mr. doggett? >> no. >> mr. kildee? >> no. >> mr. chairman? >> five. >> are there any members wishing to vote? >> on that vote, the no votes are seen -- 16. >> the motion is agreed to. there is a concurrent resolution on the budget. it will go to the house of representatives. a form is present. >> i asked for the requisite number of days. >> i recognize the gentleman from georgia. >> i move that the committee authorized the chairman to authorize a committee in the house. >> i recognize the gentleman from georgia. should be authorized to make technical corrections and correct the remaining elements. reserving the right to object, i want to take one moment and recognize the fact that this is her 14th year on the budget committee. this is likely to be your last budget. it is your last budget. >> it is. >> i want to say on behalf of our colleagues on this side of the aisle that what we do not like your budget, we do appreciate the fact that you conducted this committee and the proceedings and a professional manner. we would get you a parting gift,

mr. doggett. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. doggett: this budget is too weak. it's too weak in all the wrong places and all the wrong ways. it's weak on opportunity, it's weak on competitiveness, it's weak on dealing with the tax avoidance and loopholes that would allow us to invest in america. the house republican budget actually grows the deficit, the opportunity deficit. a strong budget would help our students earn a degree without mortgaging their future in order to achieve their full god-given potential. and it will enable an educated work force that will allow us to be competitive in the world economy. a strong budget would invest in life-saving medical research to grow our economy and to respond to the folks from san antonio who are here today to ask for more for alzheimer's research, not by taking it from aids or cancer research, but by investing more to get the cures , to save the lives and create the jobs that america ought to be about. and a strong budget would invest in the infrastructure, in the roads and rails and

mr. doggett. i will check and get back to. don't know what the status is but it would happy to get back to after that's getting. >> you've made emphasis on the value of may 10 agreements concerning the labor and environmental protection agreements that at the time with the most that could be obtained from the bush administration and the least that could be excepted, but under those may 10 agreements, has the united states ever initiated on its own volition any complaint concerning labor or environmental practices in colombia, peru, korea or panama? >> i don't think we brought the dispute settlement -- >> yes, sir. >> and -- >> that's with respect to peru logging, for example. logging imports to the united states have gone up substantially. and the world bank continues to estimate that over 80% of that peruvian hardwood is illegal. i know you've done some investigations but has there been a complaint filed and i think when we look to help vietnam will be treated we have to look at what the experience has been under these previo

mr. doggett and mr. kildee. two, committee on education and the work force, mr. takano. three, committee on science and technology, ms. clark of massachusetts. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on he table. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? he house will come to order. does the gentleman from illinois wish to suspend so the gentlewoman from illinois may be recognized? the gentlewoman from illinois. >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to remove my name as co-spon or of house resolution 2988. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. he house will be in order. the chair is prepared to entertain one-minute requests. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize andy griffin of illinois for being named the american association of nurse anesthetists

mr. doggett. just in conclusion let me end where we started which is these budget decisions are about choices we make and one choice is to try to empower more americans and provide a greater ladder of opportunity so more people can participate in a growing economy and responsibly reduce or long-term deficits and a balanced way where we ask for shared responsibilities. we ask everybody to participate. unfortunately once again this republican budget does not ask for any shared sacrifice. it doesn't ask for one dime for closing special interest tax loopholes for the purpose of deficit reduction, not one. when you take that off the table it means you have to hit everybody else harder. that's just simple math in mr. chairman we keep hearing this word reform. that's just another word for -- there's no budget. when it comes to food and nutrition just cut it when it comes to medicate you just cut it. we would welcome the idea of a plan that reforms these programs but the assumption of budget reforms alway

mr. doggett, about how enforcement actions as someone who worked on those provisions, for example, would approve free trade agreement. where we come down on enforcement i think would make a big difference. anything you can help to clarify that, you here or going forward, would make, i think give more dimension and traction to the representations of what you're trying to do environmental it. >> thank you for that and i'm sorry didn't have a chance to answer mr. dockets questioned while he was here but let me simply say that i think this administration demonstrated -- mr. dockets, a commitment to trade enforcement. he said at this agency trade for a center with assets run the government that allowed us to bring better, stronger and more complex cases. with regard to the particular issues that were raised, with regard to peru, for example, and the force to annex, we been able now with the resources at ustr has been given the recent budget to reengage with peru on monitoring that agreement and were now heading towards having a registry in peru for the locking to ensure that it meets the stan