The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Almighty god of the universe, we give you thanks for giving us another day. We pray for the gift of wisdom to all with great responsibility in this house, for the leadership of our nation. May all the members have the vision of a nation where respect and understanding are the marks of civility and where honor and integrity are the marks of ones character. As members take time in the coming week for constituency visits, give them the ability to hear the voices of all in their districts, even those with whom they disagree. This is difficult to do so endow them with patience and a discerning ear. Bless us this day and every day and may all that is done within these hallows halls be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. These hallowed halls 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 approl ereo pursua lause 1 oru 1 the journal stands approved. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 1, rule 1 i demand a vote on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. The speaker pro tempore the question is on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The journal stands approved. Mr. Lamalfa mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition . Mr. Lamalfa mr. Speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from california mr. Mcclintock. Mr. Mcclintock 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 gentleman from california seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Mcclintock mr. Speaker, as we count down the days to the shutdown of the department of Homeland Security, a parade of democrats has appeared on the floor to accuse republicans of blocking funding. Have they completely forgotten that house passed a bill to fully fund the Homeland Security department back on january 14, 31 days ago . Every House Democrat save two opposed that funding, and for 31 days Senate Democrats have blocked it from even being considered. The fact is that democrats are willing to block funding for Homeland Security unless they can fund amnesty for millions of illegal aliens. According to a recent abs Washington Post poll, they want to stop the amnesty orders by 5147 . Many senators say they do too. As john adams say facts are stab orange things. The speaker pro tempore the time of the gentleman has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered, the gentleman is recognized. Thank you mr. Speaker. Well, i guess its pretty clear that politics continues. Mr. Kildee rather than bringing to the floor of the house a bipartisan Homeland Security bill, what the house has brought to the floor back in january is a highly political, highly partisan bill antiimmigrant legislation that they knew was dead on arrival when it landed in the senate. So lets make the record clear. Democrats and republicans have agreed to a clean Homeland Security bill, but rather than bringing that to the house for a vote we continue to see the House Republican cleerp pander to the most exleadership pander to the most extreme leadership in their party. Thats not what the American People expect of us. Its politics as usual. I dont understand why it continues to be the order of the day here. The American People reject that. We should be focusing our attention on the big questions, building an economy for the American People that works for everybody rather than for the few rather than an economy rigged for the few. Look, the American People are tired of this. I know other members of congress on both sides of the aisle are tired of this. The speaker pro tempore the time of the gentleman has expired. Mr. Kildee bring a clean Homeland Security bill to the floor. The speaker pro tempore the time of the gentleman has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Lamalfa i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Lamalfa thank you mr. Speaker. The ongoing slowdown occurring in our west coast ports is causing devastating Economic Conditions for our agriculture industry and a Ripple Effect to supply chains across the country. Recent estimates predict that retailers could lose as much as 7 billion and cost the economy 2. 1 billion every day if this shutdown continues. In california our citrus shippers are reporting delays as long as four weeks versus the typical two to three days for cargo to leave ports causing their products to spoil and rot on the docks. Increasing the overall sizeable back lock. One California Company reported they already had to lay off 50 employees due to the slowdown at the port. Without action, these numbers are only going to worsen. As longterm or permanent damage is even done to our export markets. We cannot afford to sit back as our producers and growers and workers bear the brunt of this labor dispute. I strongly urge both parties, if necessary, this administration to get involved and get back to the negotiating table and enact a swift resolution to prevent serious longterm harm being done to our local and National Economy and our export markets. Mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the time of the gentleman has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Payne mr. Speaker, here we go again. It appears that my colleagues on the other side have short memories and do not remember the consequences that led to a backlash from the American People when they shut down the federal government in the last congress. Republicans continue to play politics with the department of Homeland Security funding by insisting that any funding bill overturn the president s actions on immigration. If the republicans fail to pass a d. H. S. Funding bill, the consequences will be severe. One direct consequence is that there will be no funding of new nondisaster grants to local and state governments law enforcement, Fire Departments and other emergency responders. As Ranking Member on the subcommittee on emergency preparedness, response and communications, understand how critically important these grants are to safeguarding our communities. Protecting the homeland Grant Program is critical to ensuring our cities, Transportation Systems and First Responders have the capabilities to prepare for and respond to in times of disaster. Mr. Speaker simply put, republicans should stop putting politics ahead of the safety of the American People and join with democrats to fund the department of Homeland Security. With that, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the time of the gentleman has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina rise . Mr. Wilson 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, so ordered. Mr. Wilson mr. Speaker last year the mixed oxide fuel fabrication at the Savannah River site was adequately funded to continue to completion of its Vital Missions of converting weaponsgrade plutonium into fuel. A recent augusta chronicle editorial urges congress to increase its funding. The administration allocated 345 million in the president s budget and its my hope that congress will further strengthen that number. This essential facility will allow the United States to honor its International Nonproliferation obligations with the Russian Federation while at the same time supporting environmental cleanup. I look forward to continue working with congressman jim clyburn who also represents the facility, to support the Savannah River site and its Vital National security and environmental cleanup missions. Were joined by rick allen and jeff duncan along with senators lindsey graham, david perdue. In conclusion, god bless our troops and may the president by his actions never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. The speaker pro tempore the time of the gentleman has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you very much mr. Speaker. Im compelled to call to attention the irresponsible actions of my republican colleagues, holding the department of Homeland Security and our National Security hostage, its reckless and irresponsible. This politically motivated action puts the political and economic safety of our people and our country in jeopardy. The republicans claim they already passed the bill. Well, on a technicality they may be right but when you look at it they have not and theyve been acting irresponsibly. More than 130,000 agents from border patrol, t. S. A. , the coast guard and the secret service will continue to work despite having their livelihood denied to them this is directly harming the men and women who have sworn to protect all of us. How can we treat those who serve our nation so disgracefully . What message are we sending to the American People . I implore my republican colleagues to put aside politics and consider whats best for our country and our people. We have 15 days left. Let us pass a Clean Department of Homeland Security funding bill to protect the safety of our nation and to respect the people who have sworn to serve us. Thank you very much. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from penyla seek cogze sni recognition . Mr. Thompson mr. Speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Thompson thank you, mr. Speaker. Yesterday marked the sixth anniversary on when continental flight 3407 crashed into a home in clarence center, new york and tragically took the lives of all 49 passengers onboard, including one expected mother. In the wake of this tragedy, Congress Passed the Airline Safety and federal Aviation Administration extension act of 2010, which was the largest overhaul to aviation safety in over 40 years. The legislation introduced many new guidelines for Airline Safety and rirled airlines to put welltrained pilots in every cockpit. Although this law has helped to prevent accidents like that of flight 3407 from happening again, theres still work to be done. Mr. Speaker, earlier this week i met with some of the families and victims of flight 3407 and yesterday i joined a group of bipartisan members urging the committee of jurisdiction to continue to support the implementation of the Airline Safety and federal Aviation Administration extension act of 2010. Mr. Speaker, i thank the committee for their continued support and their efforts in helping to make commercial Airline Travel safer. As we move forward, the house should be clearly focused on ensuring tragedies, like flight 3407, never happen again. Thank you mr. Speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the time of the gentleman has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition . Request 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. I rise today to congratulate northeast georgias ingle high vineyards for the success in the San Francisco chronicle wine competition. Thanks to these great peach state wine owners, georgias wine is rightfully gaining national recognition. Mr. Collins they entered their northeast georgia grown and bottled wine into the prestigious San Francisco chronicle wine competition. It is the largest competition of wines in the world. Despite the crowded field and the fact they did their First Showing at the competition, they did georgia proud by earning four medals. They brought home the double gold medal for the merlot and a bronze medal for a blend of three estate grown grapes. The magnificent achievement is the latest example of northeast georgias emergence as a prominent wine region. Wine critics and many agree that the unique geography of our mountains makes georgia wine truly special. I commend the ingles and the hardworking georgia wine makers who are making a great name for georgia in the world of wine and i look for their continued success and i yield back. Oneminute speeches having now expired for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin prosecutors ryan, seek recognition . Mr. Ryan mr. Speaker, mursuent to House Resolution 101, i call up the bill h. R. 636 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk Union Calendar number 15, h. R. 636, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to permanently extend increased expensing limitations, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to House Resolution 101 in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on ways and means printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules Committee Print 1146 is adopted and the bill as amended is considered as read. The bill shall be debatable for 90 minutes, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on ways and means. The gentleman from wisconsin mr. Ryan and the gentleman from michigan, mr. Levin each will control 45 minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. Ryan. Mr. Ryan mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on h. R. 636, americas Small Business tax relief act of 2014. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Ryan mr. Speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for such time as he may consume. Mr. Ryan mr. Speaker i think we are going to have a little bit of deja vu here today because we are going to be talking on another yet tax extender bill like yesterday. This one involves Small Businesses. Let me see if i can lay out the case thats before us and the decision that we as members of congress are going to have to make. Small businesses are the engine of Economic Growth and job creation in this contry. Country. 80 of all businesses in america file their taxes as Small Businesses. Its what we call subchapter s. Corporations or partnerships. And one of the critical ingredients to running a successful Small Business is to be able to buy equipment for your Small Business to hire people to do things. And one of the important provisions in the tax code to help do this is something we call section 179 of the tax code. Section 179 is really simple. It says to Small Businesses we want you to be able to write off the purchase of equipment to run your Smal