Ever closer to our national calling of equal justice under the law. Send that same spirit upon the members of this peoples house, that they who have been entrusted with ensuring this great calling might fulfill that great promise and it will truly come to pass that justice would roll down like a river and righteousness like an ever flowing stream. Amen. The speaker 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 today will be led by the gentleman from florida, mr. Garcia. Mr. Garcia 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 the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for oneminute speeches on each side of the aisle. For what purpose does the gentlelady from North Carolina rise . Ms. Foxx i ask unanimous con sent to address the house for consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker without objection. Ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today again to support equal pay for equal work. Republicans and democrats share the conviction that no one should lose wages on account of their sex. As is so often the case in this politically polarized city, though, the broad agreement on the goal does not extend to the methods we should use to get there. Under the guise of equal pay, our democrat colleagues would help have us pass more rules, institute more red tape and create more grounds for lawyers to drag Business Owners into court. Perhaps theres a certain logic to this regulateeverything approach. After all, as the New York Times reported today, the president hasnt even been able to equalize pay between men and women in his own white house. However, this president s ongoing regulatory blitzkrieg has helped to equalize the wages of 6. 7 of the population , the unemployed. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Higgins madam speaker, i rise to honor water week, to recognize the critical need for clean water in our nation. In my western new york community, we understand the link between the health of the great lakes and the Economic Vitality of our region. Studies have shown that nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen are the cause of harmful algae blooms in the great lakes. In order to fight this, i have introduced great lakes nutrient removal assistance act which would provide 500 million in funding to upgrade Wastewater Treatment plants in the great lakes basin with nutrient removal technology. Madam speaker, the great lakes contains 95 of americas freshwater and supplies Drinking Water to more than 30 Million People in north america. Additionally, the great lakes supports 1. 5 million jobs and 6 d and 62 billion in wages annually. Protection of the demrakes is essential and i commend great lakes is essential and i commend those who are in washington, d. C. , this week for water week, as those who work tirelessly to protect our Water Resources for the wellbeing of our nation. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore 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, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Wilson madam speaker, tomorrow the house education Work Force Committee will mark up two bills to protect all American Workers by eliminating the National Labor relations boards expansion into the work force. The work force democracy and fairness act restricts big business, big government, nlrb and reaffirms the protections that workers and job creators have received, promoting a fully informed Union Election process. The employee Privacy Protection act gives workers greater control over the disclosure of personal information and helps modernize an outdated election process by replacing current rules that leave workers at risk of intimidation and coercion. For years the president s big labor bully has threatened to destroy jobs, such as at boeing in north charleston, invade American Workers privacy and encroach upon their rights. I am grateful to education work force chairman john kline and subcommittee chairman dr. Phil roe for their dedication to promote the rights of every American Worker and protect american job creators. In conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from hawaii seek recognition . Without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Ms. Hanabusa thank you, madam speaker. Madam speaker, i rise in support of equal payday. 51 years ago the equal pay act was signed into law. Still, women in my home state of hawaii, where women have traditionally been part of the work force, like my two grandmothers who worked in the sugar cane fields, women still earn 82 cents to the 1 earned by a man. Equal pay is not just a womans issue, it is a family and a community issue. Women are 1 2 of the paid work force, 2 3 of the women are either primary or cobread winners for their families. But women are 2 3 of the work force earning minimum wage. Closing the wage gap cuts poverty in half and women and their families then benefit and nearly half a trillion dollars is added to our economy. Remember, the president said, when women succeed, america succeeds. Please bring h. R. 377, the paycheck fairness act, to the floor. And i yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition . Ms. Roslehtinen madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized is recognized for one minute. Ms. Roslehtinen madam speaker, i rise today to speak for those who are being violently muzzled by the autocratic ma doura regime in venezuela. This regime has used every arm of the state to attack its political opponents, resulting in at least 39 dead and many more imprisoned. One of these leaders is this man in this poster who has been unjustly detained in a military prison for almost seven weeks and now faces a 14year prison sentence just for protesting peacefully to promote democratic principles. The arrests the arrest has nothing to do with justice and everything to do with silencing the political opposition and venezuelans call for democrat venezuelans call for democracy. Yesterday the obama yet the Obama Administration still has not taken any action against the venezuelan government and has failed to hold human rights violators accountable. This communicates a dangerous indifference that is painful not only to the venezuelan people but to all who care about freedom and human rights and further erodes the little credibility that we have on the international stage. Lets listen to the people of venezuela. Thank you, madam speaker. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Garcia madam speaker, i have always been a strong supporter of medicare for the simple reason that our nations seniors deserve to keep their hardearned health care. That is why weve been working on a bipartisan basis to fight any potential cuts to medicare and medicaid. I am pleased to announce that yesterday the administration reversed cuts on these potential cuts to these health care plans. Id like to say a few words in spanish. [speaking spanish] its a good day for our nations seniors. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one inute. Mr. Tonko thank you, madam speaker. I rise today to recognize the Community College on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. Since its founding the number of students attending the colonel has grown from 350 to college has grown from 350 to todays population of 2,850, remarkable growth. These students are becoming special ifflets in one of 40 academic programs, including business, electrical technology, media communication, nursing, roadlogical technology and one in which ive had a direct involvement, clean room science. Under the current leadership of the current president , a very effective leader and a much respected leader, fmcc is the regions partner for quality, accessible Higher Education, Economic Development and cultural and intellectual enrichment. Although the institution officially turned 50 in september, this is truly a year of celebration as the school continues to grow and boost our communities in the greater Capital Region of new york. Again, i congratulate the fmcc administration, faculty, support staff and students for their hard work each and every day that makes us very proud. With that i yield back the balance of my time, madam speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Cohen thank you, madam speaker. On saturday, the National CivilRights Museum in memphis was reopened. It is a spectacular display with all uptodate technologies of civil rights in america. From the Middle Passage to april 4, 1968, the assassination of Martin Luther king at the site of the museum. As i toured the fabulous museum, i thought about how far america had come and how much further it needs to go. Theres stories about the Voting Rights act and yet i thought about the Supreme Court striking down provisions in and the possibility of getting sponsors here sufficient to pass a renewed Voting Rights act which is so necessary to america fulfilling its purpose. I thought about the Affordable Care act and efforts to repeal it, to simply give health care to individuals, many of whom are poor and havent had health care br ever care before. I thought about jobs bills, because without economic justice, you dont have social justice and in full effect and you need infrastructure bills ushes need a minimum wage and you need Unemployment Insurance. We have a long way to go to fulfill dr. Kings dream. Im pleased the museum reopened its spectacular i urge all people to come to memphis and visit it and i urge all people to think about dr. King and try to full hill his dream by passing those measures that are necessary. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Woodall thank you, madam speaker. I come to the house floor today actually with three of my constituents from laurenceville. Karen and haley and ashley. Because this is budget week. Madam speaker, this is budget week. This is where we decide what our priorities are and theres not going to be a man or woman in this chamber that does not believe that what we do, we do for this next generation of americans. But the question will be, what do we do . The rule that were going to take up here this afternoon is going to make a every single substitute amendment offered in this Chamber Available for a vote on this floor. So that america can see what our priorities are and choose among them. Madam speaker, this is the very best of our republic that will be on display this week. Budget week. And im just pleased and honored to be a part of it. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The chair lays before the house a communication. The clerk the honorable the of ker, house representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2h of rule 2 of the rules of the u. S. House of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on april 8, 2014, at 8 50 a. M. That the Senate Passed senate 2195, that the Senate Passed with an amendment h. R. 3979. Appointments, joint committee on taxation, signed, sincerely, karen l. Haas. The speaker pro tempore the chair lays before the house a communication. The clerk the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2h of rule 2 of the rules of the u. S. House of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on april 8, 2014, at 10 35 a. M. That the senate agreed to, without amendment, house concurrent resolution 92. Signed, sincerely, karen l. Haas. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition . Mr. Woodall madam speaker, by direction of the House Republican conference, i send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will read the resolution. The clerk House Resolution 546, resolved that the following named members be and are hereby elected to the mr. Woodall madam speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from georgia. Mr. Woodall i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the reading is dispensed with. Without objection, the resolution is agreed to. And the motion to reconsider to reconsider is laid upon the table. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition . Mr. Woodall madam speaker, by direction of the committee on rules i call up House Resolution 544 and ask for its immediate consideration. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 98, House Resolution 544. Resolved, that at any time after the adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2b of rule 18 declare the house dissolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the concurrent resolution, house concurrent resolution 9 , establishing the budget for the United States government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024. The First Reading of the concurrent resolution shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consideration of the concurrent resolution are waived. General debate shall not exceed four hours with three hours of general debate confined to the congressional budget equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the budget, and one hour of general debate on the subject of economic goals and policies equally divided and controlled by representative brady of texas and representative Carolyn Maloney of new york or their respective designees. After general debate the concurrent resolution shall be considered for amendment under the fiveminute rule. The concurrent resolution shall be considered as read. No amendment shall be in order except those printed in the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution. Each amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, and shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. All points of order against such amendments are waived except that the adoption of an amendment in the nature of a substitute shall constitute the conclusion of consideration of the concurrent resolution for amendment. After the could be clue conclusion of the consideration of the concurrent resolution for amendment and a final period of general debate which shall not exceed 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the budget, the Committee Shall rise and report the concurrent resolution to the house with such amendments as may have been adopted. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the concurrent resolution and amendments thereto to adoption without intervening motion except amendments offered by the chair of the committee on the budget pursuant to section 305a5 of the congressional budget act of 1974 to achieve mathematical consistency. The concurrent resolution shall not be subject for demand of the division of the question of its adoption. Section 2, on any legislative day during the period from april 11, 2014 through april 25, 2014, a, the general of the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved, and b, the chair may at any time declare the house adjourned to meet at a date and time within the limits of clause 4, section 5, article 1 of the constitution to be announced by the chair in declaring the adjournment. Section 3, the speaker may appoint members to perform the duties of the chair for the duration of the period addressed by section 2 of this resolution as though under clause 8a of rul