mr. rouda: thank you. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this measure. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. rouda: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. madam speaker, i am pleased to join my colleagues in consideration of h.r. 1844, to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 66 grove court in elgin, illinois, as the corporal alex martinez memorial post office building. at this time i would like to yield such time as he may onsume to representative mr. krishnamoorthi:. mr. krishnamoorthi: thank you, -- -- to congressman krishnamoorthi. mr. krishnamoorthi: thank you. i rise in support of my own legislation, to designate the facility of the u.s. postal service located at 66 grove court in elgin, illinois, as the corporal alex martinez memorial post office building. corporal alex martinez, a life-long elgin resident, wanted

mr. rouda: thank you. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and their remarks include extraneous material on this measure. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. rouda: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i am pleased to join my colleagues in consideration of h.r. 1526, to designate the facility of the united states 200 l service located at israel road southeast in turnwater, washington, as the eva g. hewitt post office. eva hewitt was not just a business woman and postmaster but often described as the heart and soul of turnwater. with her husband, they housed post office. she assumed role of postmaster in 1915. following the death of her husband in 1927, eva hewitt took over business operations of the drugstore with the help of her daughter, laura. eva would continue to serve as postmaster until 1942, at the time becoming the longest erving postmaster in tumwater. eva hewitt was also a community leader and was widely

mr. cummings: thank you very much. mr. rudea. -- mr. rouda. mr. rouda: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to level set some information here. there is talk of government-backed single payer systems. we have two government-backed single payer systems. it's called veterans affairs and medicare. i hope members on the other side suggesting they shouldn't be eliminated because they are single payer system. there is approximately 40 industrialized countries in the world, 39 of them have universal health care. only one does not. the wealthiest, greatest country in the history of the world, the united states of america. and mr. balat, i take exception to your testimony that we have -- that when the government is involved in providing health care insurance it drives prices up. in fact, those 39 countries who have universal health care spend about half of what we spend on health care. in fact, we spend 18.5% of our g.d.p. on health care. we know we have a very inefficient system. while the a.c.a. may not be perfect, it has certainly brought quality insurance to a lot of individuals who did n

mr. to thank mr. olson, -- ms. brooks. also thank mr. clarke, mr. rouda, ms. foxx for ending the one ring scam act which is added. thank mr. crist for his task force act which was added to section 11, mr. butterfield, mr. johnson, mr. soto for introducing the tracing back and catching unlawful robo calls act which was added in section 13 and mrs. dingell and dr. burgess for their protecting patients and doctors, which is added to the bill in section 14 and mr. flores and mr. mcnerney to increase the financial penalties and i want to thank my partners, mr. walden and mr. latta for working with me to introduce the bill which included an introduction in section 8. i also would like to thank the staff, alex, a.j., jennifer, dan, robin, tim for all their hard work and jerry for all the time and energy to get this ball to the floor. i'm proud of our members and staff. i would like to insert a few letters and statements for the record. a letter from aarp on behalf of the 38 million members. second, a letter from more than 80 organizes representing consumers throughou

rouda: thank you. rep. cummings: thank you. mr. meadows. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for your testimony, secretary. today i have seen some of my ofleagues on the other side this particular room actually come together in a way that i have not seen in previous hearings. thank you for being straightforward, giving us the facts. one of the facts i found out that was troubling to me is how there are actually cards and directions that are given to people trying to come into our country to actually tell them how to use children to circumvent our laws. is that correct? sec. mcaleenan: we have seen all manner of smuggling organizations communicating to potential customers and to those crossing the border, how to bring in a child with them to stay in the u.s. would you say there is a coordinated effort among some south of the border to exploit children to circumvent u.s. laws? sec. mcaleenan: absolutely. i have a document for love individual cases identified by summary every single says something to this effect. subject said he made the attempt because he heard anyone