefully passing 12 bills in the regular order. Which as i pointed out last week with respect to some other legislation will require the kind of bipartisanship that we saw displayed on the ultimately on the d. H. S. Bill, but certainly on the s. G. R. Bill. And then this week we had two bills pass in bipartisan, both sides, majority voting for them. Hopefully we will be able to do that on the appropriations bill. I ask my friend on the milcon, military construction billv. A. Funding bill, and on the energy and water bill, does the gentleman expect to follow what the gentleman and his party have indicated would be the process for hopings bills under an open rule . For appropriation bills under an open rule . I yield. Mr. Mccarthy the answer to your question is yes. The gentleman does know being a part how many years on the appropriations process that this is actually the earliest in the history of congress we have ever started appropriation, and its our goal, i know its your goal as well, to get all bills done through the house in regular order. It is something that we strive towards. I thank the gentleman for his help. Mr. Hoyer i congratulate the gentleman on and his party bringing these bills to the floor early. He also says we are going to be considering a conference report. I dont obviously know what that conference report is. The budget itself, though, which of course sets the parameters for the appropriation bills in terms of caps on spending, was, as the gentleman knows, not a bipartisan bill. There were Party Differences on that bill. I would hope that in the conference report that we can reach an agreement. My own view is, mr. Majority leader, that if we stay at sequester levels, we will not be able to pass bills and the president will not sign them. Reason being that our side, the president , perceives and many in our party perceive at least as it relates to some aspects of the sequester, the sequester numbers arent workable. As you know the chairman of the Appropriations Committee has called the sequester numbers, which are reflected in the budget that passed the house, ill conceive illconceived and unworkable. He said unrealistic. In that context it will be difficult for us to get, no matter how early we start, these bills completed. I would hope that we could come together at some point in time as was done in ryanmurray. I know there are members on your side, including i think the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, who believe if we dont come together on an agreed figure that will allow the Appropriations Committee to meet its responsibilities, then well have great difficulty in getting appropriation bills done. I dont know whether the gentleman has any thoughts on that but if he does i would be glad to yield. I yield. Mr. Mccarthy i thank the gentleman for yielding and appreciate his comments and will continue to Work Together to get our appropriation process finished. I yield back. Mr. Hoyer i thank the gentleman. I dont know whether the gentleman had an opportunity to read an article may have been an oped, i got the clip, so im not sure if it appeared in the paper, the former speaker, Newt Gingrich, wrote an article that essentially stood for the proposition that republicans and democrats about a decade, little over a decade ago, were able to come together and to take advantage of the Research Opportunities that speaker gingrich, former speaker gingrich said were apparent and possible in todays day. I share that view. Many people including your predecessor, mr. Cantor, were concerned and has recently said we need to increase substantially the investments and the resources we have at n. I. H. Unfortunately, as the gentleman may know in the allocations two subcommittees that were adopted yesterday in the Appropriations Committee, as i understand it there was 3 billion cut from the subcommittee labor health and Human Services which covers n. I. H. , which will make it very difficult to do what speaker gingrich former speaker gingrich suggested we do in the New York Times today. I dont know if the gentleman if he hasnt read the article doesnt need to comment on it. I want to call to his attention that we are very concerned but people on your side and your former speaker very concerned that we are not investing sufficient sums to take advantage of the opportunities. And it is costing us. Particularly mentioned alzheimers and the extraordinary cost related to alzheimers disease. And that if we can either delay the onset of alzheimers or prevent alzheimers, that we will, in effect, save tens of billions of dollars. I bring that up in the context of we do need to get resources into the Appropriations Committee that mr. Rogers, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, senior republican in this house, says are necessary to meet our responsibilities. I would hope that the majority leader would be looking at that and would hopefully work toward that end. Let me ask then just two more questions, mr. Leader. The highway bill, as the gentleman knows, expires in terms of its authorization for funding on the 31st of may. Its not on the schedule, obviously, this month. Can the gentleman tell me, were very concerned and as you know, every governor every county executive, every mayor youve talked to them, ive talked to them, are very concerned about the resources theyre going to have available to do bridges highways maintenance, infrastructure investment. Can the gentleman tell me when we might in the two weeks that we will have in may be able to consider the highway bill . I yield to my friend. Mr. Mccarthy i thank the gentleman for yielding the gentleman is correct about highway funding we look forward to making sure we get that done on time in a bipartisan manner and we will be continuing to work with you as we move forward. I yield back. Mr. Hoyer i appreciate the fact that we can work in a bipartisan manner. I look forward to doing that. I know mr. Defazio looks forward to doing that i know mr. Shuster looks forward to doing it. Both very positive mens of this body. I will tell the gentleman im somewhat concerned about rumors i have heard that were looking at perhaps a shortterm patch. The problem, as the gentleman so well knows work a shortterm patch is it does not allow for the kind of planning that is necessary in terms of significant Infrastructure Projects which require some significant lead time. Does the gentleman know whether or not we might be considering at least a fiveyear or at least a longer term, maybe even as many as sevenyear authorization . Or are you contemplating that we in may would do another shortterm patch . As you know, we democrats oppose the may 31, we wanted a longer extension. The house and the senate agreed on a shortterm patch. Or shortterm may 31 deadline. Does the gentleman have any expectations that we have the possibly of doing a fiveyear or longer so that states and communities can plan on a longterm basis as opposed to a very shortterm basis . And i yield to my friend. Mr. Mccarthy i thank the gentleman for yielding. No decisions have been made at this point. This could be a prime example, just like our work on s. G. R. As a personal note i would like to solve these problems longterm. Theres no reason to come back to it. If we have to get in a situation that is shortterm i would hopefully that that would be short to fix a longterm. Much like the issue that we had with s. G. R. Im hopeful we can get that done in a very longterm manner. Mr. Hoyer i thank the gentleman for that comment. I think its a positive comment. I will tell the gentleman, perhaps next week he and i can talk about this you and i can talk about this and toward that end. Because i think we talk about creation of jobs, talk about giving confidence and stability to the economy, i think thats one way we could do it and hopefully we can Work Together. Last issue i would bring up, mr. Leader as you know, i worked with your predecessor mr. Cantor successfully on the reauthorization of the Exportimport Bank. That issue is coming up and it will be expiring at the end of june. On june 30. We need to reauthorize that. Im someone who believes that that is critical in terms of our exports. I know theres some disagreement on that issue. Maybe between the two of us and between our caucuses, but as you know, there are 60 members in your caucus who have written a letter to the speaker indicating their support and urging that that be brought to the floor. Very frankly with the 185plus members i think well be unanimous on it as we were last time that makes somewhere in the neighborhood of 240 to 250 votes on this floor for the reauthorization of Exportimport Bank. Does the gentleman see any prospect of that bill coming to the floor any time in the near future . As you know, the authorization expires on june 30. I yield to my friend. Mr. Mccarthy i thank the gentleman for yielding. The gentleman is correct. The authority for the Exportimport Bank does expire at the end of june. I know the respect the gentleman has, as i do, for regular order and working through committees. The committee of jurisdiction has had a few hearings an i know they have some hearings scheduled in the future, continuing. Nothing scheduled at this point but if anything comes forward, i will notify him. Mr. Hoyer i thank the gentleman. I would just say this. We know the chairman of the authorizing committee is opposed to the Exportimport Bank. He was opposed to tria as well. Hes opposed to fannie mae and freddie mac. As the gentleman knows, those nevertheless enjoy broadbased support in this house to a greater or lesser degree. Tria we passed knot withstanding the chairmans opposition to tria, on a bipartisan basis with overwhelming big numbers. I think that was the right thing to do. I would urge the majority leader to urge the chairman, who i think does not enjoy the support of the majority in this house on his position. I know you may share that position but i really do believe the house has a position that we ought to pass the Exportimport Bank and we need to do it sooner rather than later to make sure that we continue the confidence that purchasers of u. S. Goods whether they be airplanes or widgets will continue to keep doing so with the thought that we have in place what almost every country in the world has in place a facilitating of that export ability of our country. So i yield to my friend. Mr. Mccarthy i thank the jelled for yielding. I do want to correct one part i thank the gentleman for yielding. I do want to correct one part of the gentlemans history. The chairman did move a tria bill. We did move it off the floor. The chairman you speak of, chairman hensarling, managed the bill, got it through the house, got it to the senate and unfortunately the senate didnt take it up in the last hours but then we got it done this year. I think the chairman works very hard. Mr. Hoyer i thank the gentleman, i have Great Respect for mr. Hensarling, he is a good leader. I disagree with him on the Exportimport Bank, i think i correctly characterized his view on tria, but he did bring it to the floor and when he brought it to the floor it passed overwhelmingly. I wont pursue that further. I dont expect mr. Hensarling because i think he honestly believes we ought not to have Exportimport Bank involvement, but having said that, i think thats not the position of the majority of the house. When we last voted on it, it wasnt the position of the jorse of your party or of mine. That may have changed. I agree with that. But enge im pretty confident in saying that the majority of this house believes in order to make sure that we stay competitive with worldwide competitors that the Exportimport Bank is a critical component of that competitive ability. So i simply hope that we will be considering it. If it fails, it fails. But i think the American Public on this and so many other issues deserves a vote on this floor and as the speaker and i repeated this time and again said at the beginning, in the last election, that his objective was to let the house work its will. On this matter as well as some others that ill discuss in the future. I would hope we can do that if the gentleman wants more time, ill yield him. If not i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Mccarthy i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 8 00 p. M. On monday, april 27, 2015. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Mccar theyre i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns on tuesday, april 25 mr. Mccarthy i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns on tuesday, april 27, it adjourn to meet at 9 00 a. M. On april 29. The speaker pro tempore the chair will entertain requests for oneminute speeches. For what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Without objection, so ordered. The gentleman is now recognized. For one minute. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, since 1979 the islamic public of iran has been responsible for the deaths of many, Many Americans. This saturday, we will observe the 35th anniversary of the day on which eight of those americans gave their last full measure of devotion during a mission to rescue 52 hostages held in tehran by radical extremists. There is no greater love than to lay down ones life for their friends. Since america never forgets ecome to the floor tooth to read their names and remind taos keep their families in our prayers. Mr. Rothfus marine Sergeant John mare, marine Corporal George hovepls jr. Marine staff sernlt dewey johnson. Air force major bacchi. Air force captain lyn mcintosh. Air force captain charles mcmillan. I thank the speaker an