bachus, mr. bonner, certainly, john lewis, and members of the congress not representing alabama but from alabama. as the resolution that she presents declares the legacy that these four little black girls left will live in the minds and hearts of all for generations to come. to honor that legacy, to cherish their memory, inscribe their names once more in the pages of history, it is only fitting to bestow our highest civilian honor, the highest honor that congress can bestow, the congressional gold medal on these four young americans. that will be a glorious day in the capital when we all come together under the rotunda, under the dome of the capital, to remember them. i hope that is a comfort to their families. came ave so much, so much from that and we will always remember. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. the gentlelady from alabama reserves. the gentleman from alabama is recognized. mr. bachus: mr. speake

bachus: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama. mr. bachus: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and submit extraneous materials for the record on h.r. 1071. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from alabama, mr. bachus, and the gentlewoman from alabama, ms. sewell, will each control 0 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from alabama. mr. bachus: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he wishes to consume. mr. bachus: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 1071, introduced by our colleague from new york, mr. hanna, and along with mr. doyle and mr. gibson, two other representatives from the state of new york. this is a two-line amendment of the most technical sort. it amends the national baseball hall of fame commemorative coin act, sponsore

bachus has served in washington for more than 40 years, he actually has nearly 5 million in campaign cash on hand, that's why it surprised people. a powerful voice on tax issues, the 71-year-old has at times clashed with fellow democrats for his opposing his own party's initiatives in some instances. he was one of four democrats who voted last week against expanded background checks for gun sales. there are now six democrats in the senate who will not be running for re-election next year. most of whom represent politically competitive seats. party leaders in montana are looking to brian schweitzer as their best chance for holding on to that seat. >>> after holding two separate dinners with senate republicans over the past few weeks, last night president obama hosted a bipartisan group of female senators at the white house. all 20 women, most ever to serve in the senate at the same time, were invited. the group discussed ongoing budget issues as well as immigration reform and education. senator christian gillibrand explained to andrea mitchell how the idea for the dinner came about. >

democrats are the ones, if you have mark pryor in arkansas, or mary landrieu in louisiana or max bachus in montana this is a very tough vote. and let me just say one thing about democrats who for years were told the openly way you're going to win back control. house and senate win these red states and win in red districts and how they did that, they said i'm n.r.a. sponsored. chris: the president's role, the matthews meters, 12 of our regulars including joe and katty about the political consequences for the president. if congress doesn't pass any, any enhanced background checks, forget assault rifles or the magazines or 30-round magazines, will he be seen as a failure in this? seven of our group say yes he would be a failure. and five say no. of the seven the majority are you two guys. joe. >> yeah, i think it's an embarrassment for him. 80% of the country in favor of background checks. you have this terrible tragedy. it really involves presidential leadership. chris: do you think he was too slow to get in this thing, katty? >> initially he did get into it. but we didn't hear very much

nate bachus referred to the implementation of your health care law as a potential train wreck and other democrats whispering never usness about t nervousness about the impact on the political campaign. why does senator baucus believe this is wrong? >> i think that anytime you are implementing something big, there will be people who are nervous and anxious about is it going to get done until it's actually done. but let's just step back for a second and make sure the american people understand what it is that we're doing. the affordable care act, bom ca obamacare, has been with us for three years, gone through supreme court tests, effort to the repeal. a huge chunk of it has already been implemented. and for the 85% to 90% of americans who already have health insurance, they're already experiencing most of the benefits of the affordable care act even if they don't know it. their insurance is more secure, insurance companies can't drop them for bad reasons. their kids are able to stay on their health insurance until they're 26 years old. they're getting free preventive care. so for the ave

somebody out of mars is going to end up paying for this thing and i think that is one reason why senator bachusided to hang it up the other day. he heads up the finance committee in the senate. he said the obama care is a train wreck when it becomes fully implemented next year and he is hanging up the spikes and leaving the game. he is retiring from the senate. i think people are realizing bureaucratically the health and human services is way behind the curve. the exchanges 60 pages of questionnaires and 20 pages of explanations. the only people that will make the effort to goen out exchanges are those who are really sick and they will be shocked by the cost of these things. these things are are no bargain at the end of the day that people have to lay out money for. >> when you look at the numbers of the state we are talking about maryland where care first is asked for permission to raise premiums an average of 25%. they provide 70% of maryland residents with individual policies. this isn't just four or five people hit. they provide 70% of those. i can only imagine. the third state that has com

why would you go after -- >> everyone knows that vote helped max bachus. >> you know the politics of this. heidi heidkamp is taking a lot of heat. you're virginal politically. just get in office. democrat winning in a red state. don't make your first big vote against what seems to be the local attitude. i can understand -- >> i understand. i think, you know, politicians act like politicians. then we're shocked about that. they're politicians. they want to win -- >> they're also supposed to represent their states. >> they are supposed to represent their states. as you can see from that kentucky poll on background checks, there's a -- you know, there's just abject fear of the nra. so people have to begin to feel -- >> for heidi heidkamp it's going to be awfully hard to beat her. she's with the nra. >> you think it was a smart vote. >> very smart vote. >> on immigration, this is tricky for all kinds of reasons. this ad by americans for conservative -- it's not what it sounds like. a moderate push. if you wanted another example of how the gop establishment is fully behind immigration ref

lori: spencer bachus helped write the thing calling it a train wreck too on top of all of this, so doy it will cause it to backfire? because the policy is so disorganized? >> i would say immediately yes, lori, if it were not for the national liberal media. because they will find a way in which to rationalize these special preferences and privileges for our august elected officials. because, we have been moved by this particular administration and this democratic party. we are being pushed as american citizens to the role of subjects, not citizens. we're looked upon taxpayers an consumers but not citizens. until that balance is redressed i can't say with conviction there will be repercussions and accountability but i do know this. that americans will now see who and what these people are. they are revealing themselves to us all. what they are. the affordable care act as senator max baucus said, it is a train wreck. a disaster. so much so so he is retiring from the senate next year. people are starting to understand. taxes are going higher as a result of obamacare. premiums are going hi

kay hagan in north carolina max bachus in north carolina. we will get a feeling for whether this will hurt them in consecutive living states in two short year's time. we will see how this pans out. i think now it's if you are a democrat at this point, it's something your associate's degree party expects you to be on board with. >> friday, you had a piece about ben carson, dr. ben carson up at johns hopkins. he was -- sort of his meteor was taking off. right? and then it crashed to ground awful fast. didn't it? or at least for now. >> this is -- >> go ahead. >> this is a cautionary tale for anybody who is kind of, you know, made a name for themselves outside of the world of politics an wants to get involved. the fact is that he is fine talking about all of the issues and talking about the economy but this was such an unforced error. he wasn't even -- it wasn't even a tough question. i mean it was a very sympathetic interviewer and sean hannity and he took it in a different direction talking about nambla and beastiality. it was really quite a

bachus of montana.clearly, when we started this conversation earlier this week and talked about mr. nelson of florida we kept saying well maybe these are democrats who are vulnerable. no. it's a matter of their conscience and their -- and hopefully again they will understand there is no place in our society for any form of discrimination. including discrimination against gays and lesbians marrying. so i applaud those who have come out and support and we will continue to push the others along. >> i know, anna, you are one of those republicans who have endorsed same sex marriage but only two republican senators out of 45, only two have endorsed the same sex marriage, governor portman, excuse me, senator portman of ohio and senator kirk of illinois. where is the rest of your party? >> i think they're in the process of evolving. some will not evolve. some are evolving. i know i've talked to a number of republican elected officials who are telling me that they are thinking about this and they are evolving on

. >> senator bachus is saying he wants to produce a tax reform plan by august. is that something that is included in the president's vision for a grand bargain on the deficit? does it include comprehensive tax reform and is he interested in making reforms to the individual tax code as well as the corporate tax code? >> well the outlines for the president' budget have gotten out but i will urge you to wait until tomorrow when we'll have just a tai-long budget-palooza, filled with details for you to examine. but the fact is, the president's balanced approach to deficit reduction does include revenues through tax reform, closing loopholes and capping of deductions. very much in the manner that speaker boehner proposed late last year. the difference being that at least now, anyway, the president believes we need to take the savings from that, the revenue generated from tax reform, and apply it to deficit reduction rather than turning it into tax cuts for the wealthy and well connected system of that is tax reform and that will be part of our budget. but for the deta

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churn and bachus in the senate is taking similar steps, continuing discussions with the chairman, and so chairman kent's charge to us is to move complete real tax reform health of our committee this year, and we are on schedule. >> host: senator portman yesterday had some comments for the business community saying get on board with this and quit trying to protect you loopholes. >> guest: well, you know, it's natural to do that but since the different approach in that the business is small and large, meaty like family have just said enough is enough, this current code hasn't been overhauled in a generation and really needs to change fox. in the working groups that share of the energy working group, yes they're spent akaka discussion of key provisions that are critical to developing jobs in the energy sector but we will prioritize them and say the lower rate matters, the cost of capital matters. here's what works well. so since the business community being one of the drivers for fundamental reform. >> host: when you see a bill coming out of the ways and means? >> guest: the chairman has

co-chaired, honorary co-chairs, john lewis the chair, our leader, along with terry sewell and spencer bachus and congresswoman roby, delegation, to march across the ed mupped pet tiss bridge to recognize -- edmund pettus bridge to recognize the voting rights act and the acts that led up to that. the goad medal bill, the majority leader is bringing ngresswoman sewell, y recognizing those four little girls who at the birmingham church lost their lives to what was frightfully referred to i think as a terrorist act, a bomb going off with no specific objective in mind other than to kill people inside that church. the little girls were the closest to that explosion, and lost their lives. as the majority leader pointed out, that event and the events that he occurred in the square just across the street from the church led to this country living out its principles better than it had done to that date. but some lost their lives, these four little girls, and some gave dearly. i thank the majority leader for facilitating that bill coming to the floor. . leader, i noted on the schedule, however, that th

nate bachus referred to the implementation of your health care law as a potential train wreck and otherness about t nervousness about the impact on the political campaign. why does senator baucus believe this is wrong? >> i think that anytime you are implementing something big, there will be people who are nervous and anxious about is it going to get done until it's actually done. but let's just step back for a second and make sure the american people understand what it is that we're doing. the affordable care act, bom ca obamacare, has been with us for three years, gone through supreme court tests, effort to the repeal. a huge chunk of it has already been implemented. and for the 85% to 90% of americans who already have health insurance, they're already experiencing most of the benefits of the affordable care act even if they don't know it. their insurance is more secure, insurance companies can't drop them for bad reasons. their kids are able to stay on their health insurance until they're 26 years old. they're getting free preventive care. so for the average american out there, for t