Bill, though, mr. Speaker. Thats to pass this rule today, House Resolution 483, and i encourage my colleagues to do that. With that i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentlelady from new york. Ms. Slaughter mr. Speaker, im pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from connecticut, mr. Courtney. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. Mr. Courtney thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise in opposition to the rule and the underlying bill. And i do so as somebody who comes from a state which unlike maybe the gentleman from georgia actually embraced this law. The governor set up an exchange right away and we have had what Forbes Magazine describes the highest functioning exchange in the country. Our uninlshurd rate went down from 8 to 4 . We have more insurers in the marketplace today than we had before the a. C. A. Was passed. Labor day i was picnic with some friends, and there was a gentleman there the headf h. R. For the second largest employer in this counity i was at. S about 300 employee employers there. Th were concerned about the definition of full time and part time. F two years his rates have went down. And he yelled from the pool playing around with his friends and said, tell president obama thank you for the Affordable Care act because our rates he gone down for the 275 people that worked there. Then, the question is, well, what does this ll do . And the fact of the matter is, by eliminating the individual mandate, by basically destroying the financing of tax subsidies, which is ecisely the way that you broaden the Insurance Markets so you can implement an eliminatioof preexisting conditions, you in fact are totally capsizing the market. I know that because the state of Connecticut Insurance Department and the exchange have lookedt what this bill is going to do to the invidual mandate and thats precisely what the outcome would be, it would send rates through the roof for all and basically shatter the success th our state ha accomplished. Whats so ironic about this, the design of this bill with an individual mandate and tax subsidies for insurance came from the heritage foundation. Stewart butler was the Stuart Butler was the chair in the 1990s. I remember vividly that was the heritage foundation, the conservative point. Thats not mentioned very much by the majority as we, again, you know, debate this ad nauseam. You know, whats sad is two weeks ago we passed a bill, h. R. 1624, sponsored by my good friend, mr. Guthrie from kentucky, which amended the Affordable Care act. It changed the definition of small ployer, and it was done a bipartisan basis. Completely unanimous. It sailed through the house. President obama sign it. And why did that work . Surgically, did it because brett was smart eugh to understand if you want to get it done you dont load it up with poison pills, that you actually present an idea with focus and with logic behind it. And guess what will happen . Youll actually get biptisan support. The complete opposite of the bill we have before us today. Now, i would want to point out, though, there are some signs of intelligent life in this reconciliation bill. Section 305 could i get anther ms. Slaughter id be happy to yield gentleman another minute or two. Mr. Courtney section 305 does the exeyes test on high cost excise tax on high cost plans. It was the house members that pushed hard with the administration and we delayed thatax for five years. And h. R. 050, which im the lead sponsor and proud to say we have 166 bipartisan cosponsors, is verbatim the Language Incorporated into the recociliation bill. So i point that ou because i do think it will in fact will basically sharply increase peoples outpocket deductibles because thats what actuaries telus thats the only way to respond to that kind of tax. Its true that 83 organizations, including organized labor, business groups, Small Business groups have said this is not a workable plan. And i mention that he, which is that, you know, theres an opportunity here to do what congressman guthrie did which is to take an individual component, an idea and not lo up with a l of othe baggagehich is going to capsize the Insurance Market which we know is going to happen if other provisis of the reconciliation bill are passed that we can actually get it done. You are giving the white house a perfect excuse to veto this bill and robbing us to actually address this real problem which section 305 does recognize and h. R. 2050 is out there and is on standby for us to move forward on. So lets get rid of the blunt instruments, th baseball bats, the butering of this law and les focus on bipartisan surgical fixes to real problems. I yield backhe balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from georgia. Mr. Woodall thank you, mr. Chairman mr. Speaker. I yield myselsuch time as i may consume. Id say to my friend from connecticut that the point he made was made ery well by the gentleman from oklahoma last night while we were in the ules committee. You do. You on get to use this procedure once. You get to use it three times, bufor a variety of Different Reasons is only going to come together for us once this year. And you have to choose how to do that. I thrilled, thrilled that the story the gentleman from connecticut tells is a success for h constituents back home in connecticut. I think thats fabulous. I think thats fabulous. Dont get to tell as many of those stories. I tell stories of folks who had plans that they liked and those plans were outlawed b tir government. I tell stories abt folks who have doctors that they had relationships wi for decades who were promised if they like their doctor they could keep their doctor who lost access to their doctors because their government told them no more for you. I tell stories of the Small Businesses in the district that were doing thright ing, providing heah care for their employees w now been priced out of that marketplace. Theyre not required by law to do it. Res have gone up so much they cant do it by themsees. Not becausofur efforts to provide health care to people but because of our efforts to tell peoe what kind of health care is good for them and what kind isnt. Mr. Speaker, you may not know the chairman of the Budget Committee is georgia congressman dr. Tom price. Dr. Tom price, h. R. 3200 has a replacent plan. Dr. Tom price wants to see preexisting conditions out of the marketpla. Dr. Tom price and h. R. 3200 want to see individuals able to move their policies from busine to business, om place to place. Mr. Spear, its a ctorpatient relationship. Its not a federal governmentpatient relationship. Its not a federal h. H. S. , heth and human rvicespatient relationship. It not an insurance companydoctor relationship. Its about me and my physiian. You and your physician. Our families a our family physician, 320illion americans at a me. I believe i misspoke. Its h. R. 2300, not200 that dr. Tom price has. We have it rightere in this institution. We have replacement options right here. Do not let it be said that in he name of prying to bring sanity to our federal spending, in the name of trying to fix the errors that were created in the affordable ca act, do not let it be said that any meer want trample on theealth care opportunitieshat famili have back home. R goal is to expand those opportities. Not to contract the i celebate whats happened connectit. I only wish that fks in connecticut and new york and elsewhere would support us i georgia with the challenges that were having and help us get back to that very personal doorpatientelionship that we believe is the right of every member. With that i reserve the balance f my time. Thepeaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance of his time ms. Slauger. Spker, might i iuire if the gentleman hs any speakers. If not i ampared to close. Mr. Woodall mr. Speaker, i am prepared to close. Ms slaughter mr. Speaker, the budget reconciliation bill avoids the real problems before us, ining the debt limit, the exportimport bank, the hiway bill, looming shutdown and more. Since instead of addressing urgent needs of the nation, the bill doubles down on attacking Womens Health and marks the 61st time that the House Majority has voted to repeal, to defund or to undermine the Affordable Care act. Mr. Speaker, lets try to salvage something from the money we spent on this hour here and a time weve literally wasted, again, for the 61st time, lets salvage something from it by voting no on the previous question. We can actually accomplish something then. If the previous question is defeated, we will be able to vote to take care of the issue of debt limit. The full faith and credit of the United States of america. A simple vote no allows us to bring that up, vote for that, go home this weekend not having to be chewing everybodys nails and everybody in the country wonders what the heck is going on here. Why dont we change on this day, on this thursday, do something positive, do something that needs doing, doing something we know sooner or later we will do, do it today on a clean bill, no additives of any kind, just to do it . Its an opportunity that i certainly hope that people will take advantage of. I urge them to do that. And mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment in the record along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Slaughter and mr. Speaker, i urge my colleagues to vote no so we can vote yes on a vote to deal with the debt limit issue and a no vote on the rule and yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Woodall mr. Speaker, i firmly believe there is more that units us than divides us not just in this chamber but in this nation as my colleague talk about the priorities. She is spot on. Im missing votes in the Transportation Committee right now where we are moving that longterm transportation bill so i can be done here on the floor to move this reconciliation. There is a lot of rust in the gears. Since the 1990s that congress, house and senate combined, have sent all the appropriation bills to the president before the end of the fiscal year. Newt gingrich ran this institution and bill clinton was in the white house. There is a lot of the rust in the gears that has accumulated under both leadership in this place. But this year we passed more appropriation bills earlier in the fiscal year than at any point since 1974. This year, were moving the first longterm highway bill that we have seen in almost a decade. And this year, we have conferenced a balanced budget for america for the first time in a decade and a half. Ats not just a notch to put on the belt of america to say that this is what we have done. This is an opportunity to move this budget reconciliation bill. Mr. Speaker, i do. Im saddened that reconciliation is a word that folks have to go and look up and learn, but it is the only way, the only way in divided government that the peoples voice can be heard. There is no other procedure in the United States congress that allows 51 of america to prevail. There is no other ability in the United States congress for the majority of americans, who have lent their power to washington to express their views and change the law of the land, save this one. Mr. Speaker, budget deficits have gone down each and every year since Speaker John Boehner stood right there where you are standing there today and nancy. Elosi handed him and we have an opportunity today to do more. I have heard my colleagues on the other side of the aisle talk about those things that we can do together and i agree. I agree. I heard my colleagues on the other side talk about their priorities in terms of raising the debt limit and not seeing the government shut down. I agree. We voted a government shut down two weeks ago and i got a note, and it said thank you for not letting the American Museum history close down while my family was in washington. There are real impacts. The reason we are having the conversation is not because the people want to shut the government down, they want to borrow more money. We are going to go back and make t 19 trillion or 19. 50 trillion. We arent talking about a debt limit that came around today but in the spring and the government has been borrowing and borrowing beyond that debt limit and they are borrowing because we are spending too much. Look at the tax rolls. As we are standing here today not only is america collecting more in constant dollars, not static dollars, but we are collecting more money than at any time in American History. Any time. Per capita in this country, americans are paying more in taxes than they have ever paid in the history of the republic. Not in inflated 2015 dollars, but in constant dollars adjusted for inflation. The real impact on American Families greater today in taxes than ever before, mr. Speaker. The problem isnt that we dont raise enough money, the problem is that we spend too much money. I cant count the number of good pieces of legislation that have gone to the senate and failed not on their merits, but because a democratic filibuster would not even allow the bill to be debated. With this rule and with this nderlying bill, we allow the peoples voice to be heard. We allow the american majoritys voice to be heard. And we have an opportunity to put a bill that will make a difference for American Families on the president s desk for the very first time. I encourage all of my colleagues strong support of the rule and upon passage of that rule, mr. Speaker, i encourage their strong support for the underlying reconciliation measure. We have an opportunity today together to make a difference. Friday night at 8 30 eastern on cspan, we are live from Council Bluffs i want, with a town hall meeting with senator ted cruz. On saturday night at 9 00 eastern, at the Jefferson Jackson dinner live from des moines iowa. Vermont senator bernie sanders, former Maryland Governor martin omalley, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, and former governor of rhode island lincoln chafee. Republican president ial candidate Carly Fiorina will hold a town hall. Live 11 30, cspans book tv with a book festival from madison. Sunday night at 9 00, former missouri senator and a fiscal billion priest on how he thinks religion cannot leave the country out of the bitter state of politics. On American History tv on cspan3, saturday evening at 6 00 eastern, cia historian on espionage and intelligence gathering during the civil war, and white so few Historical Documents exist. Sunday morning at 10 00, on old histories, a civil rights leader who passed way in august in a 2002 interview on his civil rights career growing up in the segregated south and work on nonviolence coordinating committee. Get our complete we can schedule on cspan. Org. s cps Hillary Clinton testifying before the House Select Committee on benghazi. Sec. Clinton there was no credible, actionable threat known it to our Intelligence Community against our compound. Appearing without commercials or commentary will air on its entirety noon eastern on cspan. Today, president obama vetoed a 600 billion Defense Program bill. This was the fifth detail of his presidency. Before signing the veto in the oval office, he explained his opposition to the bill. This is five minutes. Pres. Obama as president and commanderinchief, my first import responsibilities keeping the American People think. That means making sure that our military is properly funded, and that our men and women in uniform get the support, the equipment, support for their families that they need and deserve when they protect our freedom and safety. The bill that is been presented me authorizing our defense the bill that is before me authorizing our defense spending for this year does a number of good things. It makes sure that are military is funded. It has important provisions around reform in our military retirement system, which is necessary to make sure that it is stable and effective. Provisions that are necessary in increasing threats. Unfortunately, it falls woefully short in three areas. Number one, it keeps in place the sequester that is inadequate for us to properly fund our military in a stable, sustained way, and allows all of our armed forces to land properly. I have repeatedly called on congress to eliminate to sequester and make sure that we are providing certainty to our military and ensure military readiness, insure our troops are getting what they need. This bill instead resorts to gimmicks that does not number two. It prevents a wide range of reforms that are necessary for us to get our military modernized and able to deal with the many threats presenting themselves in the 21st century. We have repeatedly put forward a series of reforms eliminating programs that the pentagon does not want. Congress keeps on stuffing them back in. We keep on wasting money and end up diverting resources from things we do need to have the kind of equipment and training and readiness necessary for us to meet the potential threats. The third thing is the legislation specifically. It impedes us. Repeatedly in a way that i have repeatedly us from ourimpedes tourism around the world. Guantanamo is a mechanism for jihadist to recruit. It has been there for years and we can do better in terms of keeping our people safe, while making short we are consistent with our values. So, i will be vetoing this authorization bill. I will be sending it back to congress and a message to them is sim