mr. cole. mr. cole, no. mr. price, mr. price no. mr. mcclintock, no, mr. steszman, mr. stuszman no, mr. languafor langford, mr. langford no, ms. black, no. mr. ripple, mr. ripple no. mr. flores. mr. flores no. mr. heels camp no. mr. young, mr. young no. mr. morn. mr. mosh, no. mr. oak compete that. mr. ginta, no. mr. woodall, mr. simpson, no, mr. van holland. mr. van holland. aye. ms. schwartz, ms. captor, aye. mr. doggett. mr. mccollum. mr. yarmith. mr. pascarell. mr. honda, mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan, aye. ms. wasserman schultz. mr. schuler, aye. mr. bass, aye. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. dharm. no. >> any other members looking to vote or to change their vote. if not the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 13 and the nos are 20. >> the matter is voted downing. >> mr. ryan. >> i have an amendment another the desk. >> the amendment and the staff will distribute copies of the amendment. >> the generous gentleman will be recognized for four minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, this amendment will end the tax subsidies to the bill oil and find the

mr. cole? mr. cole, no. mr. price? mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock? mr. in clin tok, no? mr. president chafies? mr. sudsman. mr. sudsman, no. mr. lankford? mr. lankford, no. ms. black? ms. black, no. mr. ribbal? mr. ribbal, no. mr. florez? mr. florez, no. mr. mulvaney? mr. mulvaney, no. mr. huescamp? no. mr. young? mr. young, no. mr. amosh? mr. amosh? no. mr. akita? mr. akita, no. mr. guinta? mr. guinta, no. mr. woodall? mr. woodall, no. mr. garrett? mr. garrett, no. mr. van hollen? mr. van hollen, aye. ms. schwartz? ms. schwartz, aye. mr. captor? mr. captor, aye. mr. doggett, mr. doggett, aye. mr. blumenauer? mr. blumenauer, aye. ms. mccallum? aye. mr. yarmouth? aye. mr. pascrell? mr. honda, aye. mr. president ryan of ohio? mr. ryan, aye. ms. wasserman schultz? ms. moore? ms. moore, aye. ms. castor, aye. mr. schueler -- ms. beck -- mr. schueler, aye. ms. bass? ms. bass, aye. mr. bonamici, aye. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> are there any members looking to vote or change their vote? ms. wasserman schultz? >> mr. wa-- ms. wasser man schultz? aye. >> the clerk wi

given by mr. cole, the past chairman of the neh. mr. cole, if you can pull the microphone right to you, that will make it easier to hear you. >> thank you very much chairman bishop and members of the committee. thank you for asking me to testify today. i'm a senior fellow at the hudson institute and on the board of advisors of the national civic arts society. but this morning i speak only as a concerned citizen. my comments are based on my long experience as an academic artist historian, university professor and author of 14 books on the history of art. i will also draw on my seven-year service as chairman of the national endowment for the humanities, where my principle initiatives dealt with a need to improve the teaching and understanding of american history for our young people. something they need to become informed, active citizens. it is of these young people i think when contemplating mr. gehry's plan for the proposed memorial to dwight d. eisenhower. for me, ike is still a living memory. his role is supreme commander of the allie

this is not the time, as mr. cole pointed out, further increase the risk to our forces and the ability to secure the homeland. the president's budget provides the bare minimum to our forces for fy 2013, wouldthemin later pland cuts over 10 years. the gop budget on the other hand ensures congress fulfills the constitutional requirement for a strong national ef the fiscal realities that face us by incorporating the recommended efficiencies provided by the former gates and the current secretary panetta. i just want to point out again on the impacts of mthod and th accounts -- and the amounts. ability to protect our vital interests, our national interests around the world. tarynd mistake, sequestration signal to the world that we are superiority. this is unacceptable and reject sequestration as a means of addressing our instead the gop budget tackles sequestration head-on by responsibly dealing with the real drivers of our national debt, mandatory spending programs. the choice is clear. we can either our collective heads

mr. cole, no. mr. price? mr. cclintock, no. mr.langford? ms. black? ms. black, no. ms. dribble, mr. flores. mr. flores, no. mr. mullvaney no. mr. young? >> no. >> mr. young, no. mr. amash, no. mr. ita, no. mr. gunta, no. mr. woodall? mr. woodall, no. mr. van hollen? >> yes. >> mr. van hollen, aye. ms. schwarz aye. ms. captor mr. doggett aye. mr. blumenour aye. ms.ccollum. mr. pascrell? mr. honda? mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio? mr. ryan,aye. ms. ms. moore, aye.ms. castor? aye. mr. schueler? n. schueler, aye. mr. garrett? mr. garrett, no. >> are there any members, other change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman, on that vot ar. 's miss castor, i think, isn't it? yeah, i do, but i just want to -- yep. go ahead and offer. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> so d by ms. cast an amendment at the desk. >> the gentle lady from florida has an amendment at the desk. the clerk will designate. >> anre by ms. castor relating to medicare. >> the gentle lady is recognized for nine minutes. >> thank you, mr addition to the republican plan that breaks the promise of medicare a

mr. cole, no. mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock, no. mr. stetsman, no. mr. langford, no. ms. black, no. mr. ribbal, no. mr. florous, no. mr. mulvaney, no. mr. young, no. mr. amish, no. mr. o ketoa, no. mr. ghenta, no. mr. woodal, no. mr. van hallen, aye. ms. schwartz, aye. mr. dogt, aye. ms. mcculm, aye. mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pascarel. aye. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio, aye. mr. schultz, aye. ms. moor, aye. ms. caster, aye. ms. bass, aye. mr. chairman, no. >> are there any members who wish to vote or change their vote. >> on that vote the ayes are 15 and the noes are 21. >> the amendment is not agreed to. now we will recognize the gentle lady from california for the designation of an amendment. >> an amendment offered by ms. bass relating to transportation. >> the gentle lady is recognized for nine minutes. >> mr. chairman and members of the committee i offer this amendment with my colleagues who are cosponsoring it with me that will save or create an estimated 2 million jobs in addition to accelerate highway construction, bridge repair, mass transit system and other essential proj

mr. cole? mr. cole, no. mr. price? is mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock. no. mr. chaffetz. mr. stetzman. no. mr. langford? mr. langford, no. ms. black? ms. black, no. mr. ribble, no. mr. flores, no. mr. mulvaney, no. mr. young, no. mr. woodall? no. mr. yhuelskamp, no. mr. van hollen, aye. ms. schwartz, aye. mr. doggett, aye. mr. blumenhauer, aye. ms. mccollum, aye. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio, aye. ms. wasserman-shultz, aye. ms. moore? aye. ms. castor, aye ms. bass? ms. bass, aye. ms. bonamici? aye. mr. chairman? no. >> the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 14, the nos are 20. >> nos have it, the amendment is not agreed to. >> do you have an amendment at the desk. >> the clerk will report on the status -- >> the midwest working together. an amendment offered by ms. mccollum related to women's health. >> thank you. women deserved access to affordable health care. unfortunately before the women health care act, women were not guaranteed access. a woman was dpe nighed health care buzz she had a c-section. in florida, a woman denied coverage becau

mr. cole. mr. cole, no. mr. price. mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock, no. mr. stetsman. mr. stetsman, no. mr. langford. mr. langford, no. ms. black. ms. black, no. mr. ripple. mr. ripple, no. mr. flor ez, no. mr. mull veiny, no. mr. young. mr. young, no. mr. amish, no. mr. ghenta, no. mr. woodal, no. mr. van holen. mr. van holen, aye. ms. kaptur, aye. mr. dogt, aye. m mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. paskarel, aye. mr. ryan of ohio, aye. ms. moor, aye. ms. caster, aye. mr. shuller, aye. ms. bass, aye. mr. aiken, no. mr. chairman. mr. chairman, no. >> any other members looking to vote or to change their vote. if not the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman on that vote the ayes are 15 and the noes are 21. >> the amendment is not agreed to. next we ms. schultz will be recognized for an amendment. >> the clerk will designate. >> an amendment offered by ms. schultz relating to medicaid. >> thank you mr. chairman. i offer amendment nine which stops reckless and shameful cuts to seniors. this will ensure that senior citizens will not lose vital medicaid assistance to cover the cost of their

mr. cole? >> no. >> mr. cole, no. mr. price? >> no. >> mr. price, mcclintock? no. mr. mr. stutsman, no. mr. langford? >> yes. >> mr. langford, no. s. black?>> no. mr. flores? >> no. >> mr. flores, mulvaney, mr. young? mr. mr. okita? >> no. >> mr. gunta? kin? >> no. >> mr. akin, no. mr. woodall?n hollen? >> aye.ay ms. schwarz? >> aye. aye. >> ms. captor, aye. mr. doggett, blumenauer, aye. ms. mccollum yarmouth, aye. mr. pascrell? mr. pascrell, aye. mr. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio? mr. ryan, msscltz? e.aye. ms. aye. mr. schueler? mr. schueler, aye. bass? ms. bonamici,. campbell? >> no. >> mr. campbell, no. >> no. >> no. mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chirman, no. ms. bass? ms. bass, aye. other members looking to vote or to change their vote? if not, the clerk shallr. cirma the ayes are 16, the nos a the amendment is not agreed to. next we are going to recognize offering an amendment. >> thank you. i have an amendment. >> the signate the amendment. the staff will hand out copies of. >> an amendment offered by ms. captor, relating to veterans. >> the gentle lady from ohioise

our final testimony will be given by mr. cole, the past chairman of the neh. mr. cole, if you can pull the microphone right to you, that will make it easier to hear you. >> thank you very much chairman bishop and members of the committee. thank you for asking me to

mr. cole. mr. cole, no. mr. stetsman, no. mr. langford. mr. langford, no. ms. black. ms. black, no. mr. ribl. mr. ribbal, no. mr. mull vanny, no. mr. young mr. young, no. mr. amish, no. mr. gin ta, no. mr. aiken. mr. aiken, no. mr. vanholen, no. ms. captor. ms. captor aye. ms. mcculm. ms. mcculm, aye. mr. honda. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan. mr. ryan, no. ms. moor. ms. caster. mr. shuller. ms. bass. ms. bass, aye. mr. simpson. >> absolutely not. >> mr. simpson, no. >> are there voters looking to change their vote. if not the clerk shall report. >> on that vote the ayes are 15 and the noes are 22. >> the noes have it and the amendment is not agreed to. we are recognizing mr. pascarel for the purposes of announcing an amendment. >> the clerk will designate the amendment. call out the amendment first. >> an amendment offered relatby pascarel. >> now the gentleman is recognized for nine minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. can we have the chart up here, please? out of all the positive economic news i think the most interesting point i saw was the increase in manufacturing. manufacturing acti

mr. cole. >> no. >> mr. cole, no. mr. price. >> no. >> mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock. >> no. >> mr. mcclintock, no. mr. stutzman. >> no. >> mr. stutzman, no. mr. lankford. >> no. >> ms. black. >> no. >> mr. ribble, pass. mr. flores. >> no. >> mr. flores, no. mr. mulvaney. >> no. >> mr. mulvaney, no. mr. heulskamp. >> no. >> no, mr. young. >> no. >> fl young, no. mr. akita. >> no. >> mr. akita, no. mr. again ta. >> no. >> mr. genta, no. mr. woodall. >> no. >> mr. woodall, no. mr. akin. >> no. >> mr. akin, no. mr. van hollen. >> yes. >> mr. van hollen, aye. ms. schwartz. >> aye. >> ms. schwartz, aye. ms. kaptur. >> aye. >> ms. kaptur, aye. mr. blumenauer, aye. ms. mccole m, aye. mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pakkarel, aye. mr. hahn donda, aye. ms. moore, aye. mr. schuler, aye. ms. bass, aye. ms. bonamici, ay. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. mr. ribble. >> aye. >> mr. ribble, aye. >> are there any other members looking to vote or to change their vote? clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 17 and the noes are 20. >> the amendment is not agreed to. next we wil

mr. cole, no. mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock no. mr. stutzman, no. mr. langford, no. ms. black. ms. black, no. mr. ribl. mr. flores no. mr. mulvany, mr. huls camp no, mr. young, mr. young, no. mr. amash. mr. amash. no. mr. akita. mr. ginta, no. mr. van hole land. mr. van holland. ms. schwartz, no. mr. doggett, aye. mr. yarmith aye. mr. honda aye, mr. wright a. mr. ryan aye. ms. waszman schultz. mr. schuler aye. ms. bass aye. mr. chairman. mr. chairman no. >> any others looking to vote or to change their vote. if no, the clerk shall report. on. >> on that vote the ryes -- >> the amendment is not agreed to. i now yield to ms. bonamiche. >> an amendment offered by ms. bonamiche relating to wall street. >> thank you. i'm proud to offer this -- >> do you want to do the 15 or the 10? >> can i have 12 and a half? >> we have been watching this health budget committee mark up of the republican budget plan for much of the day here on cspan 3. our coverage is now moving to cspan 2. and you can also see out online on cspan.org. >> we do this in part by put -- coming up on cspan 3, british prime

wrote into r,ty members, so you're going to break the agreement we did last fall and make the job of mr. cole and mr. simpson into a ni to get something done andutdown budget in the fall. i think it's sad. it's not courage. it's n a it is a political document. and we've decided we're going to play politics here. what a surprise on the budget committee. but don't's anything other than a budget plan and ducking the tough questions. my colleague msss our time to use she sees fit. i thank the gentleman for yielding. in addition to the tax cuts promised to the ri large that they can't come close to meeting the revenue targets, wit increases on the middle class the republican windfall for corporate america at the expense of american workers and deficit reduction.o corporations contributes to job lo corporate tax system has created a competitive disadvantage for domestic businesses that choose notgen o and rewards companies for sending american jobs oerseas. the result is not only millions of lost jobs but also trillions of dollars of lost revenue. a case in point is the repatriation tax hol 2004. t

mr. cole. >> thank you, madam chairman. usually the problem's the length of our questions, not theanwers around here. you mentioned in your testimony, ambassador, about libya. let me ask you a question. there was a lot of skepticism, i think, on the hill because the administration chose to engage in military activity without coming, honestly, to congress in any kind of formal way and asking for consent.looking forw possibility in s syria or might occur with iran, do you think the administration, under those circumstances, would come to congress or congress in order to receive authorization for the use of force in either of those two cases? >> well, sir, let me say first of all that i'm not a lawyer, nor am i the administration official responsible for those kinds of judgments or recommendations or determinations. but i will say this. what we did in libya was the right thing. we had the support of the international community, the support of the region, and we protected the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians that wer

. >> one last question, my curiosi curiosity, mr. cole. you were a judge in the competition that the arts society hosted. were all the designs that were in that competition of classical architecture? >> not all. i was not a judge. i actually was asked to be a judge. i declined being a judge because i thought they needed as many entries as possible and i was among the winners. there were a number of designs that were modern. there were a number of designs that were deco. there were more -- i would say more classical than the others, but there was a broad range. >> okay. yield. thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. kill difficult, do you have any questions? >> no question, just apologize for being late. i was at another subcommittee meeting. i know that congress does not have a great deal of expertise in matters like this, but we -- recognizing that, we do have people who have knowledge of things. we have set up a process to make sure that what we do there on monuments in the mall are done correctly. and we've never relinquished our authority on t

our final testimony will be given by mr. cole, past chairman of the neh. if you can pull the microphone right to you, that would make it easier to hear. >> thank you very much. thank you for asking me to testimony today. i'm a senior fellow at hudson institute and board of

your tea party members, so you're going to brat teak th agreement of last fall and make the job of mr. cole, simpson and calvert into a nightmare trying to get something done and not have a shutdown before the budget in the fall. i think it's sad. it's not courage. it's not a plan. it is a political document, and we've decided that we're going to play politics here. what a surprise on the budget comme. it's anything other than a budget plan and ducking the tough questions. i would like to turn to mylleae remainder of our time to use as she sees fit. >> think tank the gentleman fo yieldinyield ing addition to tax targets that can't come close without major class the republican budget boastfully is a windfall. essentially offshoring by u.s. corporations contributes to job loss. the current corporate tax system has created a competitive disadvantage for domestic businesses that choose not to engage in offshore, or for operations, and rewards companies for sending american jobs overseas. the result is not only millions of lost jobs but also trillions ever dollars of lost revenue. a case in poin

. >> good morning, c-span and mr. cole. i applaud you for your public service you can do as well or better outside without all of the scrutiny as the previous call reflected and all of the aggravation, but i applaud you and hope you continue on for many years. i want to ask you about foreign aid. foreign aid like friends like israel that need it for their defense and to bring endangered jews home from around the world as we've seen from the terrible incident in france a few days ago. i've been sending foreign aid to nations that basically are allied to terrorist groups. it's sad, but we've provided perhaps $2 billion on average to egypt for 32 years, plus the $64 billion question is if that continues to be military aid and not humanitarian aid to help the poor of that country, for example, are we not in danger of arming the the potential enemy of israel and that goes for lebanon whose government is. led by hezbollah. >> let's leave it there so we can get a response. we only have a few moments left. >> thank you for the kind

of finish ex-pats and vice president sophie said peter vine ferry company bikes are made for this mr cole good to see you tonight if you have a say about who will rule russia for the next six years we want you to voted for tonight why interested you go for. mr stoller i'm not sure if you can you know i'd love to hear your thoughts going to think he can hear me mr stoller and simply just a skill you know it is more scope for me. of the wonders of modern technology we are going to get these thoughts no doubt a bit later in the program show you've got your thoughts about it as well and you can keep up to date with everything you see as well if you know your television see how they search on rap so this whole election a ruckus over the next twelve hours or so we should know the official results progs more of all even if they don't but as well in a website altie dot com is right let's not return to the election headquarters of the candidate who claims he can deliver bossa into a prosperous future at the billionaire cross-court of our correspondent sarah firth is there at. the ok we can join sa

akin -- mr. cole -- mr. price -- mr. mcclain talk -- mr. chavis -- mr. susman -- mr. lankford --ms. black -- mr. ribble - mr. flore arrest -- mr. mulvaney --mr. huelscamp -- mr. young -- mr. amash -- mr. okita -- gin mr.ta -- mr. waddell -- mr. van hollen. ms schwartz - ms. captor -- mr. doggettt -- mr. blumenauer - ms. - mr. pascarel - mr. honda -- mr. ryan of ohio --ms. wasserman schultz -- ms. more - ms. caster - mr. shuler --ms. bass -- ms. bonamici -- mr. chairman. mr. garrett - >> are there any other member is looking to vote for change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report e ayes are 13th,e aes and the no's are 20. >> let's go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> the amendment off m for bys. caster. the clerk will designate them as an amendment offered ms. caster related to medicare. >> the gentle lady is recognized for nine minutes. >> in addition to the republican plan that breaks a promise of medicare and ends medicare as we know it, the republicans also proposed to raise the cost of prescription drugs and/the smart new benefits and popular consumer reforms that have

at this time i'd like to yield 10 minutes to mr. cole to talk about ensuring a strong national defense. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i yield myself three minutes to start. normally on our side of the aisle we are very critical of the president for spending too much. the one area in this budget where in our view he spends too little is actually defending the country over the next decade. under the president's budget we'll reduce what this committee projected last year on defense by $500 billion. it's easy to talk about that just in terms of dollars and cents, but i think you ought to convert it into what it really means. less manpower, less capability. we'll actually lee dues the number of soldiers we have by 72,000 in the next five years. we'll reduce the numbers of marines we have by 20,000 in the next five years. we'll retire over 200 aircraft permanently next year over a five-year period. we'll reduce the number of tactical fighter wings we have from 61 down to 54. the end of the budget window we'll actually have 25 fewer com

mr. bruce cole, who is the past chairman of the national endowment for the humanities. and we barely got you in dl.

mr. bruce cole, past chairman of the national endowment for hue mamanities. we barely got you in there. same rules apply. your written testimony will appear in its entirety in the record. we ask for oral comments to supplement that written testimony. the clock in front has a timer on it. the yellow light means you have a minute left and we can you to stay within the five minute guidelines on we can leave this room before we have to be evicted from it. so, with that, mr. weitzel, we

with that, i yield to mr. cole. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. coal: -- mr. cole: i thank the speaker, i'm delighted you're confused. i rise to support the ryan budget, i do so with a great deal of pride. it's the only serious plan either party has put forward that deals with the looming debt crisis we face. it cuts $5.3 trillion dollars over the next decade. it reforms medicare an medicaid, something everybody in this house knows needs to happen. it lays out the blueprint for tax reform. it deals with the sequester in a responsible way. it forces the authorizing committees to finally begin to deal with the entitlement crisis we face an it adds $200 billion back to defense spening over the next decade, something my colleague, mr. calvert, pointed out is very much in our national interest. this budget is politically viable. it passed the house last year, it will pass the house this year. frankly it got more votes in the united states senate last year than any budget presented by anybody. let's contrast that with our friends on the other side. the

talking to people like harry cole, mr. adams. but it is astonishing to me how -- well, i'll just say -- i'm not sure i'm making my point here, but i'm trying to underscore the importance of in answering that question just to me how important it is just as a reader and trying to understand where we are now based on what we've seen in the past. >> i've been reflecting on the role of oral history. i've been talking a lot about the photographs. but actually the kelvin jackson collection is really important for this reason. we had a peculiar race relation situation here in baltimore. the protest you could photograph, but the actual situation that was being protested was different than further south. for example, we didn't have signs that said white and black. it must have been strange to a black person who came to baltimore from some other place how they figured out what they could or could not do. because we knew because we were baltimoreans and it was a strange mixture of things not really photographable. i mean, ford theater, black

mr. chairman. i wanted to be here to express to president keel my appreciation, my admiration, and my respect. i'm so greateful to be here wit you and representative cole's statements is absolutely right, flexibility and authority. and i want to thank you for sharing those wonderful stories and the history of your family as well as your great-aunt's story. those are lessons we should and can never forget. they are critical to all of us. the -- i listened very closely to the remarks and, to me, it all comes down to what's the real headline of this? it's tear down the barriers to success. and you continue to face those barriers to success. it's remove the obstacles as you have said and that's what we are going to continue to do as we work to remove the obstacles that stand in the way of economic success, of jobs, of health care, of education, and a better way of life. so i just wanted to be here to share with my chairman and with representative cole all of our concerns as well as our good wishes so thank you so much for letting me be with you today. >> we are honored by your presence. at this time we'd like to open up for questions. we'll start by opening

mr. obama's watch? when guantÁnamo officials arraigned a man, the alleged mastermind of 2000 cold attack, attack on uss colehis case is a capital case. the commission goes forth next week picture the guantÁnamo commission declare him guilty, the president will find of an awkward awkward position of presiding over the first military execution there. one can only imagine the headlines emblazoned across the media, throughout the world. guantÁnamo execution, obama puts to death detainee. so how than in the world has this come to pass? much of the responsibility i think belongs to the bush administration, for he was no ordinary defendant. captured and united in rate in 2002 he was transferred to u.s. custody and taken to black sites afghanistan and later poland where he was waterboarded, threat with an electric drill, and mock execution, and more than his family would be treated to the same treatment if he didn't tell his interrogators what they wanted to hear. after arriving at guantÁnamo in 2006, he retracted the confession about his leadership about the cole attack. the evidence now a kinston appears secondha