The only threat, Mr. Speaker, to the freedoms of Americans is not the bill we are discussing on the floor today but the bill that was announced this afternoon, the Tax Reform Act of 2014--the freedom of Americans to purchase their first homes, the freedom of Americans not to have attacks placed on their health care. Those are the types of freedoms that are being threatened today. With that, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Becerra), the chair of the Democratic Caucus of the House of Representatives.
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