jerry jordan said, "i'm not even taking this to my members."ow, some would argue, shouldn't the rank and file have an opportunity to consider this? because they're kind of up a creak. state law says that they cannot go out on strike. so they're stuck at the same pay wages as august 2013 without getting a chance to consider this. >> gonna offer it to the people to vote on it? 'cause he thinks they'd accept it -- that's why. i mean, look, i get everybody has to play their role. jerry jordan has to play the role. and if i worked as a teacher, i'd want more money. and i totally get all that. but you've got to step back and say, "overall, what he's asking for would ta t $500 million to $1 billion going forward. let's talk about, in public schools, 1/3 of the students have opted to go something other than a public school -- a charter school, a catholic school, et cetera. the audience is down 'cause the product's not there. and jerry should kind of focus on, if he's really long term thinking about it, what do i need to do to help make these schools be

jerry, and thank you chairman chaffetz. all the members of the committee, it's been a pleasure. mr. meadows, mr. jordanthers that i've had the opportunity to serve with. a few minutes ago we got to thank some of the staff for their work this year. and you can't operate an important committee like this without having tremendous staff on both sides of the aisle. we've been blessed. so while there may be some cheering from the bureaucrats that micah's finally gone, i can assure you i still will be very actively engaged and involved. but there's no better committee to serve on. i have chaired transportation, but this committee dating back to 1808 performs such an important service for the american people. it really does. it's not an authorizer, it's not an appropriator, but it tries to make things right -- get things right and hold people accountable. and that's so important in our structure of government. so it's been my pleasure to serve them. i'm not finished yet, either with this hearing or in service to the people of this country -- of this great country. so i thank you for those accolades. i wish i'd

jerry and chairman chaffetz. all the members of the committee it's been a pleasure, mr. meadows, mr. jordan and others that aye had the opportunity to serve with. a few minutes ago we thanked staff this year and you can't operate an important committee like this without having tremendous staff, which on both sides of the aisle we've been blessed. while there maybe cheering from bureaucrats that mica is finally gone, i can assure you i still would be actively engaged and involved but there's no better committee to serve on. i have chaired transportation, but this committee dating back to 1808 performed such an important service for the american people, it really does. it's not an authorizer, it's not appropriator but it tries to make things right, get things right and hold people accountable and that's so important in our structure of government. so it's been my pleasure to serve. and i'm not finished yet either with this hearing or in service to the people of this country -- this great country. i wish i had them more in my service. [laughter] >> and my weird sense of humor, six-sense of hum

jerry, and thank you chairman chaffetz. all the members of the committee, it's been a pleasure, mr. meadows, mr. jordan and others. i've had the opportunity to serve with a few minutes ago we got to thank some of the staff for their work this year and you can't operate an important committee like this without having tremendous staff which on both sides of the aisle we've been blessed so while there may be some cheering from the bureaucrats that mike is finally gone i can assure you i still will be very actively engaged and involved but there's no better committee to serve on. i have chaired transportation but this committee, dating back to 1808 performed such an important service for the american people it really does. it's not an authorizer, it's not an appropriate rater but it tries to make things right, get things right and hold people accountable and that's so important in our structure of governme government. so it's been my pleasure to serve and i'm not finished with this hearing or in service to the people of this great country. so i thank you for those accolades. i wish i'd had more of them during my servi