mr. becerra. >> mr. barthold, thank you for the description you can eat so much of this was that over 10 years? >> mr. becerra, the estimated revenue loss from th more than $140 million in donations with $4500. social service providers, cultural institutions and schools that benefit communities and improve lives. when we look at which taxpayers to take advantage it doesn't tell the full story about a charitable contribution like this does. again if this is extended for two years, it would be a budget window. so we have an effect over time made this policy permanent by continual extensions. i think as mr. blumenauer pointed out, it is important to note when there is a gap as there has been on this terrible policy of tax initiatives, you can't make it up and we can't go back and necessarily have people participate you otherwise wouldn't. are there any further questions? two yards? >> i really don't think it is fair for the american taxpayers should be talking about a bill which would be costing $2.8 billio

mr. becerra. more than any of those reports, i think i want to listen to the will of the congress. the will of majority of congress. by the way, the vote tonight on forming the special committee to benghazi was bipartisan. the vote to hold lois lern lern contempt was bipartisan. more votes to hold lois lerner in contempt and benghazi had more votes than obamacare. members on your side of the aisle -- the american people deserve the answers to these questions. >> what i want to know, congr s congressman, isn't this select committee clearly a vote of no confidence, and darrell issa, investigating this for month the and got absolutely nothing done? >> no, this is a consolidation of five committees looking into this matter into one. the administration should welcome this, they should cooperate and it makes things more efficient. >> but the five committees got absolutely nothing done. what makes you think the sixth committee -- >> because the administration has been stone walling them, have been uncooperate as if the ways & means committee. >> let me come back if i might, xavier. i'm a

mr. becerra. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. levin: the chairman of our caucus. mr. becerra: i thank the gentleman for yielding. today's vote on h.r. 4438 and on five other republican bills to come that would permanently -- permanently extend other tax breaks without paying for them will increase the deficit by $310 billion. it would read to republican cuts to -- it would lead to republican cuts in services like medicare, research and school funding. how much is $310 billion? that's five times what we spend on services to our veterans. we have over 21 million americans who have served in uniform who are veterans of the country. that $310 billion is tree times what we as a federal government invest in education, job training and social services for an entire year. and it's over 10 times what we spend annually on medical restorgee come up with the innovation and the life-saving treatment this is a americans rely upon. we hear frour colleagues on the republican side that they are fiscally responsible, that they are fiscal hawks and

mr. becerra.als are criminal and civil for 16 years i spoke in trial metaphors and perhaps i need to get out of that habit. what i simply ment is when you ask me how long something's going to last, i need to know how cooperative the other side is going to be so to the extent that i said any indication to anyone that i view someone as the defense, what i ment by that is if you can tell me how cooperative the other side is going to be, i can give you a better idea of how long something's going to last. >> congressman becerra, you've been talking about the committee as a kangaroo court, your words. how do you know that before it even begins meeting and do you really believe that all the questions about benghazi have been answered? >> well, we believe it could be a kangaroo court or a smoke screen from having to deal with the real issues americans want to deal with like job creation and so forth, is that we've done these investigations some seven times. five of the investigations coming out of five of