Consolation. Bless as well the men and women who serve our nation this day in our armed forces. May they and their families be assured of our deep gratitude for their service. O god, you have blessed every person with the full measure of your grace and given us the bounty of your spirit, lead us this day in the ways of peace. We pray for peace in our hearts , that we will be freed from selfishness or envy, that we will replace any enmity with goodwill and hatred with charity so we might lead lives of generosity and kindness. May there be peace in our world among all nations. May each nation sense its shared destiny and in a new spirit of hope and trust, one with another. Help us to be men and women without excuse and may all that we do 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 be led by the gentleman from california, mr. Tonko. Mr. Tonko i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, e nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore the chair will entertain requests for oneminute speeches. For what purpose does the gentlelady from North Carolina seek recognition . Ms. Foxx i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. As the unfolding scandal at the v. A. Demonstrates, the administration has a standard playbook for dealing with an unfolding p. R. Disaster. The first step is to say the president learned about the situation on the news and is madder than anyone else about it. Step two is to declare an investigation under way. Step three is to implore us all to wait patiently for the always slow investigation to be completed. Step four is to declare the scandal old news. The underlying theme is that we must allow the bureaucratic machinery to sort out the problems and we must not interfere with the process. Mr. Speaker, Samuel Johnson once said that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel but in our political culture today, process is the last refuge of those who seek to avoid true accountability. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from American Samoa seek recognition . Without objection. O ordered. Faleomavaega mr. Speaker, as a vietnam faleomavaega mr. Speaker, as a veet mr. Faleomavaega mr. Speaker, to vietnam veteran i rise bring my support for general shinseki. Hes reduced veterans homesness by about 24 homelessness by about 24 . Hes also called for an independent review and nationwide audit giving his word that he will do all he can to fix a system that was broken long before he took over. So let us stand together to do right by our veterans. General shinseki is right for americas veterans. Hes a tried and proven leader, the highest ranked Pacific American in the United States, told the truth about iraq when no one else would listen. He will now tell us the truth about the v. A. And once the independent review and audit is completed, hell tell us accountability and all who have done wrong against our veterans. I say this to secretary shinseki, do not resign. We are with you. Go for broke. And lets clean up this mess that has been there way before you took over. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . Mr. Wilson i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Wilson mr. Speaker, a Firm Education prepares americas children for lifelong success. This year the office of the second Congressional District hosted the first annual Elementary School challenge where we encouraged third graders to write in and share their favorite part of South Carolina history. This from ul for those who participated. Students from over 100 third grade classrooms shared lessons of history which are very meaningful for today. Zackary, a student at round top Elementary School, won this years competition. He shared his story of the best friend of charleston, americas first regularly scheduled Passenger Service train which was built in 1831 between charleston and hamburg which is now near North Augusta on the Savannah River in akin county. His parents, wayne and susan, should be proud of zackarys accomplishments and the Bright Future he has ahead of him. I am confident that round top Elementary School principal and teacher will continue to prepare our young people for success. In conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Without objection, so ordered. Tonktonk foreign [speaking anguage] mr. Takano [speaking oreign language] mr. Takano [speaking foreign anguage] the speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california will provide a translation for the record. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . Mr. Poe i ask unanimous consent to speak for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Poe mr. Speaker, the United States is very quick to criticize other nations for human rights abuses. Especially when those abuses are caused by Foreign Government employees. By while the u. S. Is crusading against human rights abuses in other parts of the world, it should not ignore human rights abuses here in america. Allegations are coming to light that Government Employees of the office of Refugee Resettlement are abusing sexually immigrant minors that are detained in federal custody. According to houston chronicle, over 100 incidents have been reported where u. S. Federal workers had improper sexual contact with foreign minors. That includes everything from inappropriate touching to forced sex with children. Some minors were threatened with deportation if they ever told the authorities. The reports also show that not one worker has been held accountable or prosecuted for such criminal conduct. If crimes have been committed these kls need to be locked up in the jail house. The United States cannot be the world leader for human rights when employees of our own government sexually abuse foreign minor children on american soil. And thats just the way it is. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Without objection, so ordered. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I am proud to join with thousands of people in my district and millions across the country to celebrate asianPacific American heritage month this may. This month we celebrate the imnumerable contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, to communities in every corner of our nation. Californias 47th district is a testament to the richness and diversity with which asianPacific Americans have added to the fabric of our country. Mr. Lowenthal from Little Saigon in the korean business district, to Cambodia Town and the filipino and Pacific Islander communities in long beach. This year also marks the 35th anniversary of the end of the cambodian genocide and the 39th anniversary of the fall of saigon. It reminds us of the courage and the bravery with which millions of asianPacific Americans made the journey to the United States to build a better life for themselves and for their children. Thank you and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition . Without objection, so ordered. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise this memorial day week in honor of the brave men and women who have selflessly given their lives for this nation and the millions of veterans to whom our country owes a debt of gratitude. Sadly, mr. Speaker, we have recently learned that the department of Veterans Affairs has fallen disgrayfully below the standard our fighting men and women deserve. Mr. Stutzman misconduct, lengthy patient wait times and secret lists are all unacceptable for those who have served our country. Its time the Administration Takes action. On behalf of those who have fought for our freedom. I look forward to supporting the important v. A. Accountability legislation on the floor today and working with chairman jeff miller and my colleagues in the house to ensure that our veterans receive the care and the respect they undoubtedly earned. Thank you and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Pursuant to clause 4 of rule 1, the following enrolled bills were signed by the speaker pro tempore wolf on tuesday, may 27, 2014. He clerk h. R. 724, h. R. 1036, r. 1228, h. R. 1451, h. R. 3060,. R. 2939, h. R. R. 4032, h. R. 4488. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately so does that mean the debate on the floor wont see any gun amendments . Not at all. This although the majority of debate time when the House Appropriations committee took this up earlier this month and because of the recent shootings at Ucsanta Barbara out in california, we really are expecting to see many of the same gun amendments that we saw in committee in addition to perhaps some new ones. That nifty c. Q. Breaks down the obama f. Y. 2015 request for the agency and a link to that chart. The chart showing that the department, the National Oceanic and atmospheric administration, getting a fair chunk of the money. Also with the Patent Office and as well for the National Institutes of standards and technology. Is this years request you said it was less than last years but is it about the same in terms of percentages . Its about the same although one interesting thing that house appropriators are looking to do, they want to cut about 24 from the Climate Research side of the National Oceanic and atmospheric administration. They want to move a lot of that funding to weather satellites. An interesting shift there. Democrats are definitely opposing some of that. They want to see some money continue to go to Climate Research. And well see what happens with that on the floor. In addition to the gun issue which may come up in amendment, theres also word that the issue of medical marijuana and Law Enforcement may come up. Yeah. Theres a very interesting combination of lawmakers from california that are looking to back this on the floor. Weve got states rights, very conservative republicans as well as some of your most liberal members who are looking to include a provision that would bar the Justice Department from prosecuting any medical marijuana users who have a prescription for it in states where its legal. And this is a measure or provision thats been brought up in previous years and it was actually turned down in committee. But given the increasing poll numbers for the legalization of marijuana nationwide, the number of supporters this will get on the house floor will be something well be watching. One of the groups opposing the bill has been the Heritage Foundation in a piece they accomplished online. Theyre writing about some of the spending in the bill. They write that congress should also require nasa to expand its contracting with private firms to provide space transportation and rockets. They point out that the proposed budget has funds established for food items for a trip to mars, despite the fact that nasa has no current plan for a martian expedition. When groups like Heritage Foundation put together a piece like this, does it have an impact on members . Absolutely. Especially some of your more conservative republicans. So well be watching to see how many of them break with groups like heritage and support the measure. This is the last appropriations bill, the last c. G. S. Appropriations bill for subCommittee Chairman frank wolf of virginia. What will his legacy be in terms of this bill and of the overall appropriations process . Youre going to see a lot of provisions in there that are his legacy issues. Particularly related to gang violence, which is something that has been an issue in his Northern Virginia district. He also cares deeply about science funding and hes proposing the highest level of funding for the National Science foundation. I believe in the nations history. So hes going to definitely step out and defend those science programs from some of the more conservative republicans who would rather see that money spent elsewhere. Looking at the debate ahead. The u. S. House tomorrow you can follow her on twitter. Thanks for the update. Thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] and the house coming in later to debate that bill. Also later today, house Veterans Affairs committee will hold a hearing on the phoenix Veterans Affairs health care system. Three witnesses from the v. A. Are scheduled to testify. This as the v. A. s Inspector General interim report says the phoenix v. A. Hospital waited on average 115 days for their first medical appointment. Well hear more about that this evening at cr730 during that hearing. That 7 30 during that hearing. That will be on cspan2. Meanwhile the chairman of that committee, jeff miller, sent out a statement earlier today calling for v. A. Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign. His statement saying in part, today the Inspector General confirmed beyond a shadow of a doubt what was becoming more obvious by the day. Wait times, schemes and data manipulation are systemic throughout v. A. And are putting veterans at risk. Again that hearing this evening t 7 30 on cspan2. The problem now is future peace. That is your job in germany. Your conduct and attitude had onguard in germany, you could lay the groundwork for a peace that could last forever or just the opposite. You could lay the groundwork for a new war to come. And just as american soldiers had to do this job 26 years ago, so other american soldiers, your sons, might have to do it again. Another 20 odd years from now. Germany today appears to be beaten. Itler out. Swastikas gone. Nazi propaganda off the air. Concentration camps empty. Youll see ruins, youll see flowers, youll see some mighty pretty scenery. Dont let it fool you. You are in enemy country. Be alert. Suspicious of everyone. Take no chances. Youre up against something more than tourist scenery. You are up against german history. It isnt good. In the first of a fivepart look at hollywood directers who made u. S. Government films during world war ii. Real america features Academy Award winning director frank capra. Well also include commentary from author and journalist mark harris, sunday at 4 00 p. M. Eastern. Part of American History tv, this weekend on cspan3. As the 2008 financial crisis began to unfold, Federal Reserve chairman ben bernanke told a room full of congressional leaders, quote, unless you act in a matter of days, the Financial System of this country and a good part of the world will mement down. Thats one story told by former Senate BankingCommittee Chairman chris dodd during a discussion on the doddfrank law. Hes joined by the bills other namesake, former House Financial ServicesCommittee Chair barney frank. The office of the comptroller of the currency and Boston University host the event. Its just over an hour. We dont really have to deal with them anymore. And i also want to thank barney frank for getting with the spirit of the program. He knew that we were going to have an Abraham Lincoln lookalike contest so he grew a beard and were delightful for that. Amy friend is take no offense, but i think if you read robert kysers book an act of congress, she and jim siegel are as much responsible for that statute as are messrs. Dodd and frank. Amy is Senior Deputy co