moore: thank you so much, mr. chairman. i yield the last 30 seconds to our good friend and colleague, mr. welch. the chair: the gentleman from vermont is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. welch: i thank the gentlelady. this amendment is not on the level. it uses words that are important to all of us -- work. of course people want to work. but there is no money for a work program. there is an obligation on the person who has no income, who has children to somehow magically create their own work program. any other work programs has to have some support to get people to move from poverty to work. this is a political statement. it's not a work program. how poor is poor? this is telling folks they're not poor enough. grind them down and their children, 1-year-old children will lose food as a result of this. i yield back. the chair: the question occurs on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. >> i ask for a recorded vote. the cha

moore from wisconsin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from wisconsin is ecognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. moore: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you, the gentleman from georgia. i rise today to support h.r. 1256, the swap jurisdiction certainty act. i plowedly -- proudly supported the dodd-frank wall street reform act because i believed that regulations of derivatives was desperately needed. and today i stand here in support of this, what is a very modest change. because i believe that the inability of the cftc and the e.c. to come together on a definition of u.s. persons is centrally important to an effective cross-border rules and regulations and rules of the road. now, i did support the gentlelady from california's amendment for switching the presumption. because of the closed rules, we were unable to take that up at this time. i believe it would have improved the bill. however, although this amendment as not adopted, i believe that the regulators will continue to have the authority to regulate

moore: thank you. i would like to remind the body and the sponsors of this bill that snap already has an option to target and punish drug offenders. states right now, without this amendment, can require individuals who have been convicted of a drug felony to submit to a drug test before they can receive snap benefits. totally in line with our constitution. at this time i would like to yield time to mr. mcgovern of -- a great member on the ag committee, one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mcgovern: i rise to oppose this amendment. i just want to say, really? this is what we're debating here right now? i'm curious why the amendment doesn't include drug testing for people who are benefits of crop insurance or who receive direct payments -- agricultural benefits from the federal government, why aren't we requiring that they be drug tested too? why don't we drug test all the members of congress here? force everybody to go and urinate in a cup to see whether or not anybody'

that's why we need this bill, the ruth moore act. this bill doesn't create any new benefits for survivors of sexual assault. this bill doesn't give any special treatment to the survivors of sexual assault. this bill just levels the playing field and makes it easier for those survivors to get the benefits they are owed. a few years ago, the department of veterans' affairs acknowledged that too many combat veterans were suffering from ptsd and they were being denied benefits because it was too difficult to document what happened to them on the battlefield. so the v.a. made a commonsense change. they said, if you were in combat and a v.a. doctor gives you a diagnosis of ptsd, and if an examiner links that diagnosis to the combat you experienced, then you are ale simply for benefits. the -- then you are eligible for benefits. the ruth moore just does the same thing for victims of military sexual assault. if a v.a. doctor gives a veteran a diagnosis of mental health condition and there is a medical link to the sexual assault, then the v.a

my hometown of moore's actually been hit by six tornados in 15 years. including two f-5's, the highest category. one of the tornados in question in this latest incident was the largest ever recorded, 2 1/2 miles across. with wind funnel speedses much up to 295 -- speeds of up to 295 miles per hour. so extraordinary to behold. as i understand it right now, as best we can estimate, there are no current needs for additional disaster funding. but the possibility obviously of other disasters and hurricanes, fires, earthquakes, what have you, always raises the possibility that the resources that are available will be strained and i want to make it very apparent that if that were to happen i'll certainly be looking forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to make sure that should similar misfortune befall other areas, that they too have the help we need. if i may, i'd like to yield at this time to my friend, the gentleman from texas, the chairman of the homeland security subcommittee, on appropriations. -- subcommittee on appropriations

moore: thank you so much, mr. chairman. i rise today to offer an amendment to the department of homeland security appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014. my amendment is intended to restore the office of civil rights and civil liberties to fiscal year 2013 levels by transferring $3,346,000 into the office of the secretary and executive management. the amendment is fully offset. it's budget-neutral. mr. chairman, as you know, the office of civil rights and civil liberties is an integral part of enthuring -- of ensuring that our rights and values are carried out through the department of homeland security. today it is even more important than ever to ensure that this office is adequately funded. now, while this body continues to increase funding for immigration enforcement, and we expect even more funding in personnel to be added in any comprehensive immigration bill that we adopt, it is essential that we maintain adequate safeguards to protect our rights and liberties. i offered a similar amendment last year that sought to

moore: thank you so much. i thank the gentleman from massachusetts for yielding me these couple of minutes. i would hope that we would -- that we would listen to the point of order that's been raised by mr. mcgovern. you know, for one thing, this bill criminalizes poverty. so many things in this bill, you know, no felony records, people are felony records will be allowed to get food stamps, that there be work requirements in order to get food stamps. these kinds of amendments and additions that we are going to see in this bill really raises some -- add to the flashese arguments that we have heard -- if a lashese arguments that we have heard about the gar gant one cuts that are made to the program. that snap is run inefficiency. -- unefficiently. that these cuts won't hurt anyone. that these cuts don't serve the most vulnerable. let me just reiterate the facts. snap is effectively targeted at our most vulnerable populations, primarily serving children, seniors and the disabled and poorest communities. people wh

i hope moore campuses replicate the program you put in place. i also want to thank -- he's not here -- but my good friend gordon smith. ordon is -- and he and i served in the united states senate. we have been close friends. when he went through what is probably the most frightening and horrible prospect any parent could face of losing his , he unlike a lot of us who have -- not the same loss but loss of a child, he had the courage to relive it every day by speaking out, because make no mistake, all of you know this, every time gordon smith stands up to talk about this issue it comes home immediately. it is not a distant memory. tractor-trailer that killed my wife is not a distant memory. every time you show up at a funeral, it is not a distant memory. and i want to publicly acknowledge his courage, the courage to take a terrible tragedy that happened to him and provide, provide help, provide help to other parents, other families so they may be spared the agony that his family endured. . i don't think it's an accident that they concluded the nat

moore: thank you, madam speaker. medical providers have told us of harrowing tails of women who tell us of life threatening preemclamp see ya with impaired kidney function, dangerously high blood pressure that threatens their health. they tell us of the women who receive an aggressive cancer diagnosis right in the middle of their pregnancy and have to make the difficult choice between their pregnancy and their own life. in situations like these women need to be able to consult their families and their doctors and no one else. perhaps their own priests or rabbi or imam, but most certainly not their politicians. denying member the care they need is hazardous, cruel, and simply the wrong thing to do. and i thank the lady for yielding time. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. this bill is not born of ignorance but of extremely deep felt concern for unborn children who suffer pain as they are being murdered. mad

moore: thank you so much, representative horsford from nevada. representative hakim jeffries as well. who is here with us. for focusing on this evert and o conduct this evening, this special order on lifting americans out of poverty. it was very, very difficult to listen to representative barbara lee provide those data and those statistics of the numbers of americans who are living in poverty. and reflecting on my own personal experience, reflecting on what i see every seungle day among my constituents, the stark poverty, especially of children, it is very, very difficult to talk about this because this is just not abstract, this is very real. but the -- for the purposes of this discussion, though, with your permission, representative horsford, i would like to just modify your model, or your theme, for one moment. enstead of talking about lifting americans out of poverty, i'd like to talk about lifting america out of poverty. you see, america is heading down the road to not just have 46 million americans living in poverty, not just having half of

budget committee, led by chris , n hollen, our ranking member allyson schwartz, tim ryan, hakim gwen moore, jefferies, michelle lujan grisham, jerrod hoffman, earl blumenauer, and curt schrader, and others. i read these names so you can see the magnificent diversity of gender, ethnicity, race, geography, philosophical spectrum that we have on our committee. hopefully the republicans will see the light soon and appoint conferees so that we can have a budget. so that we can go forward. .t's really, really important i use -- i talk about the fourth of july about the health independence, but it's also really time for us to sound the alarm. paul revere were here today, we would need someone like him to be running through the streets saying, sequester is coming. sequester is here, really. a budget is needed. this is very fundamentally important to the success of our country. to the survival of many here. to the strength of our military. as well as to the success of our economy. we shouldn't have any more time go by we at least appoint conferees, hopefully as soon as we come back and resolve thes

oklahoma and his district get back on their feet from the devastating tornado that hit the town of moore and surrounding community. so in addition to nearly $11 billion that is currently in fema covers, this bill fully supports the requirements of $6.2 billion disaster relief fund in f.y. 2014. these funds combined with our continued oversight will help ensure the money gets to those who have lost so much. mr. chairman, we send tom and his constituents our sincere condolences and wish them a speedy recovery. in closing, let me first thank ranking member price for his partnership. i sincerely thank him and his dedicated professional staff for their input and contributions to this bill. in addition let me thank thoughtful members of the body who received program submissions from 222 members and their input was critical to our oversight work over the past few months, as well as the production of this bill. i know that my staff and i made every effort to accommodate virtually every member submission we receive, but that has only made this a stronger product. finally, i must thank distinguish

bonamici: we passed the ruth moore act to help protect those in the military. but more must be done to stop these crimes before they occur. i thank the armed services committee members for their work on this issue to date but unfortunately the sexual assault training, oversight and prevention amendment, offered by congresswoman jack eeling speier, was not made -- jackie speier, was not made in order. we should have a chance to vote up or down on the provision. we're missing a crucial opportunity to stop the unwanted sexual contact that is now experienced by one in five service women. i've heard from oregonians who live with the painful memory of sexual assault they experienced while serving and veterans associations concerned for the safety of those who answer the call of duty. we all agree that these crimes have no place in our society and no place in our military. it's too bad that we were deprived of an opportunity to do something meaningful about it. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr.

i went out to moore, oklahoma and walked the devastated area of the tornado where the children were killed and the school and talked to residents. governor fallin was with me all afternoon. people were thanking the guard. we made it clear the lead organization there was the fire chief and the police chief and the ambulance and the hospitals. our folks were there. everyone knew someone. they knew specialist smith from down the street that immediately put on his uniform and showed up ready to go. they knew specialist jones and sergeant arora and all of those names. they came in and left their jobs. they knew there was a devastation that required the guard to be used. coordinated closely with the locals. when you touch the community like that, that's the foundation as dr. hamre said. people knew where those people were from pip went up to boston and met with governor patrick we talked through how you respond to something like a boston event, a bombing. the city of boston very proud first responders, great police force, but how do you bring in the guard to support that? then thousand you do --

that's an obvious analogy to moore's law. in stevenson's law, the number of trackable neurons doubles about every seven year. it's hard to track now -- it's possible to track between 60 and 200 neurons simultaneously in the brean. but even -- but every seven years if that number doubles, by 2040, 2050, it may be eable to track thousands or tens of thousands of neurons in the brain and have a much richer understanding of what gos on in the brain in devastating disorders like parenson's epilepsy and others and be able to tre them. >> we've reached the time limit. give a warm welcome to our >> the house begins legislative work coming up in about 20 minutes. on the agenda including one establishing a national system for tracking prescription drugs. live coverage when members gavel in. spoke earlyenator this morning. he served in the senate from 1991. he was a remaining world war roman to -- world war ii veteran. he was 89. >> a report is scheduled to be released tomorrow by the inspector or journal. it shows that the irs spent ne