29,610 people will be diagnosed with cancer. that means each day 89 wisconsinites will hear the words that rocked my own life. you have cancer. the this year alone, it will kill 310,000 residents of your own state. wisconsin received more than $469 million from the n.i.h. last year. i ask you, mr. chairman, do you want to eliminate these jobs and this lifeline for the people of wisconsin? .

>> america is the lead world -- world leader in medical research. let's keep it that way. let's continue to invest in medical research, cancer, diabetes, alzheimer's, to grow jobs, the higher wage jobs that benefit all of our communities across the country. jobs and scientific research benefit greatly by nih grants. biomedical research is the wave of the future. now that we can map the human genome, i am convinced we will find the cure for cancer, at the very least, we will save money because we will have more

structured and effective treatments. i spoke with the ceo of the moffatt cancer center in florida. he advised me that china and india will eat our lunch. because they are investing more and more and more in scientific research. we cannot take a step back now. we should not take a step back now. we've got to continue to fund our public laboratories and their private laboratories. this is something the government does better than the private sector because we coordinate it. we are more efficient. we can guide the appropriate research. we have no more time to address the debt and deficit. we have to act now. i urge my colleagues to do it in the right way. don't vote for jobs in the and china. vote for amendment 8 and vote for jobs right here in the usa.

>> thank you and i yield 45 seconds to the gentleman from oregon. >> thank you, perhaps the most sobering meeting i have had this year was with -- lunch with the director of nih. we are sliding in the direction none of us want. one of the legacies of the economic recovery act was a significant investment in research and development. this is something that if it were a secret ballot, i think this would pass overwhelmingly. i hope that we can take comfort in the fact that it is not a secret ballot but something that each and everyone of us should be supporting, should be proud of and defense to our friends at home, something that will pay dividends for generations to come. >> thank you so much. to close out our time, i will yield the rest of my time to the

gentleman from kentucky. >> i thank my colleague. there is a great deal of human cost. we know the human cost of the diseases we are talking about is monumental but let's talk in terms of numbers. we spend over $98 billion per year on treating cancer. we spend hundreds of billions of dollars per year for cardiovascular care. these are the things that are driving our long-term health- care costs. the way we consult our long-term health care crisis is to invent our way out of it and at this point, reduce our funding for nih is counterproductive. >> is there any member that wishes to claim opposition and opposition? >> i want to start by congratulating my colleague and classmate on her ascension to the chair of the democratic national committee.

it is i high honor and i know you will bring credit to that position. we have fallen through the looking glass again and it seems like we do it on every single amendment. devastating cuts, shameful cuts, reckless, killing jobs -- what if i were to tell the committee that there are no cuts to nih in this budget? the approach responsible reductions are in budget function 550 so any cuts that come out for a specific programs will be carried out through the appropriations process which is exactly where the arguments he made a right now belong. and as a physician, i can tell you the importance of funding of research at the national institutes of health. let me show you that if one were

to believe the other side, this is what the chart would look like with money going down for nih over the past 15 years. this is the chart for the funding for nih. it went from $11 billion in 1995 to $30 billion in 2010. that does not even count the $10 billion increase from the stimulus. $40 billion for nih -- it might work to solve all these things, we should spend an unlimited amount of money. the resources that the nih has -- gaps in the nih ability to monitor key s -- aspects in the funding process -- there is a question as to whether or not they can identify where the money is to be spent. even if you believe what my friends on the other side of the aisle say, this amendment says

that we would block all cuts to life-saving research and cures for cancer and other diseases and all other illnesses. the problem with that is that that means we are making the decisions about where research might ought to go. when i talk to the folks at nih and cdc and elsewhere, they tell me over and over to give them the resources but let us make the decisions about where the monies go. this amendment would preclude the ability of the clinicians and the scientists to make the decision about where the biggest bang is for the buck in terms of solving the remarkable challenges we have in health care. i think they're sick -- are some incredible assumptions whbeing made.

the funding for nih has gone up over 150% over the last decade and a half. they are significant increases and i would like to yield from the gentleman from idaho. >> i pretty much agree with almost everything my colleagues on the other side of the aisle said about nih. let me add my congratulations to ms. wasserman-schultz. i offer you moderate success. [laughter] there is probably not a bigger supporter of nih than i am. i go out and visit the 27 research institutes. the nih is the best kept secret

in washington, d.c. they need to let the american people know what they do because they do incredibly important and good work out there. i wish we did not have to cut or reduce spending to any program that i like. unfortunately, one thing is driving this budget resolution more than anything else that we have to address and that is a $1.60 trillion deficit this year and $14 trillion in debt. if we don't have the courage to stand up and address it which means tough cuts and yes, some programs that i like, there is going to be no funds for nih in future years or any other discretionary funding or any other biomedical research. that is just the reality. we have to stand up and make the tough decisions. as dr. price said, there are no cuts in this budget to nih. there are no cuts in this budget

to nih. this is not the appropriations committee. the appropriations committee, once it gets its 302b allocation after we have done the budget resolution, labor hhs will make the determination of how the appropriations will be appropriated for the various agencies within bell labor health and human service education budget. i don't know what that will look like. i hope we can keep it to a minimum. i think nih does great work. that is why we are on the committee. will there be cuts? i don't know an agency that will not suffer some cuts through this budget reduction because of the fiscal situation we find ourselves in and we should be honest with the american people and let them know that. i give speeches across this country and to chambers of commerce like you do.

i ask everybody when i start to speak, how many of you think that the $14 trillion debt this country faces is a serious threat to our economic future and our national security? every hand goes up. i then ask them, how many of you think that at least a portion of that problem is the spending that the federal government does and we need to reduce spending? again, every hand goes up. if we do what is right for this country and the future of this country, everyone of you will be mad at us. we have to have the courage to cut some things that you will like. that is the reality. what i am saying to you is to have the courage to stand up and do what is right. to this appropriation -- or do this budget and let the appropriations committee look at what you have given us and we will make some tough decisions and we will have the floor of the house make those tough

decisions when we bring down the appropriation bills. there are no cuts for nih specifically in this budget. >> i am pleased to yield one minute. >> i want to comment on the irony that there used to be tremendous investments made by the productive sector in health breakthroughs. drug companies invest in former -- pharmaceutical research because there was profit in it. the policies of this government have been to take the profit out of health care. we heard this again today with reference to an earlier amendment. it is underpinned by the notion that all profit is ways and if we can only remove waste will profit, we can lower-cost. they don't seem to understand is that profit is not waste. it is the incentive that drives the efficiency and innovation and research and development and quality and even courtesy to

clients. once you remove profit from the equation, you have just demonstrate the difference between -- it is not my time to yield. >> i know you want yield, that is why i asked you. [laughter] >> i have not finished saying what i came to said. y. >> republicans increase nih funding in the 1990's. i would remind folks again that there is a lot of accusations going back and frost across the table. this budget does not say anything about nih. under this budget, funding at nih could increase. that is the decision that the appropriations committee would make. they will get a bucket of

resources, money that they will divide appropriately as the appropriations committee sees fit, where to put the resources, they hard-earned taxpayer money that they sent to washington to do the work that needs to be done. no cuts to engage in this budget and if you think you are voting on a cut to nih or increase with this amendment, is simply not true. those decisions will be made by the appropriations committee. a 300% increase over three years, the nih budget was doubled when the republicans controlled the house in the 1990's and no specific cuts to engage in this budget and with that, i urge defeat of the amendment and yelled back the balance of my time. >> the gentle lady from florida can close them . >> our friends in the republican party say we're not cutting

nih. 550 says we are. there are a variety of important vital services that are in function 550. i was an appropriate and i distinctly remember the chairman's standing on the house for two weeks ago committing that republicans would never cut nih yet take a look actionhr 1. it has dramatic cuts to nih. the track record is clear. republicans are not committed to making sure that you maintain the proper amount of health research funding. instead, you are committed to restoring special interest tax breaks which is how we pay for making sure that we don't cut nih funding. the proof is in the pudding. it is right there in black and white and. >> all those in favor said aye,

those opposed to tax the no's have it. [laughter] a recorded vote has been requested. the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. garrett,no, mr. samson,, no, mr. campbell, no, mr. calvert, no, mr. aiken, no, mr. kohl,, no, mr. price, no, mr. mr. chavis,, no, no, mr. susman, no, mr. lankford, no, ms. black, no, mr.

ribble, no, mr. flores, no, mr. mulvaney, no, mr, huelscamp, no, mr. young, no, mr. amash, no, mr. rotita, no, mr. ginta, no, oodall, no, mr. van hollen, aye, ms. schwartz, aye, ms. kaptur, aye, mr, doggett,

umenauer, aye, ms. o mccollum, aye, mr. yarmuth, aye, mr. pascarell, aye, mr. honda -- mr. ryan, aye, ms. wasserman- schultz, aye, ms moore, aye, ms. castor, aye, mr. schuler, aye, mr. tonko, aye, ms, bass,

aye, chairman ryan, no. thank you. >> the house budget committee later approved a budget resolution along party lines in a 22-16 vote. it now moves to the full house for final approval. floor debate is likely next week. on "washington journal" this morning, we will focus on federal spending and a deal on the budget for the fiscal year to avoid a government shutdown friday. our guests are representative nick mulvaney, a republican member of tfrom south carolina.

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congress are in the middle of budget talks in an effort to avoid a government shutdown that would happen at midnight on friday. yesterday, republican leaders discuss the negotiations with capitol hill reporters. we will go first from john hensarling of texas. this is 10 minutes. >> the president of united states has just said that the least we can do is pass a budget and he went to pennsylvania apparently to work on his campaign budget. we would remind the president again that house republicans have passed a bill to keep the government open and put the nation on a fiscally sustainable path. we stand here today united with

the path to prosperity budget introduced by paul ryan. the nation as an opportunity to be on the path to decline or prosperity. under the republican budget, we will prevent tax increases, provide fundamental tax reform, and we will provide the nation with a fiscally sustainable path to give the confidence to job creators to go out and borrow, invest, and create more jobs in america. that is what we need it today. we have not seen anything but a protection of the status quo of spending -- barring 42 cents on the dollar, much of it from the chinese and sending the bill to our children and grandchildren and that is unacceptable. >> i like the president personally. we get along well. the president is not leading.

he did not lead on last year's budget and clearly is not leading on this year's budgete. the democrats had a majority last year, supermajorities in the house and the senate and they failed to pass a budget. they could not agree on the budget after the election. in december, they punted until this month. when you look at the fact that the president introduced a bill to put a dent commission together one year ago and while i did not agree with everything the debt commission put forward, these people really work hard. they have a lot of very good ideas. and yet the president used none of his own deficit-reduction commission's ideas in his own budgetary here we are trying to clean up last year's mass. but we will fight for largest spending cuts we can get and the policy riders attached to them

because we believe that cutting spending will lead to a better environment for job creation. we will continue to have conversations with our colleagues in the senate. i am hoping that they will continue to go well. the government is due to shut down tomorrow. we will be prepared to move forward with power funding bill that would fund our troops and keep the government open for another week and cut $12 billion in spending i think this is the responsible thing to do for the united states congress and i would hope the senate would pass it and the president will sign into law. >> these are very serious times for this country. $14 trillion in debt is no light matter. i care about people. we care about people. we care about people who are out there right now trying to find a job. we care about people who frankly are trying to figure out how

they get through the end of the month, trying to pay their bills. that is why we are doing what we are doing. we have got to solve the debt crisis in this country. we have got to demonstrate some responsibility here in washington so that the economy can get going again. as we all know, paul ryan and the budget committee are marking up the budget as we speak. we have put forward a plan that in fact does retire the debt over time and does so without raising taxes. we have seen nothing out of the president as far as a vision for how he wants to take this country. in fact, in the senate, we know from the leader there, he does not even accept that there is a fiscal crisis in this country. we believe we have got to act to do something to make sure that the american economy recovers. we have put forward plans. we understand america is broke.

mr. president, are you going to help us fix it? >> it has been said that past behavior is the best indication of future behavior. when the democrats were in the majority, they never produced a budget. republicans came into power and they produced one that took you to the end of the year. 46 days, same past behavior as their behavior today. after we extended for the first two weeks, the president got engaged. he sent a vice president down. he spent one day and left for two weeks. after we extended again and we're at another deadline, the president called people down. he left again today. this election was a different election. this election was about change. it was more than just change, it was a cultural change in washington. they expect things to be fact- based and actually solve

problems. imagine what the future could be if the debt was taken away. what could you spend that interest money on? what could you invest in for america? we have imagined what it could be and we will fight for it. we ask people to do the job they are supposed to do for the senate could only have taken the last 46 days and passed something, we would be a better position. we asked the senate to change their past behavior and change the action where america can go. >> there is not a single house republican that wants to shut down the government and we have been doing everything we can to avoid it. 46 is the number of days ago that we passed hr 1. zero is the amount of work the senate has done in the budget. 45,000 is the debt for every single american in this country.

$90,000 is the debt projected over the next 10 years. the house republicans are committed bringing our fiscal house in order and we have taken the steps and pass the budget that would take this down to the pre-stimulus levels and we are committed to getting the fiscal house in order and we ask the senate to take the action necessary to allow us to move forward. >> the american people in november spoke clearly. they want serious, serious answers to serious problems this country faces and the republican majority that took over in january has presented us time and again and are doing so as the budget is being marked up today. we will make sure our troops are paid as we resolve the spending issues. we have to cut spending. the american people don't want the deficit passed on to the next generation. it is time for the senate to get serious and we can get this resolved and we can move on to the big issues.

questions? >> can you give us more information about the conversations that the senate majority leader had today? >> the conversations are continuing. there is nothing agreed to until everything is agreed to. >> people are saying it's more positive. why is that? >> i think we have made some progress, yes, but we're not finished, not by a long shot. >> is there progress that you can make on the floor by fred. >> we have a three-day layover policy so people can read the bill. it is clear that once there is an agreement, it will take two or three days to put it together. we believe it is important to move this troop funding bill and we keep the government funded for another week. >> you said that the past is the

best prolog and you will try to put his vote to a number of people on the republican side of the aisle who said they would not vote for another cr. you had 54 last time and the democrats say they will not help you. >> this will pass with republican votes. i don't need one democrat. >> they painted themselves into a corner? >> no, understand what is before you we have people today fighting for our liberty and freedom. we don't want to pay them. we have what we were we want to cut $12 billion. it is a fundamental bill and it will pass with republican votes. if democrats to want to join us, that is their choice. if the senate wants to continue to not act, that is their choice. we believe america should move

forward. >> if i could just add -- republicans have no interest in shutting down the government. shutting down the government is irresponsible and i think it will end up costing the american taxpayers more money than we are already spending. i believe that our members want to support our troops and we will do the responsible thing tomorrow. >> if you have gotten halfway to what you are doing, why not make a deal? >> it would be easy to hold your cards and go home. that is not what the american people elected us to do. they elected us to cut spending. that will leave a better environment for job creators to create jobs and we will fight for as many spending cuts as we can get. thank you, everybody.

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mr. hoyer: madam speaker, budgets are not simply about dollars an cents. they are about values and priorities. and the debate over spending has revealed the republican priorities, in my opinion, the worst possible light. first, republicans passed a spending plan for the remainder of the fiscal year that would cripple america's ability to outinnovate, outeducate, and outbuild its competitors. that spending plan would cut billions in medical and energy research, cut out support for 20,000 research scientists, take 200,000 children out of head start, put college out of reach for millions of middle class students, and end vital infrastructure projects in 40 states. infrastructure projects would provide american jobs. a consensus of nop partisan economists has found the plan will cost us hundreds of thousands of jobs.

and mark zandi, who advised john mccain when he was running for president on economics, moody analytics chief eonomist and advisor to senator mccain said it would cost almost 7 00,000 jobs. in addition to these skewed priorities, republicans are insisting that any bill, any bill to keep the government open must also include controversial social policy provisions that have little if anything to do with the deficit. even though in their own pledge to america promised, and i quote, to end the practice of packaging unpopular bills with must-pass legislation. bills that should pass on their merits not as related to some extraneous issue. rather than compromise with president obama and the democrats in the senate and

house, republicans are threatening once again to shut down government. as they did in 1995. now they tell us that they'll back off on their threat but only if we pass a partisan, one-week spending bill that triples the ransom to keep the government opened. in other words, this bill contains three times the weekly cuts as the last week to week bill did. it also takes all cuts from only a small slice of the budget. frankly, madam speaker, that makes this latest bill a mockery of fiscal responsibility. especially because it leaves entirely untouched for the rest of the year what the secretary of defense himself has called the pentagon's culture of endless money. this partisan patch contradicts republicans' own promises to put everything on the table. defense spendingncluded. listen to their own words as

reported by the associated press on january 23, quote, the house's new majority leader, representative carke cantor of virginia, has said defense programs could join others on the cutting board. but of course they haven't done th. "new york times" january 27 representative chris gibson, a tea party endorsed freshman republican and retired army colonel said, made it clear, that no part of the pentagon's $550 billion budget, some $700 billion including the wars in iraq and afghanistan was immune. he said this, this deficit that we have threatened our very way of life and everything needs to be on the table. however they have notdown that. congressman mike pence on january 7 id this, quote, if we are going to put our fiscal house in order, we have to be able to look at defee. we need a strong defense, i'm a supporter of a strong defense, but to take those dollars off

the table is irresponsible and inconsistent with the presentations that our republican friends have made. those words are sounding very hollow, however, today while republicans breaking their word, madam speaker, because in my opinion they know that the on way to get their conference to support this spending bill is to bribe it with a year of defense spending left untouched. and a divisive social policy provision as well. which is what they said they would not do. what we need to do is sit down and over the next 72 hours now the next 48 hours, frankly, come to compromise, that's our job. my way or the high way is never going to get it done. finally, republicans showed their priorities in their budget for the upcoming fiscal year, we'll have a lot to say about that in the days ahead. their budget ends medicare as we know it.

seniors thought that they were going to protect medicare. well, their way of protecting it is ending it. it dismantles medicaid and other vital programs for our seniors. we'll talk a while about that seniors. objection. mr. mcconnell: madam president, across the country this morning, americans are wondering what's going on in washington this week. they want to know why it's taking so long to fund the government. americans want to know how we got to this point, and they deserve an answer, so here goes. each year, the majority party in congress is responsible for coming up with a budget plan that explains how they're going to pay for all the things that government does. it's not just a good idea. it's the law. congress has been required to do it since 1974. well, last year, the democratic leaders in congress decided they didn't want to do it. they didn't want to have the --

didn't want to have to publicly defend their bloated spending and the debt that it's creating. so republicans had to come up with a temporary spending bill to keep the government running in the absence of any alternatives and leadership from our friends on the other side. republicans even passed a bill in the house that would keep the government funded through the rest of the current fiscal year and which takes an important first step toward a smaller, more efficient government that helps improve the conditions for private sector job growth. this house bill would save us billions of dollars on our way to a conversation about trillions, and congressman ryan has done a service this week by setting the terms of the larger debate by outlining a plan that puts us back on a path to stability and prosperity. unfortunately, democrats have made a calculated decision that they didn't want to have either debate, so they have taken a pass on both.

and frankly, it's hard not to be struck by the contrasting approaches to our nation's fiscal problems that we have seen here in washington this week. on the one hand, you've got a plan by congressman ryan that every serious person has described as both honest and courageous. on the other hand, you've got people like the new chairwoman of the democratic national committee and the previous speaker of the house dismissing that plan in the most cartoonish language imaginable. while thinking people have seen in the ryan plan -- while thinking people have seen in the ryan plan an honest attempt to tackle our problems head on, ideologues on the left have seen a target to distort while offering no vision of their own to present a fiscal nightmare that we all know is approaching. and they still haven't come up with an alternative to the various republican proposals we have seen to keep the government up and running in the current

fiscal year. they have just sort of sat on the sidelines, taking pot shots at everything republicans have proposed while rooting, rooting for a shutdown. that's why the republicans in the house have now proposed another bill this week that will fund the military for the rest of the year, to keep the government operating, and which gets us a little closer to the level of spending that even the senior senator from new york has called reasonable. the fact that democrats are now rejecting this offer, which even members of their own leadership have described as reasonable, is all the evidence you need that democrats are more concerned about the politics of this debate than keeping the government running. so let's be clear about something this morning. throughout this entire debate, republicans have not only said that we would prefer a bipartisan agreement that funds the government and protects defense spending at a time when we have got american troops

fighting in two wars, there is a republican plan on the table right now that would do just that. democrats can accept that proposal or they can reject it, but they can't blame anyone but themselves if a shutdown does occur because they have done nothing whatsoever to prevent it. so with the clock ticking, i would once again encourage our democratic friends to get on board with this proposal and to support the kind of spending cuts that the american people have asked for and that their own leadership >> the president visited pennsylvania to talk about energy policy. while there, he spoke about federal spending and the possibility of a government shutdown. [applause]

i asked republicans to make investments that are critical for us to be able to compete with any country in the world. that is what i asked for. i ask for that several months ago. after weeks of negotiations, we have now agreed to cut as much spending as the republicans in congress originally asked for. i've got some democrats mad at me but i want to get passed last year's budget and i want to focus on the future. we have agreed to a compromise for it somehow, we still don't have a deal. some folks are trying to inject politics in what should be a simple debate about how to pay

our bills. there is stuff and issues like abortion and the environment and health care. there are times to have those discussions at that time is not now. we need to make sure that we pay our bills and that the government stays open. if we don't reach common ground by saturday, the federal government shuts down. some of you may not be that sympathetic. when government shutdown, it means that small business owner who is waiting to get a loan, suddenly nobody is there to process it. whoever he was planning to hire, suddenly he may not have that job he was counting on. it may turn out that somebody was trying to get a mortgage but

i can't have their paperwork processed by the fha to an the person who was going to sell the house, they were counting on that and they cannot get it. folks who are planning a vacation to yellowstone -- national parks suddenly, you are closed and you are out of luck. he may have to try to figure out if you get your money back for that reason or you're going to stay at. these are things that affect ordinary families day in and day out and it affects our economy right at the time our economy is getting momentum. we have the best jobs report we have had a long time this past friday. companies don't like uncertainty. if they start seeing that we may have a shutdown of the government, that could hold momentum right when we need to build up all because of politics. i do not want to see washington politics stand in the way of

american progress. at a time when you are struggling to pay your bills and your responsibilities, the least we can do is make our responsibility to produce a budget. that is not too much to ask for and that is what the american people expect and that is what they deserve. we want everybody to act like adults and quit playing games and realize it is not my way or the highway. how many folks are married here? when was the last time you got your way? [laughter] that is not how it works. he looked at his wife's hand up, no. [laughter] you have to make compromises. as a family. we are the american family. democrats and republicans need to get together, work through their differences, keep the government running so we can focus on keeping this economy growing and focus on things like clean energy, driving down gas

prices. that is what -- that is what people want to see, results. you deserve no less than that. this is a challenging time for america and we have been through the worst recession since before i was born. many folks are still hurting out there. if we come together and listen to each other and if we remember we are one nation and we are one people, that i am confident we will come out of this. stronger than before. what makes me confident is seeing all of you and saying what i see across america couple will have drive and optimism and to our decent and do right by their families and do right by their communities. that is what has listed as out of tough times before and that is what will carry forward america into the future. thank you for the great work you are doing and with that, let me take some questions, i appreciate it. thank you. [applause]

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today's third prize winner addressed an issue that help them understand the role of the federal government. >> what part of your life is most protected by the federal government? >>um -- i would say education. >> education? >> school? >> my education. >> it is true for most kids that the government protect their education. today's u.s. education is in a state of crisis and controversy. >> we are in a significant crisis in education in this country today. if you look at any of the statistics, we are spending more than twice as much money on education today than we were 40 years ago. the results have declined. >> my education helps me better

understand the role of the federal government in my life. when the soviet union launched sputnik 1 into outer space, an initiative by president kennedy created some of the best scientists and mathematicians the u.s. has seen. >> we choose to go to the moon, and not because they are easy because they are hard tha. >> this became a reality. the u.s. is ranked 31st place in math on the 2009 test. it is not russia but china who leads the world in math scores. shanghai, china was ranked highest across the board. -- this is about getting

new jobs. >can the u.s. compete with the rest of the world? >> i think we do. it is not that we are entirely not competitive but currently, other countries are doing very well in exporting automobiles to the united states than there are some articles out today that liken us to a spot next moment for the united states. -- like us to wait sputnik -- liken us to a sputnik moment. >> i don't think so. there nothing in these results are surprising in the least. >> what is china doing that we are not? chineses stereotypes education. the chinese are trying to move

away from standards and standardized testing. they focused more on creativity and problem-based learning. studying in china is a source of national pride and education is by far much more valued than in the united states. china does not require education after ninth grade. in no child left behind, people are more accountable for education. at the end of january, president obama will address education in his state of the union address. the department of education had the race to the top to compete

for money. kids in alabama would be rated the same way in new jersey. my algebra teacher is an energetic teacher who has taught math for four years. what is your opinion on the national standards and standards in general? >> i think they are necessary. [inaudible] different states have different levels of learning. [inaudible] >> [inaudible]

>> of rather take a challenge than -- [inaudible] if you start at an early age -- [inaudible] you need to be ready for that challenge. >> the main think that has changed is the advent of the national council. there are standards. that was inevitable. everybody should agree on what should be taught. it calls for the issue of more of the focus on problem-solving and application. it needs to be intellectually challenging and appropriate. if you are taking the algebra

class and i asked you what makes algebra algebra? how would you answer that? >> the abstract thinking. the ability to comprehend those numbers. >> that is exactly the point. see how that level of thinking is that a totally different level than can use of this equation? >> we wanted to align our courses to our school community. "the state assessment data started to tell us that there are students that were not prepared for algebra i. in seventh grade. >> [inaudible] >> yes, our seven great

population did very well compared to our ninth and 10th grade population. we look at the individual student's taking the algebra i course and they are our top students. >> it is up to universities to instruct teachers how to attract -- teach well. $2.5 million went to a university in florida in math and science education. >> the farther you go in school, the farther you go and lie. at a time when other countries are competing like never before, when students around the world in beijing, china, or bank teller, india are working harder than ever and doing better than ever, your success in school is not just going to determine your success, it will determine america's success in the 20th- century. >> well obama and kennedy

inspired? who knows? we can all agree that the status quo is no longer an option gary >> code to studentcam.org and watch all the videos. >> >> "washington journal" is coming up next. that is followed by the u.s. house working on greenhouse gas regulations and the spending bill. on c-span3, live coverage of two congressional hearings. susan rice will testify at the house foreign affairs committee about proposed reforms of the un at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. at 1:00 p.m., an update on the repeal of the military don't ask, don't tell policy. officials from the four military branches will talk about implementing new policies to allow gays to serve