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sharon levine. >> sharon levine, we are ined by vicki got lick, senior policy attorney for the center of medicare advocacy. are thru? >> i am. good morning. >> vicki, do you have thoughts on what we've been saying so far about the cost implications of by lodgics versus traditional drugs or any aspects of the conversation thus far? >> i have a lot of conthoughts about your conversation. cost is a very important factor and cost very often will cause the population not to be able to afford the drugs. even if they have drug coverage for a biopharmaceutical, very often the copayments are so high that people can't afford the copayments. people are bankrupting themselv in order to get these needed medications and it would be very useful if they could in fact have a generic version if a generic version were available. and in some instances where there are generics available, but people cannot tolerate the generic we have the opposite problem. have you somebody who needs a brand name drug but the person is on a health pn that only covers a generic drug. again they have no insurance for the bra

peter: spencer levin needs to hole out his second to force a playoff. the ball is in the air now at 18 with spencer. what did you do physically to get yourself through this round this week? did you make any adjustments with your game based on what you learned last week? >> not really. i hit it great last week. i hit it great this week. putted well last week with the exception of a couple of times. putted well again this week. i just kept telling myself to keep playing my game, have a short memoryle and go out and play golf. peter: you certainly did that very, very nicely. i saw a difference in your short game and wedges this week. last week, a lot of spin and didn't quite have control of your emotions. you looked to be a much more controlled player coming down the stretch today. >> we hit a couple squirrelly tee shots but our recovery shots were fantastic. made a really good par save on 15 and 16 as well. make to -- nice to make that four-footer on the last. peter: thank you. we'll see when it is official. well done, though. >> thank you very much. jim:

levin? >> you know, in a way it's regrettable that these are the three items before us. because i think if anyone leaves here thinking our task is impossible, i hope they're wrong. because we need to act and act within the next few weeks. so let me just say, how much time do we is have on this? >> 38 minutes. >> i want all of us to have a chance. so i'll just say this briefly. i think what senator baucus, you describe the problem very well. whether you call it a tax increase or not. we all know when the exchanges are set up, that some people are going to have to have help. and we've expanded therefore, the coverage of people. and the, the help will be based on income, which will vary from year to year. we knew that there would have to be, some return on an overpayment. that was built into the original law. what has happened is that we have increased in several cases, the amount that has to be paid back. and i think we need to look at the consequences of carrying this one step further, as sen

levin. i will yield to republicans who seek recognition. given the limited time we have today, but the limited time we have to reach an agreement, we will discuss the payroll tax for up to 30 minutes. we will then discuss unemployment insurance for up to 90 minutes. we will discuss the medicare for up to 90 minutes. it is one that i share with max baucus that we share progress. i don't think we will resolve all of our differences today, although that is hopeful. we will start to build a foundation upon which we can build a resolution. the more quickly we get through the questions, the more quickly we can get to the answer. i want to show the american people that the progress on these policies is being made. it is what they demand and deserve. none of us will get everything we want. our time is limited. i urge members to stick to their agenda and make the most of our team here today. one thing i learned from the so-called super committee, and i expect kyl and baucus and others to share and ag

levin: 15 seconds. ms. eshoo: the public safety community will have the tools to finally build out a critical nationwide interoperable broadband network and the inclusion of provisions to promote and fund next generation 9-1-1 bye will enable the delivery of voice text, photos, videos and other data to 9-1-1 call centers. i thank my colleagues and i urge them to support the legislation. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland. mr. levin: i reserve -- mr. hoyer: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan. mr. he vip: i yield one minute@distinguished gentlelady , ms. edwards. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. edwards: i would like to enter into the record letters from public employees who are wondering why they had to sacrifice $60 billion of reductions over the last decade when they didn't create the deficit, yet they're asked to pay for it. the speaker pro tempore: you want to enter into the record, without objection. ms. e

levine with a seven on the hole shot a 4-under 75. ward back with 6-under 65 to finish at 16-under and captures first pga title just a week after blowing a seven-shot final ruined lead at torrey pines. -- final round lead at torrey pines. >>> when we return the great comeback story of one julian kinnard.  >>> welcome back to the washington area nissan dealers sports xtra. >> welcome back. julian kinnard will play football next year at damascus high school. for any kid that's a pretty big accomplishment, but for someone who has gone through what kinnard has it's close to a miracle. lindsay murphy with more on his inspirational story. >> reporter: like many young men, 13-year-old julian kinnard has dreams of playing in the nfl and those dreams just may come true. this year kinnard the quarterback led his damascus cougars team to an undefeated season and the state title. you would never know by seeing his competitive spirit and constant smile that just two years ago julian was near death in the hospital. new year's

gym class heroes and adam levine coming up.>> good morning. i am mindy basara. here is sarah caldwell. >> still tracking the problem in bel air. just passed through 24, we have an accident clearing. 27 miles per hour on the north side. still very heavy on at the j.f.x. southbound from the beltway down to 28 street. if you want to travel at monument street and washington street, there is an accident in the city. 14 miles per hour on the west side outer loop all the way down to edmondson. yellow on the spot i-7 from marriottsville towards 29. here's a quick live look at traffic towards 795. those delays continue all the way down. very light as you make your way towards fort mchenry. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> radar-wise, all clear here. thunderstorms approaching kansas city. a lot of the snow in colorado. blizzard conditions a couple of feet. the storm will work in our direction the next couple of days. today we are starting out great. lots of sunshine, humidity down, barometer is up. big area of high pressure ove

levin. look, i think we all benefit from the federal employees who are doing research at nih into life-saving curious and treatments. i think we all benefit from the folks in the intelligence community, who help track down osama bin laden. i don't think this is an issue of whether or not we represent a small number or a lot of federal employees. again, i think we all benefit and i think the american people benefits from that. let me start with the vote mr. upton referenced in the house. the reasoned that such a big vote, i think the gentleman knows is because you coupled a freeze on congressional salaries with a freeze on all federal employees salaries. as mr. carden mentioned i think we can settle the question of pay freeze for congressional salaries. we can all support that and if the chairman wants to entertain a motion we can do that right now. but let's not mix up the two and the reason you have that vote is -- i heard from a lot of my colleagues, they were afraid they would be accused

give it up for adam levine!e had a giant year, buddy. >> crazy. >> jimmy: you had crazy, giant year. >> these guys, they're the best. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: not only "the voice," but then, two gigantic, smash hit songs. you're on the cover of "rolling stone," coming up. look at this. [ cheers and applause ] >> it's crazy. it's all so crazy. >> jimmy: you know what, a lot of people -- i don't know if people do know, but you got the gig "the voice" from doing our show. >> yes, that's an amazing story, actually. well, i was going to sit in with these guys. this is actually what led to "the voice," but then the producer saw me doing banter with you, sitting over there, being so confused 'cause you guys just threw me into this. and i know you know, 'cause that's why you're laughing right now. [ laughter ] and i was like "what's going on?" >> jimmy: what were you -- you were doing everything. you were doing sting impressions. you were doing sprints. >> well, these guys move so fast and they learn things so

levin: 15 seconds. ms. eshoo: the public safety counity will have the tools to finally build out a critical nationwide interoperable broadband network and the inclusion of provisions to promote and fund next generation 9-1-1 bye will enable the delivery of voice text, photos, videos and other data to 9-1-1 call centers. i thank my colleagues and i urge them to support the legislation. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland. mr. levin: i reserve -- mr. hoyer: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan. mr. he vip: i yield one minute@distinguished gentlelady , ms. edwards. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. edwards: i would like to enter into the record letters from public employees who are wondering why they had to sacrifice $60 billion of reductions over the last decade when they didn't create the deficit, yet they're asked to pay for it. the speaker pro tempore: you want to enter into the record, without objection. ms. edwar

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levin? >> mr. chairman, i think it's useful that we're having this discussion and i think all of us want to try to really exchange views nessentially say there isn't any give on anything so let's have a good discussion on what this is really about. all due respect, john, this isn't about millionaires and billionaires. i mean, there may be some people who are millionaires. they're not having income over a million in all by a teeny, tiny percentage of cases. we're talking about medicare beneficiaries who have income much, much less than a million dollars a year. much less than $500,000. much less than$200,000. and i think we should understand what the potential impact is. people in the high middle-income brackets of paid more in medicare taxes in many cases than those in lower damage income brackets and that's the way the medicare system works. so to start off with these are people who have contributed substantially and most likely, they worked in most cases. so essentially, what the house bill does

levin. >> thank you. by the way, congressman van hollen is at a budget committee hearing, so he decided to stay there for a bit. i told him i thought he was using wise judgment, because the importance of that, and he'll be here as soon as possible. we need to extend this program to pick up senator casey with your comments. the last year we have the data for, 2010, only one in five poor children were receiving tanf assistance. one in five. and that's the lowest level since 1965. i think it also should be mentioned that despite the depth of the recession, and these are the figures that i have, that since the summer of 2008, the tanf caseload has increased only rather lightly from 2008 july through 2011 june, the tanf caseload increased 15%, roughly 250,000 families. and this is at a time, as i said, of exceptionally high unemployment. and we're now trying to gather the figures. we don't have them. as to how many people have exhausted their unemployment insurance. but it's far larger a number than those who

levin said his committee needs further information. he said members want more details on the realignment of marines before they approve the budget. japan's foreign minister says the government will ask the united states to return five land plots occupied by military facilities in okinawa. the return of the facilities is part of the agreement on the realignment of u.s. forces in japan. >> translator: with the number of marines declining, there should be prress ineturning the land used b.s ci t implementy zone, a deterrent fe o theye st atne a el enerbowoil lncrs oneaynhe t ernn paselfstnoi oin pael aaouri cld bin nffthiarysro% salesrom ot. proton les market share to ren would be a heavy bl tt risk, the company is trying to expand eras sales and decrease its depproto. >> we cannot depend on one particularinst. we've got to involved i other industries. we explore foreign markets. >> reporter: opsionre also coming from another direction. iss a demonstration by patients suffering f aids. they argue that american involvement in the tpp may l

chairman camp, ranking member levin, i very much appreciate this opportunity to appear before you to day to discuss the importance of tax reform to fed fedex. we believe that reducing the u.s. corporate tax rate significantly to be more in line with the rest of the developed world is essential to overall economic and job growth and will help our company continue to invest in critical infrastructure to compete and grow. before i delve into the details of how we analyze tax reform, i'd like to make a couple points about fedex and our business and our tax profile. with respect to our business, through our global expedited transportation network, we connect more than 90% of the world's gdp in 48 hours or less. so, if a business of any size wants to send its product from beijing to billings or cleveland to cologne, we can do that for them without them having to invest billions of dollars to build their own networks. our business is based on this global network. if our global network is competitive, it will grow. so will we both around the world and in the united states. with respect to ou

levin. >> thank you, mr. levin. i just want to start by emphasizing a point where i hope we'll eventually have consensus, which is that our focus and priority should be on the three items that were mentioned, extending the payroll tax cut to 160 americans, extend unemployment insurance for folks who are out of work through no fault of their own and, three -- it seems to me the next round of issues, if there are to be other issues, should be those where there's consensus, where we're not slofing down the priority work on focus on the other three. so we just had a conversation on boiler mack rules. i don't want to get into the substance of it. clearly there was a difference of opinion. concerned that would slow the process down if we failed to meet consensus. with respect to -- i agree with senator crapo. you laid out some of the statistics from the treasury department. it makes sense. there may be some extenders where there can be consensus but i would just put forward this one caveat, which is that we've been focuse

we have a special guest, maroon 5 lead singer adam levine. you may have seen him perform on "the today show" this morning. thank you for taking time to be with us. how are you doing? >> i am busy. thank you for having me. >> you are coming to preakness. what are the chances of you and wiz khalifa performing together? >> ooh, the chances are there. i don't want to give too much up. >> are you ready for baltimore, because we are ready for you? >> i am so ready, i can't even stand it. >> we hear in baltimore are much more excited for "the voice" than for the super bowl. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, take it easy. i am excited about "the voice," but the super bowl is a big deal. we are excited for the incredible opportunity to come out here for the most monumental television think you can imagine. >> how is this season going to be different? >> i think the season is going to be a little bit different. more or less, we are sticking to the program, and we want to bring people in even more. we believe so much in what we are doing that we don't want to change

levin said his committee needs further information. he said members want more details before they approve the budget. japan's foreign minister says the government will ask the united states to return five land plotsccupied by military facilities in okinawa. the return of facilities is part of the agreement on the realignment of u.s. forces in japan. >> translator: with the number of marines declining, there should be progress in returning the land used by u.s. military facilities. we will try to implement this plan gradually. >> the plans include two military camps and one supply zone, a military port and an oil storage facility. he says the government wants the achieve the return of land without reducing the effect of the u.s. military presence. marines based in okinawa are doing what they need to to stay fit. they started ten days of life fire drills. >> reporter: u.s. marines stationed in okinawa have studied -- it is japan's grand self-defense forces largest field in western japan. even here about two kilometers from the side a lou

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levin: 15 seconds. ms. eshoo: the public safety community will have the tools to finally build out a critical nationwide interoperable broadband network and the inclusion of provisions to promote and fund next generation 9-1-1 bye will enable the delivery of voice text, photos, videos and other data to 9-1-1 call centers. i thank my colleagues and i urge them to support the legislation. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland. mr. levin: i reserve -- mr. hoyer: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan. mr. he vip: i yield one minute@distinguished gentlelady , ms. edwards. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. edwards: i would like to enter into the record letters from public employees who are wondering why they had to sacrifice $60 billion of reductions over the last decade when they didn't create the deficit, yet they're asked to pay for it. the speaker pro tempore: you want to enter into the record, without objection. ms. e

i appreciate the comments congressman levin, mr. chairman. i think we should look at supplemental grants. it's true secularly outside the scope of the conference. but, you know, we're probably going to need 60 votes in the senate anyway. and a house rules can do what it wants if we agree here to the provision such as this. i have a hunch that it will prevail. second, it's not a lot of money here. it's in the neighborhood of like a couple hundred, million. and it is also true as congressman levin pointed out without it some states, some kids in some states are in much worse condition than kids in other states. so i would hope that we can work our way through that and find a way to include it. i believe now according to the program we're going to a different subject. >> in agreement. there wasn't a vote to terminate. what we did is to extend it through a certain period. that's number one. number two, in terms of scope, the tanf program is before us. the entire program is before us. and i think that it's unwise to say that we can't consider it.

>> yes, senator levin? >> i think i see what senator begich is driving at and can be clarified, i think, by putting into this language what you, mr. chairman, just said. which is it's not limited to these relevant factors. any relevant factor could be considered. and that could be easily inserted by saying if we have this language, in rendering a the arbitration board shall consider any relevant factor including these three. i think that's what you said. and i think that would address senator begich's point. and i think, from what senator collins said, i'm not quite as sure in terms of making this statement as i am about saying that what i'm proposing would reflect what the chairman said. because i know senator collins -- >> i apologize. >> no, no. this is technical stuff, and i'm sorry. in rendering a decision under this paragraph -- this is the bill is -- the arbitration board shall consider and the way it's worded, such relevant factors as. and what i think senator begich is driving at and what i think t

. >> you're about to make my point, senator levin. senator cardin made two points which i think are interesting and need response. the first is that a ged isn't going to help the older workers. first of all, if the state believes it would be a burden some requirement it can waive it. secondly, i think it would. the type of jobs needed are different from the jobs 40 years ago. part of the problem is that as firms have downsized, they have removed jobs that didn't require skill. and the type of jobs that are going to be able more and more are those that require more skills. and, you know, there's a saying you can't teach old dogs new tricks but that's not true with a head of a household who wants to get back to work and earn a living for his family. he's willing to learn how to use a blackberry or a computer in order to be able to be a more useful employee. so i think that even for those who have been in the work force for a while, they may have had the kind of job that's going out of style and they may need to -- in order to get good e

once again, i want to thank chairman camp, ranking member levin and the members of this committee for inviting me today. i very much appreciate this opportunity to testify and would be happy to answer any questions you might have. thank you. >> thank you, hanland. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. the main point of my temperature is the responsiveness to tax policies can be affected by the financial implications of those policies. first i'll offer some general examples of the importance of financial accounting to managers of publicly traded companies. one example is in a study of companies accused by the sec of fraudulently overstating accounting earnings. it tushes out that these companies also overstated their income to the irs and paid taxes on their inflate add counting income. this suggests that the companies were willing to pay substantial sums of cash in order to report higher financial accounting earnings. in the literature we call this "the book tax tradeoff." a second example is in a survey of tax executives of publicly-traded companies. 85% of th

joining us right now, adam levine. you're a coach on the show. folks you might know him from a little band we call maroon 5, the front man. how it's going? >> it's going well. thank you so much. >> first of all, congratulations, belated, the champion for last season. you had javier cologne. honestly a lot of us felt he was the shoo-in for the winner. based on early stages for that voice stage of the competition. that's critical. what did you and others do that forced you push that button to get the chair to turn around? >> you know what? javier, if you don't turn around when he starts singing you must be insane. to me, it was almost like it was a moment that kind of made the whole show work because that was the moment that all four of us and the audience and everyone in the room realized there was something special in our hands. he ignited, to me, the entire set. >> for this season any surprises for us, maybe strategy wise or how about the chairs? are they tricked out? did you puimp the chair? >> bejeweled the chair, a bedazzled it. i like it ver

gym class heroes and maroon 5's adam levine will be performing. and you can hear that the crowd likes the idea but of course, maybe the real star from here is mr. al roker. that's right. he's joining us also this morning. [ cheers and applause ] >> big cheer for him. matt, you have a lot coming up from new york. >> i do, ann. thanks very much. we'll have new developments to the story we have been covering of more than a dozen girls at a school with tourette's symptoms. now a 36-year-old woman is suffering tics as well and she wants to know if it could all be related to a train derailment in that town four decades ago. >>> we begin with escalating tensions over iran's nuclear program. according to u.s. officials, defense secretary leon panetta believes there is a strong possibility israel will attack iran in the coming months. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in tel aviv. good morning, richard. >> reporter: good morning, matt. u.s. military officials are expressing very similar concerns to us. they say that the possibility of an i

. >> senator levin? >> no. >> senator akaka? >> no. no by proxy. >> senator carper? >> no. >> senator pryor? >> yes. >> senator landrieu? >> no instructions.. no instructions. >> senator mccaskill? >> i'm going to say no instructions. maybe we'll pass until we get clarity about the proxies. i don't want to cast a vote for a colleague without them being here. >> senator tester? >> senator tester? we're going to pass again. senator tester has a proxy. a no vote. >> senator begich? >> no. >> senator collins? >> no. >> senator coburn? >> aye by proxy. >> senator brown? >> no by proxy. >> senator mccain? aye by proxy. >> senator johnson? >> aye by proxy. >> senator portman. >> no by proxy. >> senator paul? >> aye. >> senator moran? >> aye. >> senator lieberman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, on the vote of those present, the ayes are two, the nays are six. >> can i ask the clerk to go back to the senators we passed. >> senator landrieu. >> yes by proxy. >> senator mccaskill. >> no by proxy. >> and senator brown has just appeared so rather than his voting by proxy -- >> senator b

but -- >> i just had a question. >> all right. >> well, then it's really congressman levin's time right now. >> this is totally unheard of. i yield -- i was going to yield a minute to a senator. >> okay. i'll take it. but like other senators i know he has to take a phone call. >> just quickly and senator baucus, you had mentioned making an offer tomorrow, i haven't seen -- i assume that's a democrat offer? >> senate offer. >> okay. i'll take a look at that. the other issue is that we talk about the ged. it's my understanding if you give the states the flexibility, the focus is to get younger people into getting geds where they can do the most good over the entire length of their career. that's the other component of the ged. referenced as giving states flexibility. >> but others and then i'll say a few words. >> all right. i'm sorry? >> i was going to make the point to clarify on senator kyl's, if you go to page 29 of the bill, section 2122 it spells out pretty clearly for purposes of the paragraph an individual shall be considered to have met the minimum requiren'ts unless they have ea

levin and then come back. >> i leave my comments to the third round. i don't know if -- all right, so the two of you will split the second round. i don't know about you, mr. van holland. >> and chairman -- is this on? there we go. i think it's on. chairman, to me i'm going to keep this drum beat going. we've got work to do and we're on the clock. today's the second of february, we have 27 days before our authority expires to extend the pay roll tax cut for 160 million working, tax paying americans, to extend the insurance benefits for up to 5 million americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own and to make sure that some 48 million seniors in our country continue to have access to the doctors they've come to count on under medicare. but the little secret that all 20 of us know in this room that most americans don't know is that we really don't have 27 days. in the house we have no more than 13 legislative days left before the end of this month. and so at least on the house side and i suspect the senate is fairly similar in terms of

later, tensions mount in the middle east and we will talk to michigan's carl levin. every superbowl has a water cooler ad and this year's has politics written all over it. >> this is the >>this is outrageous! [[vo]]cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the rest of the media seems like, "ho-hum, no big deal." we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. protect medicare and rebuild the middle class. >> steve israel runs the dccc, appreciate. >> thank you. [ jody ] four course feast. man it's great. the guests love it. [ male announcer ] red lobster's four course seafood feast is back. get soup, salad, cheddar bay biscuits, dessert and choose one of 7 entrees. four courses for only $15. offer ends soon. i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently. [[vo]]...we're the idea nobody wants to hear. ...until the truth reveals itself. boat-rockers. and above all... and there's only one place you'll find us. weeknights on current tv. >> interesting, but may m

senator carl levin chairman of the armed services committee democrat from michigan.ant to thank him for being here. and coming up, political ads stole the show at this year's super bowl. we will look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. >> 97% of those services that help women are going to be hurt. a lot of people won't get those exams and might get breast cancer. it's widely counter productive. anna, thank you for doing this story. we appreciate it. >> when we come back, we're going to celebrate the life of don cornelius. we'll tell you things about him that you might not know, when we return. [ jody ] four course feast. man it's great. the guests love it. [ male announcer ] red lobster's four course seafood feast is back. get soup, salad, cheddar bay biscuits, dessert and choose one of 7 entrees. four courses for only $15. offer ends soon. i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently. twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. >> the new york giants may have won the super bowl last night but it is that fantastic clint eastwood ad, that chrysler ad a

author hillel levin interviewed larry hall. >> it was a very cluttered household.y were raised with dysfunction. >> the neighbors say the mother was domineering. the father drank and sometimes turned violent. he worked at the local cemetery. what was it like growing up to a seb cemetery? was it creepy? >> no, not at all, not for me. at 12 years of age, larry and i started working at the cemetery. >> as he grew older, larry had problems fitting in at school. >> he was always the backward twin. i was the more dominant out going twin. he hung out with what my wife and i and a lot of fellow classmates, called "the misfits" or the "stinky" crowd. >> still, the boys were best friends and as young men gary and larry developed a unusual hobby as civil war re-enactors. >> during that time period, i was able to travel around and meet him at battlefields and go on tours and stuff. it was a lot of fun. >> larry was hooked, even growing the mutton chops from his hair tlooin his seoul. though the re-enactment helped larry make friends he still struggled with women. >> what was h

levin? >> mr. waxman is going to lead off for us. >> mr. chairman, today we're considering an extraneous provision. it is not part of the major concerns before this group. and what it would do is allow our children to continue to be harmed by toxic mercury pollution. now mercury pollution is more serious than asthma, although asthma is related to this as well. this provision is known as the boiler mact rule. and i don't think it has any place in this bill. i want to review for the conferees one of the untold stories of this congress. over the past year, the house of representatives has relentlessly pursued the most anti-environmental agenda in history. we in the house have voted 191 times to weaken environmental protections, more than one in five of all recorded votes in the house in 2011 undermined the nation's environmental protections. these votes attacked the laws that american families depend on to provide clean air and clean water, protect our public lands and coastal waters. and the house even voted to deny the climate change is occu

levin? >> i will turn this to chris. i just want to say there are federal employees everywhere. the house proposal that passed on a partisan basis, only a handful of democrats, i am talking about the proposal that came over from the house and federal employees, a $63 billion. there are two proposals. we all have federal employees everywhere. >> thank you. i think we all benefit from the federal employees that are doing research at nih into lifesaving cures and treatments. we all benefit from the folks in the intelligence committee to track down osama bin laden. this is not an issue of whether or not we represent a small number of federal employees. we all benefit. i think the american people benefit. let me start with the vote that mr. upton reference. the reason it had such a big boavote is because you couple tt with a freeze on all federal employees salaries. it is a question of the pay freeze for congressional salaries. we can all support that. if they want to entertain a motion, we can d