gwen moore, what about that?can tell you that, you know, it was not honest brokering to say that we're going to give the defense department an ability to escape the effects of the sequester by being able to make decisions about spending and not do that for the rest of the government. i can tell you that my hope, ed, is that the cure for the sequester is not worse than the disease. and that is the only thing i fear about this kumbahyah dinner, especially with u.s. senator johnson being there, who has a voracious appetite for nothing but deficit cutting and not at all being concerned about, you know, the welfare of people. >> terri, why did you vote against this? did it cut too deep in areas? your thoughts. >> i thought the arbitrary cuts for spending and giving cuts only to the military and milcon and defense was not something i could support. at the end of the day, i think we are all about deficit reduction. but should it be done in a strategic and targeted way and not an arbitrary way. and i don't think giving f

gwen moore, we will have her thoughts next. later on, jay nordlinger.onnections he makes with the united states. those discussions as "washington journal" continues. [video clip] >> george washington enjoyed a long, 50-year relationship with alexandria. from the time alexandria was founded in 1749, when he was 17, until he died in 1799 at the age of 67. he participated in the political life of the city. he was a trustee of alexandria. he was a justice of the peace of fairfax county. he represented alexandria in the virginia legislature. even when he was president, he made sure that when they chose this area to be the new site of the nation's capital that alexandria was included in the original district of columbia. we're in the ballroom of gadsby's tavern. george washington loved to dance. all the ladies really wanted to dance with him. to dance with the most famous person in the united states was a big thrill. they had birthday balls here for george washington in 1798 and 1799. martha came here for birthday balls. he died in 1799. they had birthday bal

gwen moore, i had a question and comment. the question is you brought up about the $2.5 trillion that the president is saving. i have heard this touted by you and other democrats, and i'm not ripping on democrats, but isn't it true it's actually $2.5 trillion over 10 years of proposed spending not baseline spending? guest: actually it's probably about $2.7 trillion. i understated it because of some of the interest. there have been actual cuts that have been made in these programs. the budget that we are looking at right now, all of them are proposals. but we made a fiscal cliff deal, we made -- in the budget control act, those were actual cuts. so here we are at the table again saying that the only thing we can do now is just to cut more and more and more spending. i know, you look at people like ben bernanke i mentioned earlier, no, you might be able to accuse me of being a wild-eyed liberal, but you can't say he is. and austerity is really something that we ought to be concerned about. we ought to handle reducing our defici

[applause] and i want to give much love to gwen moore who worked so hard on this. [applause] and i also want to take a minute before i begin to thank the senators who just a few hours ago took another big step toward sensible gun safety reforms by advancing the federal gun trafficking bill. [applause] that's real progress. the senate judiciary committee sent legislation to the senate floor that would crack down on folks who buy guns only to turn around and funnel them to dangerous criminals. it is a bill in honor of hidea pendleton, who was murdered in chicago earlier this year. she marched in the inauguration parade and a few weeks later was gunned down about a mile away from my house. i urge the senate to get that bill a vote. i urge the house to follow suit, and i urge congress to move on other areas that have support of the american people, because we need to stop the flow of illegal guns to criminals, and hidea's and many other families really do deserve a vote. finally, i want to thank joe biden for being such an outstanding vice president. [applause] that is

but i just want to say that -- how proud i am of congresswoman gwen moore. she comes from wisconsin. she is a respected leader in the house. she has made this -- i would say her life's work, but she has a number of things on her agenda, but she has made a tremendous difference. not only in terms of this legislation, but more importantly in terms of what it means, what it means in the lives of america's women. all of america's women. with that, madam chair, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: just to make a couple of clarifications. number one, the house, led by the republicans, passed legislation in early may last year to re-authorize the violence against women act. number two, funding has continued. $599 million. at this time i'm pleased to yield to the gentleman from north dakota, kevin cramer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields how much time to the gentleman from north dakota? mrs. mcmorris rodgers: two

joining our conversation from milwaukee congresswoman gwen moore from mississippi.with you today. >> so tell me, what do you think finally turned the tide of vawa? >> let me tell you something, melissa. i can tell you that this is a real course in miracles, and it really demonstrates that our democracy, however flawed, really does work. there was a lot of momentum behind that leadership wall, eric cantor refusing to bring the bill to the floor. the 87 republicans there, tom cole, the only native american, a republican fighting to hard to get it to the floor on their side. the 1,300 groups, including law enforcement groups that supported the senate version and my identical version in the house of representatives, you just cannot stonewall a bill like this. we had native american tribes, something i had never even heard of, crawling all over the hill, and, of course, the -- the gap in the last election, the gender gap really was very persuasive as well, and so i think that you saw a wall come down because of democracy. >> and so on that, let me ask a little bit about

[applause] and i want to give much love to gwen moore who worked so hard on this.nd i also want to take a minute before i begin to thank the senators who just a few hours ago took another big step toward sensible gun safety reforms by advancing the federal gun trafficking bill. [applause] the senate judiciary committee sent legislation to the senate floor that would crack down on folks who buy guns only to turn around and funnel them to dangerous criminals. it is a bill in honor of hidea pendleton, who was murdered in chicago earlier this year. she marched in the inauguration parade and a few weeks later was gunned down about a mile away from my house. i urge the senate to get that bill a vote. i urge the house to follow suit, and i urge congress to move on other areas that have support of the american people, because we need to stop the flow of illegal guns to criminals, and hidea's and many other families really do deserve a vote. [applause] finally, i want to thank joe biden for being such an outstanding vice president. [applause] that is right, you can stand fo

i want to give much love to gwen moore who worked so hard on this. i also want to take a minute before i begin to thank the senator who is took another big step towards gun safety reform by advancing a federal gun trafficking law. now the senate judiciary committee sent legislation to the senate floor that would crack down on folk who is bygones only to funnel them to dangerous criminals. it's a bill named in part for a girl murdered in chicago earlier this year. she marched in the inauguration parade and just a few weeks later had been gunned down about a mile away from my house. i urge the senate to give that bill a vote and i urge the house to follow suit and i urge congress to move on other areas that have supported the american people from requiring universal background checks to getting assault weapons off the streets. we need to stop the flow of illegal guns to criminals and because these families really do deserve a vote. [ applause ] finally i want to thank joe biden for being such an outstanding vice president. that's right. you can stand f

support of h.r. 1035, legislation introduced by my financial services committee, congresswoman gwen moore, and chairman emeritus, spencor bachus. h.r. 1035 would require the flood insurance agency, the agency which administrators the national flood insurance program, or nfip, to conduct a study on the advantages and disadvantages of providing voluntary community-based services to the nfip and report its recommendations for implementation of congress within 18 months. additionally, h.r. 1035 requires the government accountability office to analyze fema's report and submit its comments or recommendations to congress within six months. community-based flood insurance is an insurance technique where a risk assessment is based for all buildings in the community and then premiums to cover that risk are paid collectively by that community. rather than the current practice of assessing each building individually and having each individual owner pay a premium. this innovative tool may represent a new and better way for some communities at risk of flooding to take the necessary steps to protect the

[applause] and i want to give much love to gwen moore who worked so hard on this.o want to take a minute before i begin to think the senators who just a few hours ago took another big step toward sensible gun safety reforms by advancing the federal gun trafficking bill. [applause] the senate judiciary committee sent legislation to the senate floor that would crack down on folks who buy guns only to turn around and funnel them to dangerous criminals. it is a building in part for a person who was murdered in chicago earlier this year. she marched in the inauguration parade and a few weeks later was gunned down about a mile away from my house. i urge the senate to get that bill a vote. i urge the house to follow suit, and i urge congress to move on other areas that have support of the american people, because we need to stop the flow of illegal guns to criminals, and criminalshidea's and to many do r families rreally deserve a boat. finally, i want to thank joe biden for being such an outstanding vice-president. [applause] that is right, you can stand for joe. stand f