mr. cole. mr. cole, no. mr. price. mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock. no. mr. chafitz, no. mr. stutzman, no. mr. lankford, no. mrs. black, no. mr. ribble, no. mr. flores. mr. flores, no. mr. mulvaney. mr. mulvaney, no. mr. huelscamp. no. mr. young, mr. young no. mr. omash. mr. omash, no. mr. okita, no. mr. guinta, no. mr. woodall. no. mr. garrett. mr. garrett. no. mr. van hollen. mr. van hallen, aye. mrs. schwartz, aye. mrs. kaptor, aye. mr. doggett, aye. mr. blumenhauer, aye. mr. mccollum, aye. mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pascrell, aye. mr. honda. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan. mrs. wallacer man schultz, aye. mrs. moore. mrs. moore, aye. mrs. castor. mrs. castor aye. mr. schuler. mr. schulerer, aye. mr. tonko, aye. mrs. bass. mrs. bass, aye. chairman ryan. >> no. >> chairman ryan, no. >> anyone else wish to vote or change their vote? the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 15, the nos are 22. >> there being 15 ayes and 22 no, sir, the amendment is not agreed to. sunday the possible 2012 g.o.p. candidates. that is 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> a

mr. cole, no. mr. price. no. mr. mcclintock, no. mr. chafetz. no. mr. stutsman. no. mr. lankford, no. ms. black. ms. black, no. mr. ribble, no. mr. flores, no. mr. mulvaney. no. mr. huelskamp. no. mr. young. no. mr. okita. no. mr. ginta. no. mr. woodall, no. mr. valholen. aye. ms. schwartz. aye. ms. captor. aye. mr. doggett. aye. mr. blumenour. aye. ms. mccollum. aye. mr. yarmuth. aye. mr. pascrell. aye. mr. honda. >> in the name of those children who don't have choices, i say aye. >> mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan. aye. ms. wasserman-shultz. aye. ms. moore. aye. ms. castor, aye. mr. schuler, aye. mr. tomko. aye. ms. bass. aye. chairman ryan. >> no. >> chairman ryan, no. >> are there any members that wish to vote or change their vote that have not voted? >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 16 and the nos are 22. >> the amendment is not agreed to. are there further amendments? i believe ms. wasserman-shultz. >> clerk, designate the amendment. >> designated at number 8 by ms. wasserman-shults. stop cuts to research for cancer, strobe, diabetes, heart disease and other il

mrs. cole, you'll finish up. then questions. >> thank you for giving me the opportunity to testify before you today. i'm director of affairs and federal institutions focus on conflict prevention and resolution. the views that i express here today are my own. i was a guide for stabilization and reconstruction, the first doctrine for the whole of government and whole of community action published by the usip in 2009. what i say reflect the writing of the manual. i'll also discuss the unique role that congress gave to usip to act between the military and diplomatic and u.s. humanitarian operations working in zones of conflict. in fact, i have the honor of co-chairing the only regular contract group between the actors in the u.s., the working group and civil military relations in nonpermissive environments. the spark for the group arose from issues in afghanistan. in 2005, interaction, the largest u.s. umbrella organization for ngos approached state with concerns about encroachment by the u.s. military in the humanit

mr. cole. no. mr. price. no. mr. mcclintock. no. mr. chaffitz. no. mr. susman. no. mr. langford. no. ms. black. no. mr. ripple. no. mr. flores. no. mulvaney,. mr. hughelscamp. no. mr. amash. no. mr. okita. no. mr. ginta. no. mr. woodall. no. mr. campbell. no. mr. van holland. aye. ms. schwartz. aye. ms. captor. aye. mr. doggett. aye. mr. bloomenhaur. aye. ms. mccullem. aye. mr. yarmouth. aye. mr. paskarell. aye. mr. honda. aye. mr. ryan. aye. ms. wasserman-schultz. aye. ms. moore. aye. ms. castor. aye. mr. schuller. aye. mr. tonko. aye. ms. bass. aye. german rhine. -- chairman ryan. no. the ayes are 16 and the nos are 22. >> the amendment is not agreed to. next, we're going to the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. >> of men and designated as no. 7 offered -- amendment designated as number seven offered by mr. honda, elementary and secondary education into head start. >> i got it. the budget should not just the exercises in accounting. they are an expression of values. budgets articulate a vision. chairman ryan was right to call this budget a patch. but it leads

mr. cole from oklahoma. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. cole: we have heard it before, in the 1990's, we were told it was going to lead to poverty and starvation and it was the most successful poverty-reduction program in modern american history and when we pushed through medicare part d, we were told drug prices would go up and it was an unsustainable program. it came in 40% under costs for both the individual and for the government, something no other health care program has done. the reason why those two programs were successful were flexibility for states, choice and competition for individuals. i'm proud to support the ryan budget, the only proposal that either party has offered and it is a contrast to what we heard yesterday, which was long on rhetoric and partisanship by the president and very short on specifics and solutions. in medicare, my friends won't tell you that nobody on medicare is going to have anything other than the programs that they already enj

mr. cole's earlier remarks that i don't know if these folks would ever vote for mr.eagan or if they support his policies or ever would have. but i want to associate with mr. reagan right now, paraphrased one of his quotes. he said if we are not careful, if we don't actively watch, monitor and control, this federal government, then we will be sitting around in our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was like to be an american, and quite simply that is a conversation i refuse to have. so we disagree about this. so we fight. for capitalism. is capitalism imperfect? absolutely and that is why we don't favor no regulation. we favor smart regulation. is capitalism the best system the world has ever seen to raise the condition of humanity? of the person, of the individual? absolutely. this amendment, just like the dodd-frank law itself, takes us down the wrong road and it distinguishes limits, hinders the ability for capitalism to prosper. i know a little bit about the sec and this new consumer protection bureau because for eight years i re

mr. chairman. ms. cole, you mentioned libya. frankly, part of the fact our commission is thinking about lessons learned for the future, not just afghanistan and iraq, to me that is a nightmare. we decided to go into libya very quickly and we still haven't decided how we are going to stay and libya and now you're talking about planning. i'd like to hear from you whether this administration and our government has in fact changed its process he said all in terms of the kind of issues we are discussing as it looks at libya and we like to hear from the ever panelists with a gift and brought into the conversation at all or whether once again we are going to find ourselves just doing it catch as catch can ms. cole, talk about libya, please. >> i will talk about a little bit that i know. you know, we have brought together an array of organizations under an interagency planning committee at the white house to do regular planning. they had been brought together. they are looking at various sectors and seeing where the united states might

mr. chairman. ms. coleour statement you mentioned the fact that private actors implementing development programs, private contractors are muddying the waters which lead to legitimate questions about the accountability role and conduct of these for-profit entities. could you each just give us your response or general sense, does on the contracting side when we have a implementing organization for aid implementing a project, do we have the right public accountability mechanisms in place, the right oversight mechanismsesome so take a step out from are your ngo role, but in your experience working near and with private implementers for aid projects do we have adequate oversight of their activities? do we have enough insight into the outcomes from their projects to be effective, ms. cole and others? >> um, well, i would say probably the umbrella answer to your question is, no. on experience side i will speak only on rule of law. we know when we try to look at the contractors that are providing police and police

mr. mcgarry, ms. richard and then ms. cole. e'd appreciate it, five minutes, if you run a minute or two over, that'd be okay, but after seven, i will be brutal. mr. bowers. >> thank you. i want to express my appreciation to co-chairman shays and to the other commissioners for the opportunity to testify today. i'm here today in the capacity as our regional program director for south, central and east asia with mercy corps, a nonprofit organization currently working in over 40 conflict-afflicted countries such as iraq and afghanistan. i myself was a country directer in afghanistan from 2004 to 2006 in the early days of the prt formations. mercy corps has worked continuously in iraq since 2003 with the projects benefiting nearly six million iraqis. in afghanistan we have worked there since 1986 under the taliban regime as well as post, and currently work in 12 provinces in the north, central and eastern part of the country. both of those countries receive u.s. taxpayer support through usaid, department of state and others. today i

cole, you'll finish up almost her questions. >> thank you, mr. shays members of the commission for give me the opportunity to testify today. the director of intergovernmental fears for the u.s. institute of peace, congressionally created and supported federal institution focused on international conflict prevention resolution. the views i express today are my own. i was the lead writer for putting principles for stabilization and reconstruction , the first doctrine for a whole of government and hole of community action published by usip and the u.s. army 2009. what i say to you today reflects some of what i learned during the writing embedding of this manual. i'll also discuss the unique role that congress gave to usip 27 years ago to act as the primary interlocutor between our military, diplomatic and development agencies and u.s. humanitarian organizations working to solve the conflict. in fact, had the honor cochairing the only regular contact group between the fact is in the u.s., the working group on civil military relations and not permissi

mr. jefferson's ambition both of them turn out to be wonderful friends of the library. secure listening to john colethe co-editor of the encyclopedia of the library of congress. for congress, the nation and the world along with jane akin also with us of course is mick. i mentioned in the introduction that early on the appointment of the library of congress was a political one. the clerk and the senate and the library went together as did the space. mckinley appointed the only professional library and herbert put on and i was curious how did putnam workout as a library in being the first professional library to take the job? >> a small correction? >> sure. >> actually, she was inexperienced library in and then the head of boston public. he was able year. he wasn't trained as a library and except for his experience in many at minneapolis as the head librarian. >> was he related to the putnam potion? >> yes he was, he was from the boston put on family. he worked out wonderfully because he was actually a library and from 1899 until 1939 that he had that building to play in 40 years. he brought in the li

mr. cole, no. mr. price, no. mr. mcclintok, no. mr. chafis, no. ms. black, no. mr. ribble, no. mr. forest, no. mr. mulvany, no. .r. huelscamp mr. young, no. mr. omash, no. mr. okita, no. mr. ginta, no. mr. whittal, no. mr. garret, no. mr. campbell, no. mr. van hollenn. ms. schwartz, aye. ms. captor, aye. mr. doggit, aye. s. mccollum, aye. mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pasckrell, aye. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan, aye. ms. wasserman schulz, aye. ms. moore, aye. ms. castor, aye. no. schuller, mr. tonko, aye. ms. bass, aye. mr. huelscamp, no. chairman ryan, no. >> is there anyone else that wishes to vote or change their vote? >> on that the vote, the ayes are 13 and the notes are 23. 's are 23. >> the agreement is -- the amendment is not agreed to. the clerk will designate the amendment. >> it is offered and regarding cuts to police and firefighters. >> the chairman is talking about this in function 750. the outlays for firefighters function 450, the community and regional development. this amendment increases budget authority to ensure programs critical to our country's public safety and police