i think mr. aiken recognizes that. and the problem with this amendment, by fencing the money and creating the possibility that we will not, in fact, buy half of the f-35s, it sends a message that it is possible that we will not ultimately support the program, and the reason that's a problem is another aspect of this program is we have a number of foreign partners. i'm sure everybody has been reading about the angst about the future of the f-35. we want them to buy it. if they don't, our costs will go up. and if they see us stepping back in this way, there's a distinct risk they'll reduce or delay or in some cases completely eliminate their buys and cause further problems for the program. so there's considerable risk in that. the second thing worth noting is what's being asked for is the department of defense to set an initial operating capability date. now the department of defense says they intend to set a date by this year. it simply requires them to do that. it's important that we push on it to that extent. to do it

mr. aiken votes no. mr. brady votes ye. mr. forbes votes aye. mr. andrews votes aye. mr. miller votes no. plvm h mr. wilson votes no. rogers votes no. mr. courtney votes aye. mr. franks. no. mr. franks votes no. mr. conway votes no. mr. lamborn votes aye. mr. whirtman? mr. whitman votes no. mr. hinrich votes aye. mr. hunter votes no. mr. owens votes aye. dr. fleming votes no. aramendi votes aye. mr. critz votes aye. mr. rooney votes no. mr. ryan votes aye. mr. plats. mr. igell votes no. mr. sutton? votes ay pe mr. hanabusa votes no. ms. spear votes aye. mr. runyon votes no. mr. scott votes no. mr. griffin votes no. mr. latos votes no. mr. jones. mr. jones? mr. platts votes no. >> how has mr. longavin reported? >> aye. >> the nos are 350, the ayes are 26. >> so the amendment is not agreed to. >> number 177 shall now resume those proceedings. the question now occurs on the amendment offered by mr. kissel. the clerk will call the role. >> chairman mckeon? >> no. >> mr. smith? mr. smith votes no. mr. reyes votes no. ms. sanchez? mr. sanchez votes no. mr. jones. mr. mcintyre.

mr. aiken. mr. cole. mr. coal, aye. mr. price aye. mr. mcclintock. aye. mr. chafffets, aye. mr. stutsman aye. mr. langford, aye. miss black, aye. mr. rible, aye. mr. flores, aye. mr. mull vainy, mr. hulscamp, aye. mr. young, aye. mr. amash. mr. okita. aye. mr. guinta, aye. mr. woodall, aye. mr. van hollen. no. miss schwartz, no. miss kaptur. mr. dogget. mr. blumenauer. miss mccallum, no. mr. yarmulth, no. mr. pascrell. mr. honda. mr. ryan. miss wasserman schultz. no. miss moore. miss castor, no. mr. shuler, no. miss bass, no. miss bonamici, no. mr. mullvainy, aye. mr. amash, aye. mr. chairman. >> aye. >> mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 21, the noes 9. >> the motion is agreed to. the sequester replacement act is reported to the house of representati representatives. i note a quorm is present. >> thank you. i ask unanimous consent that the chairman be tlorsed to go to conference and file a conference report pursuant to clause 3 of house rule 19 and the staff be authorized to make any ness sar technical and conforming corrections prior to filing the bills and the motion be

. >> few more moments, mr. aiken, i believe you have a -- >> yes, thank you. mr. chairman, i asked for unanimous consent that the record report that i was detained for medical reasons and had i been present, i would have voted in favor of sequester act of 2012 and against the motion offered by representative castor. >> without objection. if no one seeks recognition, that will complete recommendation. we will now adjourn. we now turn to mark up the sequester replacement act of 2012 to ensure we have flexibility, i ask consent that the chair be asked to declare recess at any time. we'll call this up. do a technical amendment. then we will recess because we have two votes coming up, then -- three votes coming up. then we'll come back and finish that bill this evening. i also ask consent that the first reading of the bill be dispensed with and read without objection so ordered. the bill is now open for amendment. the technical amendment at the desk and i now ask for its adoption. the question is on agreeing to the technical amendment at the desk. all those in favor sa

the chair recognizes the gentleman from missouri, be mr. aiken, for any comments that he would like to make. >> good morning. the powered rejection forces held several briefings in consideration of the president's budget requests for fiscal year 2013. the subcommittee's portfolio consists of navy ship building, ship weapons, maritime patrol aircraft, unmanned combat demonstration and strike aircraft and mobility and tanker aircraft. due to fiscal constraints, the navy had to make some cuts specifically one destroyer and submarine fell out of the fiscal year 2014 budget. this mark facilitates the navy being able to restore both the destroyer and the submarine providing much needed stability to the navy and the industrial base while authorizing a multi-year procurement for both up to a quantity of ten. all told, our subcommittee added roughly $1 billion to navy ship building. with the ship building plan, we found that the new target for structure for the navy is 300 ships down from the previous floor of 313. this is somewhat strange when the nation

hearing none the chair now recognizes mr. aiken for the purposes of introducing an on block package. >> i ask consent to call up a package of amendments worked and approved by the minority side. >> without objections so ordered. will the clerk please pass out the amendments to be offered on block? without objection reading of the amendments will be dispensed with. gentleman is recognized for five minutes for the purpose of offering and explaining his on block amendments. >> i call up on block amendment package number one compromised of an amendment to state a sense of congress encouraging the navy to prioritize early engineer in ship construction to require to review the acls program quality and review the navy's operation and sustainment support. amendment by myself has been submitted. amendment to state a sense of congress on amphibious lift and presence requirements. amendment by myself and mr. mcintire to modify section 211 with regard to air force long range strike. amendment by mr. johnson to require the secretary of the navy

jurisdiction of the epa with regards to ammunition containing lead components, and amendment by mr. aiken to require minimum safety and security standards for d.o.d. shipping sensitive defense material via commercial shippers. >> any further debate on the on block amendment? if not the question is on adoption of the amendment offered by mr. forbes, in favor, aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. >> any other amendments the subcommittee's report? chair recognizes mr. bartlett. >> an amendment at the desk. >> will the clerk pass out the amendment. reading of the amendment will be dispensed with. >> chair recognizes gentleman for the purpose of offering and explaining his amendment. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, uner its terms and conditions and government mandated plas discourage competition from qualified nonunion contractors and skilled employees who represent 86% of the u.s. construction work force according to bureau of labor statistics data. studies have found that pla mandates increase the cost of construction between 12% and 18% compared to sim

passed that the senators were appointed by governors or by the states usually because they got paid mr aiken wants to take away any control we the people have left over our government elected officials and that is very very unlikely. in florida election fix is already in right now this guy republican governor rick scott is priming his state for a mitt romney victory in november and he's doing it the same way republicans in florida have often done it and that's by kicking democratic voters off the voting rolls last year scott told his secretary of state ken browning to begin compiling a list of voters in the state who aren't legal citizens so they can have their voting rights revoked browning did what he asked and came up with one hundred eighty two thousand floridians who were possible non-citizens brought himself admitted the list was filled with their and shouldn't be taken public or used to keep voters off the rolls governor scott didn't care though and after brownie resigned in february scott went ahead doing exactly that and already thousands of voters have been purged according to docu