mr. nunnelee. the chair: the gentleman from mississippi is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. nunnelee: any family that has found themselves in a financial crisis knows this is not a game. i'm one of those families. 18 years ago i lost my job in a corporate merger. after 48 hours of depression, my wife and i woke up, made a pot of coffee, drew a line down the middle of the page. on one side we wrote down this is what we have coming in. on the other side we wrote down this is how we're going to end it. in an economy when far too many our friends and family members are out of work, there's no question in my mind that while we're debating this there are families going through that exact exercise. those families that are making those tough decisions in their family budgets have every reason to inspect their policymakers -- expect their policymakers to do the se. we shed tears around the kitchen table thamorning. those families are shedding tears around the kipen table right now. they know that's -- kitchen table right now. they know that's not a game. they expect washington to come

mr. nunnelee. the chair: the gentleman from mississippi is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. nunnelee: any family that has found themselves in a financial crisis knows this is not a game. i'm one of those families. 18 years ago i lost my job in a corporate merger. after 48 hours of depression, my wife and i woke up, made a pot of coffee, drew a line down the middle of the page. on one side we wrote down this is what we have coming in. on the other side we wrote down this is how we're going to spend it. in an economy when far too many of our friends and family members are out of work, there's no question in my mind that while we're debating this there are families going through that exact exercise. those families that are making those tough decisions in their family budgets have every reason to inspect their policymakers -- expect their policymakers to do the same. we shed tears around the kitchen table that morning. those families are shedding tears around the kipen table right now. they know that's -- kitchen table right now. they know that's not a game. they expect washingto

mr. nunnelee. [laughter] it's the unconscious bias. it was a great case in the 1970s brought by my colleague at columbia, harriet. it was against at&t. and it was about positions for women in middle management. well, the women did fine on the various tests up until the last one. and the last one was a total person test. that meant they were -- there was an interviewer interviewing a candidate for promotion, and women failed disproportionally at that stage. why? it wasn't that the interviewer intended to discriminate. it's just that he failed comfortable with someone who looked like himself, he could trust that person. the woman was different. so it's getting past the unconscious bias that exists, still exists, that is a high hurdle to overcome. and the other, as has been mentioned at this covers, it's balance to have a family life in which you thrive and they work right. and i was blessed to be married 56 years to a man who was my partner in everything. he had the idea when my daughter was born, that a child's personality is formed in

mr. nunnelee: so today i want to take a moment to stand here and say it is time we acknowledge the importance in faith in god within our nation and the importance of prayer in our lives. our founding fathers were men of faith, believing america should be a shining city on a hill for the world to see. so as we participate in this year's national prayer breakfast, i call on our leaders an all americans to pray for our country. pray for our men and women in uniform and their families as they sacrifice to help protect our nation and ensure our freedoms. pray for our president and our elected officials that he they may remember the people they are elected to -- that they may remember the people they are elected to serve. as we gather tomorrow morning for the prayer breakfast, let us pour out our hearts to god, lift one another up, and commit to working toward a better america. my prayer will be simple. i pray that god will continue to bless the united states of america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous conse

mrs. marsha blackburn. vicki hartzler from massachusetts. alan nunnelee of mississippi. jim renacci of ohio. luke messer from indiana, we have to have at least three hoosiers on the committee, it's a rule. we're satisfying that rule. but we also got three wisconsinite this is year, so that's cool. we have tom rice of south carolina. jackie what horsekey from indiana. and roger williams from texas. i want to yield to mr. van hol ton introduce their new members of the committee. >> let me start, mr. chairman, by thanking you for the way you've conducted business in the budget committee both in the last session and i look forward to working with you in the same manner in this session. as you indicated we have very sharp differences on policy issues but in this committee, we have always been able to have that exchange of views in a civil way. i think that helps the debate going forward. thank you for that, mr. chairman. we have -- welcome to new members on the republican side. we're pleased to have some new members as well on our side. not all of them are new to the congress. some of them are, s