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states. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies as a public service. >> the house 2013 budget resolution comes to the floor tomorrow for debate. we'll get a look at that legislation in 30 minutes. and members of the republican study committee offered an alternative budget proposal today for the coming fiscal year. that's next here on c-span3. >> starting sunday, see the winners in this year's student cam video documentary competition on the theme, the constitution and you as middle and high school students from across the country showed which part of the constitution was important to them andl air the h morning at 6:50 eastern on c-span and you'll meet the students who created them during "washington journal" each day. for a preview of the winning videos check studentcam.org. members of the republican study committee today unveiled

their budget proposal for the coming year. the plan includes some of the house budget committee's proposals with additional spending cuts. minutes. >> one of the things that makes our country so special and so great is this simple concept that parents are willing to make sacrifices for their kids so that when they grow up, they have life better than we did. they, in turn, do it for their children and each generation in this great country has done that for the next. now unfortunately what we have is a -- and frankly the blame is with both parties. for the last couple decades we'veve for the moment, spend f the moment and decide it's okay to send the bill to the next generation. and that is just wrong. we you all know where for the first time since world war ii, we have a debt bigger than our entire economy. and it's time things change. and so what we want to today under the hard work of

scott garrett, mick mulvaney is a budget that discipline, that understands that basic concept that you shouldn't send the bill to someone else. you should pay for things each generation should pay for the things that they are actually spending the money on. and so we have a budget, a cut, cap and balance budget that is consistent with hat the vast majority of the house of representatives voted on last year when a balanced budget amendment in the united states constitution. we have a bge think is appropriate for how serious the situation we now face. and one that we think will solve the problem, do s way, and a way that will promote economic growth and a way that will help our country. and so i want to tut w has donen this. ch task force, budget task rett frm

jersey. >> greetings and good morall, jordan, for all your leadership, not only on thisis 112th congress. we very much appreciate that. i'd also like to commend as he already did, mr. mulvaney who has worked and his staff extraordinary manners. also the gentleman recently recognized by "the wall street journal" for his efforts as well. and my other colleagues behind me who worked to make sure we'd have the budget that we have before you today. so i will be brief. i'll allow my colleagues to say a few words. earlier today i heard the famous quote, and i may get it a little wrong by thomas we may live in troubled times so that our children may live in peace. i think that is an appropriate expression to keep in mind as we look to the budget process. this past week that the house

gop laid out its republican budget to deal with the debt and decline that will come about if we follow the president's path going forward and try to turn things around. try to reverse it. what we do here today is try to build off of some of those plans that have been laid in that. a plan to cut spending, place caps on it and to provide for a balanced budget going forward. we do this by specifically reining in spending. we do this by making sure our entitlement plans are protected not only for this generation but for future generations as well. now as we do all this, of course, it's important to keep in mind where the president and the democrats and senate specifically have been during this entire time. this has been a time when we have seen a train wreck, a slow motion train wreck coming towards this country. one that's predictable. where has the senate been. where has the president been?

they have been out, not prote protecting part in the debate. the senate has been absent without any leadership, without any leadership, without a budget for over -- how 1,063 days. during that period of time. the american people are asking for more. the american people say that we deserve better. american people are asking this one sn. when will washington stop borrowing and spending my children's money? well, we see the answer is not coming from the white house. we see the answer is not coming from the senate as well. we have stepped up to the plate as we have in the past to provide a budget that will do just that. it will provide balanced budget in the future. it will answer the american public's that they live in their means just as every business and family has to do. today we offer a specific plan. today we are able to say that we

will live in troubled times today so that our children in the future will be able to liveh that, i would like to turn the over to my colleague who has done an extraordinary job on many aspects of this budget and you . gentleman from south carolina, mr. mulvaney. >> appreciate that. thanks very much. and i garrett for his work on this budget but thank everybody up here for the work on this budget and the work on makinge g the actions of the group behind us. the e budget you'll be offered the larger republican conference later this week is a really good budget. i much me with at the beginning of the year. and the number that gets a lot of attention is that discretionary spending this de the beginning of this calendar year, everybody expected us to spend 7 trillion. that was the number. the cap for discretionary

spending set and the budget verrol act of last year. few people, if anybody up on this stage supported. we thought it was sly worked ve get that number down. the number in the ryan budget is 1028. the931. this has a lot of traction to us for a couple of different reasons. first of all, it is the spending level from last year's budget. the republican study committee actually had a discretionary spending level in this year of about$933 billion. the number, by the way is also the same number year of ryan's budget last year, less than $97 billion. that's a coincidence, but it's true. the number gets you down to 931. 931 is entally again, but just a also the exact same level of discretionary spending the last time nancy pelosi offered a budget. and many of us came to congress in the 2010 elections promising to roll back discretionary spending to pre-stimulus level

billion. so we'll set it there. that'sy in number we've been fighting for. it's a number we'll continue to keep. a number that we're going to freeze. it's a concept that seems rational to most of us. evidently it's notac. but if you don't have money, the first thing you do is stop spending more money. so we've decided to offer a budget that sets discretionary spending at 931 and keeps it there until the balance -- the budget balances, which is in five years. 2017. it makes sense. it's something we think folks back home will understand. something weif you don't have a at least stop spending what you are spending. so we'll set that number at ere. i don't know who goes next. there's one person i can look to and say hlped us move the needle in the right direction on the budget committee this year. tim hu you congressman

mulvaney and congressmanjo and congressman garrett as well. as i stated during the budget committee hearing last week, too many in washington are focussed on a particular date of november 6th. ril 1stthe two dates we need to and january 1st. just five days from now. the u.s. will have the highest corporate tax rate in the world at a time when we have high unemployment, we cannot afford to be number one on this list. and at the end of the year, the bush/obama tax cuts disappear burdening americans with the single largest tax increase in american history. i am pleased the rsc budget includes instructions that requires ar 17th of this year, preventing the massive scheduled 3. -- or $4.3 trillion tax increase. while rsc recommends our jobs through growth act in our be re. comprehensive tax reform. we leave that up to the

committee. whatever path we take, it's critically important we prevent this tax increase from killing our fragile economic recovery. on a separate note as the supreme court considers the constitutionality of obama care, this budget reveals the president's health care law in its entirety and incorporates a state health flexibility act. that is medicaid reform. and that embraces the type of reform that is successful welfare reform in the 1990s and converts medicaid to a block grant program and restores the tenth amendment and respects that and gives states the hefr need in order to serve their people better. we will enhance accountability by putting states back in charge rather than name faceless rats. medicaid costs are exploding in washington and in our states. my background, i served 14 years in the state legislature. served on the medicaid task force. i know the struggles our states have and the idea from the president and others that we can simply add millions more to our medicaid rolls is unsustainable. what w.

what we need is to reduce the red tape out of we have 29 governors that are requested this. give our governors the flexibility on medicaid so they can deal with what is the singl. and i'm excited with those proposals, both the tax and medicaid side because we know one size doesn't fit nall medicaid. but we do kno increases are certainly going to kill any economic recovery we have. so i look forward to the debate on the floor and i look forward to is budget forward. we need to have toug choices to make today. but on taxes, we can promote a pro-growth agenda that aalmost american people would like to see. with that, i'll turn it over, i believe, congresswoman. >> thank you very much. good morning. a representative from missouri but also as a mom.

and the reason that i amsupport that it's going to provide a secure future for our childr wa. it takes us from a path of bankruptcy and takes us to a path of a balanced budget. i'm part of thi frs sent here t country back frucy to put us course for our children. and that's what we're going to do. right now my child and every child born in america now has $48,000 worth of personal because of our tax and spending ways tou national debt is now e to our gdp and this is unsustainable. our children deserve a better re provides more secure future by removing our dependency on foreign countries and at least two ways. our debt r held by many foreign countries and china owns 29% of don't wan

continue to have further dependence on china. i want us to be independent here in america and also it it also oil through the initiatives in here that will get us to a path of energy independence. a way to make our children's future more secure. and it also prioritizes and tio defense. there's only a few things we're supposed to be doing here in congress according to the constitution. and one of them is to provide d. the sequestration outlined in the president's plan is unsustainable and it jeopardi we address thatine thugh all of these ways that our children se. thank you. >> i'm glad i realize i'm the longest serving member. that's scary. and i have supported every rsc budget that we put forward in the past decade and i think had we adopted the early ones we'd be a lot better off today.

this will be cast, i'm sure, by draconian budget. we're going -- i'm just here and now. rap music playing in the background. we're where it was in 2008. and i think across the country, people recognize that we've got to do more than we're currently doing if we're going to get this budget under control.rt it. and as mentioned, this is dragging the debate, the right direction. the broader producing a better budget because of this budget. pleased. tand here with my is from colleagues to make these points. can within ten years or less? yes, we can. why shouldthatmatter?

why ld who is pulling up to a gas pump gasoline because she afford more? and the answer is this. what if that gallon of gasoline was instead of $5? how could that happen? it could happen if the dollar is replaced as the wo reserve currency by a basket of currencies that include the chinese currency, the japanese currency and others. when england ceased to be the reserve currency, the value of their pound dropped 25% immediately. that could happen to the dollar. that's why the single mom who is

pulling up to a gas pump to get $5 worth of gasoline and would instead possibly be paying $6.25 for that same gallon of gasoline should be very concerned about our debt and our deficit. so let's return to that question. can we balance our budget in ten years or yes, we can. the rsc budget proves it. why should we? we should do it for everyle mom. every struggling american. everyone who wants a higher standard of living for themse a their children. glad j those words and say ditto really to everything that's been said. if youti standing up here came from the freshman class. i think we came to washington with a goal toinan gal

health in order. our financial house in order here in this country. that's cut spending, that's rein in deficits. start things the american people expect us to do. and i'm wearing this button today. 1,063 days since the united states senate has passed a budget. last year we passed both a house budget and rsc budget. we're going to take those up again. i think the rsc budget is a clear path for america to address the things that i personally believe we need to do. so i stand with a lot of hard working colleagues that have helped craft this budget. i fully stand behind it and support it. i look forward to talking about all the dynamics on the house yield back.ssing the rsc budget >> we'll take a couple of questions, if you'd like. >> you want to repeal the health care law but your budget includes the ten-year revenue number that assumes

[ inaudible question ] >> our budget does not assume the tax increases from the obama. >> the same $37 trillion in ryan's budget -- >> no, ryan's budget -- >> i wouldst differences, i mean, significanferees between our budget and the conference budget is w w discre. and we hold it we think that's reasonable. a lot of american fami toli fre allow some inflated growth and s-chip we're going to give it to the states which many governors want. we give it to the states at 201 you're going to get. the conference budget gives it to the states at 2012 levels. so those are really the two differences. with those t can do what americans, i think,

expect. you can get it to balance in a reasonable periodinkhat you are at is the assumption is the tax reform that ryan offers in the 1025 plan and the o 1525 is revenue neutral. you can make whatever assumptions but we do not explicitly support increasing the taxes -- revenues are compa based on -- assuming those -- >> we think you canlt with tax . [ inaudible question ] >> we don't think it's a side show. i think the vast majority of folks up here are going to support the conference budget that can get 218 votes and pass. we think it's important to show the american people we can pass something. we like a lot of what's in the ryan budget. he'salk about policy language that came from the

policy. the reconciliation whichoodis h into telling the authorizing sa. find this samt of savings. bring that bill. we have a commitment those bills will com the appropriation bills. all that is because of the good work of rsc members on the budget committee. you'll see strong support for the conference budget. but we do think you should build on all that good work and still get to balance in a reasonable period of time. and wes congressman mulvaney and garrett pointed out, you should deal with the sequester inh is what we do in budget. >> just one other reason why this side show. so i would suggest that every meerl months ago came to the floor, gave speeches and then eventually voted for a balanced budget amendment which is over 218

members of the conference. have to think when the only budget that comes to the floor this week that will actual l actually fulfill that promise is the rsce rsc budget is the only that will bring us to balance. not only within the ten-year window but actu years, 2017. if you are a member of either side who voted for the bba, you have to ask yourself, what was i voting for at that time? was that just a side show? or was i serious about doing so? if you wereerou would for this budget. [ inaudible question ] >> do you guys think the ryan budget even has a chance? if not, why go stuff -- >> that is a great question.

i speak for myself. we do not anticipate the senate to have a budget. reid has announced that. wong thing the budget does do is set the discretionary number. and our discretionary number actually matches, as congressman mulvaney outlined, a number of goals that we've talked about. very consistent with the republican conference has proposed as well. other things it does require and this is where we do differ as well. the rsc budget would require reconciliation on tax issues. it would require us to have a strategy and plan to deal with the massive tax increases as scheduled to take effect. and the president's budget assumes $1.9 trillion in tax revenue. not only do we not assume that revenue. so we have to make $1.9 trillion more in savings and reductions in spending to get to his level. but then we return it to the 931 level that does balance in five years. and so there's some significant improvements, i believe, to the conference budget. so it would require action and

reconciliation on the tax side as well as the medicaid side. so we can talk about what we're going to do with this budget would require some action on the side of the house, then we live it up to the senate. >> keep in mind on that point. this sort of gets lost in washington. we're required by law to pass a budget. the law actually requires us to pass a budget by april 15th. now if you look closely at the budget act which we've done, the it,lethpenalty for not doing i. but if we don't dopenalty. still, we take our legal obligation seriously. there's a reason we're rushing to do this before easter so we can meet the april 15l continuer legal obligations. it's the senate that thinks the law does not apply to it. i personally think that's wrong. >> it just seems this is yet another instance of conservatives fighting with the

leadership essentially over spending. do you t the speaker has been responsive enough to conservative calls? >> they've listened remember, a everyone -- thedingumber was go 1047.anwe argued the number sho be 1028. we were in agreement on thaemen place is how to deal with the sequester. $110 billion in year one. 97 discretionary. we should at least be there. dealing with the sequester straightforward. so that was -- the difference is how you deal with the sequester. whether you account for it or you do this reconciliation process that the confcehas. [ inaudible question ] >> just wondering if you feel like you are make anything headdld way or -- we're making lot of headway.

this budget moved in our direction. we think we made headway had bi and debt ceiling. that's why we're here. that's what the republican study committee is about and what these republican freshman class mes [ inaudible question ] >> one of theat some of us insist on wasat as credib possible. we don't get the benefit that the budget committee cbo actual through all their formulas and but we insisted when we sat down on this that we would do a couple of things. wherever we can, judt we took cbo numbers so we could say we're working off cbo scores. wherever projections

of gdp growth. we did the exact same thing. so we're walking off the same baseline that the ryan budget is. so that's credible. and, b, the other major point we want to say that we're credible on is the credibility of the numbers that we put in here.s t in the budget. mick picked up the first one with regard to discretionary. we believe that is not only a credible number but a number that as mick points out, the number everyone voted on when they voted on the 1028 minus the sequester. tim brought up the second major point which is on the medicaid. and we think that's entirely credible, too. medicaid at 10 - out because tim can elaborate better than i it's credible because block grants are back to the states. and the third one is on the area of welfare and other entitlements. basically what we do there is

just take -- someone described it this way. just to smooth off the growth curve. you had -- go back to '07, 08pi administration. we keep it at that number now. we could have gone lower. we're staying at the cbo growth level for the first five years and smoothing off the growth curve over the past five years on the ten-year so all you are doing is smoothing off for inflation right up until 2022. all those aspects, i think, are inherently credible and something that could pass this congress. nobody can attack this for notution baseline and nobody can attack them for saying anything outside the norm or erratic or extreme. >> take a few more. [ inaudible question ] >> 1028, right. no, what we do in our budget is we -- it's discretionary, but we account for how as vicki pointed

out, how national defense, we don't want to cut there butke t billion in cuts to discretionary spend bug won't do it in national defense. we're not changing the amount. we are changing where it gets reduced. exactly. [ inaudible question ] >> i would add there have been control act since the budget coact. [ inaudible question ] >>ent said, all the budgets you see will depart from some part in some fashion. we're the only ones who take the $97 billion out of discretionary spending in year one. >> last one. >> mr. chairman, are you active