mr. aiken? mr. aiken, no. mr. cole? mr. cole, no. mr. price. mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock. mr. mcclintock no. mr. chaffetz? mr. setsman? mr. setsman, no. mr. lankford. ms. black? ms. black, no. mr. ribbal? mr. ribbal, no. mr. florez? mr. florez, no. mr. mulvaney? mr. mulvaney, no. mr. huescamp? no. mr. young? mr. young, no. mr. amarsh? mr. amarsh, no. mr. akita? mr. akita, no. mr. guinta? mr. guinta, no. mr. woodall? mr. woodall, no. mr. van hollen -- >> yes. >> mr. van hollen -- aye. ms. schwartz? ms. schwartz, aye. mr. kaptur? aye? mr. bloomen nour, aye. mr. mccullum, mr. yarmouth. mr. pascrell? mr. honda? mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio. mr. ryan, aye. ms. wasserman schultz? ms. wasserman schultz, aye. ms. moore? ms. moore, aye. mr. caster? mr. caster, aye. mr. schueler? mr. schueler, aye. ms. bass. ms. bass, aye. ms. bonamici? ms. bonamici, aye. mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. mr. garrett? mr. garrett, no. >> are there any other members looking to vote tore change their vote? if not, the clerk sha report. >> mr. chairman on that vote, ayes 13, nos are 20. >> nos

mr. aiken. mr. aiken, no. mr. vanholen, no. ms. captor. ms. captor aye. ms. mcculm. ms. mcculm, aye. mr. honda. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan. mr. ryan, no. ms. moor. ms. caster. mr. shuller. ms. bass. ms. bass, aye. mr. simpson. >> absolutely not. >> mr. simpson, no. >> are there voters looking to change their vote. if not the clerk shall report. >> on that vote the ayes are 15 and the noes are 22. >> the noes have it and the amendment is not agreed to. we are recognizing mr. pascarel for the purposes of announcing an amendment. >> the clerk will designate the amendment. call out the amendment first. >> an amendment offered relatby pascarel. >> now the gentleman is recognized for nine minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. can we have the chart up here, please? out of all the positive economic news i think the most interesting point i saw was the increase in manufacturing. manufacturing activity grew at the f months and now orders rose to nine month high. new dollar manufacturing sales creates $1.70 worth of economic impact. it is middle class jobs with workers earning 23 #% mo

mr. aiken, no. mr. chairman. mr. chairman, no. >> any other members looking to vote or to change their vote. if not the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman on that vote the ayes are 15 and the noes are 21. >> the amendment is not agreed to. next we ms. schultz will be recognized for an amendment. >> the clerk will designate. >> an amendment offered by ms. schultz relating to medicaid. >> thank you mr. chairman. i offer amendment nine which stops reckless and shameful cuts to seniors. this will ensure that senior citizens will not lose vital medicaid assistance to cover the cost of their nursing home care. this amendment also ensures that low income beneficiaries eligible for medicare receive help paying premiums. in gutting medicaid the republican budget jeopardizes security for 5 million seniors, 10 million individuals with disabilities. these millions at risk represent our conconstituents who are counting on us. unless we adopt this amendment the republican budget sends the message that it is acceptable to lead sen

mr. aiken. mr. aiken, no. mr. hollen. mr. van hollen, aye. miss schwartz, aye. miss captor, aye. mrs. mccollum, aye. mr.aye. mr. honda -- aye. mrs. wasserman-schultz. >> aye. mr. caster, aye. aye.chuler. mr. campbell. no. >> mr. campbell, no. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. miss bass. miss bass, aye. >> any other members looking to vote or to change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman on that vote, the ayes are 16. the the nos are 20. >> the nos have it.e recognize katherine. >> thank you, members of the committee. i have an amendment. >> the staff will hand out copies of the amendment. the gentle lady from ohio. >> an amendment offered by miss castor. >> gentle lady from ohio is recognized for nine minutes. >> thank you very much. the amendment i'm proposed would establish the veterans job corps. it would employ 20,000 returning veterans in project to reserve the parks, the state parks and other public lands and touch up federal facility ls. the american people know jobs need to be our number one priority. and while the economy is gradually reco

mr. aiken, no. mr. cole, no. mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock, no. mr. stetsman, no. mr. langford, no. ms. black, no. mr. ribbal, no. mr. florous, no. mr. mulvaney, no. mr. young, no. mr. amish, no. mr. o ketoa, no. mr. ghenta, no. mr. woodal, no. mr. van hallen, aye. ms. schwartz, aye. mr. dogt, aye. ms. mcculm, aye. mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pascarel. aye. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio, aye. mr. schultz, aye. ms. moor, aye. ms. caster, aye. ms. bass, aye. mr. chairman, no. >> are there any members who wish to vote or change their vote. >> on that vote the ayes are 15 and the noes are 21. >> the amendment is not agreed to. now we will recognize the gentle lady from california for the designation of an amendment. >> an amendment offered by ms. bass relating to transportation. >> the gentle lady is recognized for nine minutes. >> mr. chairman and members of the committee i offer this amendment with my colleagues who are cosponsoring it with me that will save or create an estimated 2 million jobs in addition to accelerate highway construction, bridge repair, mass transit system and other

chairman, like to recognize my good friend, mr. aiken,ho career on the house armed services committee, one of the house's recognid >> thank you. i think sometimes as we get into the numbers and look at the may the big picture. i'd like to stand back and look have a pattern in american history, and tha nt is for the nextwar. and we weren't prepared for the war of independence. the war of 1812. eycapital, we weren't ready for that. and we really weren't prepared for the great world wars. and when it came to korea, we o with no real backup for them. and it's fortunate that they didn't all get killed. time after time, we've cut our defense because things ok peaceful. now today, what we'rettin defen when things don't look peaceful. which seems to be a really bizarre thing for us to do. the republican budget turns that around and changes that. and maintains at least what's a reasonable level of defense. we're going to be dealing with the same number of billion dollars in defense as we had last year so we're holding that constant. obviously, th

mr. aiken: thank you. i think sometimes as we get into the numbers and look at the details, maybe we must sort of the big picture. i'd like to stand back and look at a couple 100 years of american history. and we have a pattern in american history and that is that we are always not prepared for the next war. and we weren't prepared for the war of independence, the war of 1812, they burned the capitol. we weren't ready for that. and we really weren't prepared for the great world wars. when it came to korea we launch add whole lot of marines with no real backup for them. and it's fortunate they didn't all get killed. time after time we have cut our defense because things looked peaceful. now today what we are talking about doing is cutting defense when things don't look peaceful, which seems to be a really bizarre thing for us to do. the republican budget turns that around and changes that and maintains at least what's a reasonable level of defense. we are going to be dealing with the same number of dollars

mr. johnson: well, i worked with former c.b.o. director douglas holtz-aiken trying to look at the numbers that are presented. we don't have enough, we don't have enough information which is why i'm very grateful to the fact that director elmendorf recognized the fact that there's some credible evidence to cause the c.b.o. to reassess that estimate of a million people. so they're -- they're working through those numbers right now. hopefully they'll give us a very full accounting of that in the next couple weeks. but the work i did with douglas holtz-aiken showed if 50%, if 90 million people get put in those exchanges, it could cost over $400 billion a year. mr. sessions: that's stunning. mr. johnson: it is astounding. mr. sessions: for example, $400 billion a year over a ten-year window would be $4 trillion. and the budget control act that we worked on so hard last summer that the president's already undermining, but if it were to take place would only reduce spending over ten years $2 trillion. and this would be an unexpected $5 trillion -- $4 trillion added

mr. speaker, last friday the department of energy announced its decision to bring small modular nuclear reactor technology to the savannah river site in aiken, south carolina. s.r.s. play as vital role not only in this community but also on the national level as it enables the united states to honor its international nuclear nonproliferation commitments. at a time when gas prices are an all-time high and american families are increasingly facing tough choices, commonsense measures such as using existing government facilities and technical expertise for developing s.m.r.'s are welcome. i would like to congratulate duane at the savannah river nuclear solutions and dr. terry of the savannah river national laboratory. i'm also very proud of dr. moody's efforts in creating such a fitting environment to host this technologically advancement at no new cost to the taxpayer. congratulations to chief engineer gordon simmons and dr. cross for their article on the biomess and small modular reactors in this month's "the military engineer" magazine. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism.