mr. cummings votes no. mrs. maloney votes no. mr. tierney. mr. clay votes no. mr. lynch votes no. mr. cooper votes no. cartwright votes no. ms. kelly? mr. davis? mr. welsh votes no. ms. grisham? ms. grisham votes no. -- lex does anyone else seek to be recorded? the clerk will report. >> on that vote, 21 yeas, 12 nays. >> the ayes have it. the staff shall be authorized to make necessary technical conforming changes to the report. i asked airman, number of days. >> so ordered. without objection. we stand adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] kathleen sebelius -- >> kathleen sebelius has handed in her resignation. secretary sebelius is on capitol hill thursday looking about the latest health insurance enrollment numbers. here is part of what she said. >> our department mission is to help our fellow americans secure the opportunity to live happier, healthier lives, and reach their fullest potential. -- ministration on community all of us benefit from work on mental health and substance abuse treatment, a

mr. cummings votes no. mrs. maloney votes no. mr. tierney. mr. clay votes no. mr. lynch votes no. mr. cooper votes no. cartwright votes no. ms. kelly? mr. davis? mr. welsh votes no. ms. grisham? ms. grisham votes no. -- lex does anyone else seek to be recorded? the clerk will report. >> on that vote, 21 yeas, 12 nays. >> the ayes have it. the staff shall be authorized to make necessary technical conforming changes to the report. i asked airman, number of days. >> so ordered. without objection. we stand adjourned. george w. bush of the state of texas has received for president of the united states 271 votes. al gore of the state of tennessee has received 266 votes. the state of the vote for vice president of the united states as delivered to the president of the senate is as follows the whole number of the electors appointed to vote for vice president of the united states is 538 of which a majority is 270. dick cheney of state of wyoming has received for vice president of the united states 271 votes. joe lieberman of the state of connecticut has received 266 votes. this announcement of

mrs. cummings, when we interviewed one or two witnesses, mr. cummings went on national television and said there's no evidence, we need to close this down. each side does use that. we are finished. we have additional witnesses that we want to get the rest of the information. we have about a half a dozen major people we haven't gotten e-mails from. we want to do this in a proper way. let me say, this chairman opens every meeting. he cites something every time consistently. we have a responsibility as the chief investigative body of congress. there is no other committee like this. there is no other issue i've seen in my 20 years that has riveted the american people. it's all of us, whether it's a member of congress or the lowest citizen out there, lowest paid individual, have to deal with the i.r.s. this is shaking the core of fairness and understanding. then it deals with trying to manipulate an election. the evidence we have so far is clear. we just wanted to hear from some of those again. the rest of the people we can't hear from. this lernerk

mr. cummings talks about rights mr. chairman i will listen. i will listen because he was a very good attorney and i will listen because i'm familiar with his personal narrative and while he was talking i scribbled down down -- you have a right to remain silent and you also have a right in the document that the right to remain silent at this in. you have a right to cross-examine witnesses mr. chairman and it's important for us to spend just a minute on why our framers thought it was so important that we be able to confront and cross-examine witnesses because it is the single best way to elicit the truth. yes you have a right to remain silent. you also have a right to a jury trial but it's waived every day across this country. when you plead guilty that is a waiver of your right to attorney trial. you have a right to counsel in felony cases. people wave at all the time and make the mistake of representing themselves. so we are not talking about rights, let's talk about all the rights including the right to confront witnesses and crossing salmon

mr. cumming wears a cod piece in the show and blah blah blah blah."applause ] >> jimmy: yeah. >> so, then -- the "wall street journal" printed a retraction, an apology. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: look at that. an earlier version incorrectly said that mr. cumming was wearing cod piece as part of his costume. >> and i said, "this is the proof of the power of twitter and the constant fight we all have for truth and democracy." >> jimmy: yeah exactly! [ cheers and applause ] stand up for one self! >> yeah. stand up. >> jimmy: this is all you all the time. we're so psyched about it. it can't -- it can't be happen to a better guy. you're the best. >> aw, thank you. >> jimmy: congrats on the rave reviews. you guys, do not miss this show. "cabaret." go check it out, you guys. alan cumming. is he not the best? alicia keys and kendrick lamar perform next. come on back, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ across america, people are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes... ...with non-insulin victoza. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar, but it didn'

mr. chairman, i would like to join in the ranking member cummings' objecting to this resolution. not because we don't want to hear from lois lerner. we do. i join mr. gowdy in saying i would love to have a crack at cross examining her myself. ut i object to this. because it is a trample on individual rights, something that we are sworn to uphold and protect in this country. the chairman referred to mccarthyism and several members here today have done that. you know, a lot of people in the united states were not born when joe mccarthy was running around half cocked as he did trumping up charges against individuals that they were communists and plotting to conspire against the united states government, holding up lists and claiming to have their names in his hands, piecing together random bits of information cherry picked from this source or that source. that is what he did and mr. chairman, that was a national embarrassment. it was a national embarrassment. you know, there are a lot of reasons people want to come to this nation from all over the world. because principally, because

mr. cummings was targeted and irs was targeting. how much interaction went on. that's an interesting and important question. members of congress calling on regulators to do things, hauling in front of committees, having communication about ongoing action is potentially a big no no. >> dan, do you think this story, the irs scandal, does it still have traction with voters and will it have traction in november? >> i think it does. what's going on here, the government was using internal revenue service, an agency most people are a little bit afraid of. clearly they were sent after these tea party groups. many citizens organizing out in the country and towns and names no one has heard of to do some politics. those groups quit under this intimidation. many disbanded. i think that sort of thing does have resonance with voters. it's going too far. >> last word. >> ought to resonate with democrats, too. we don't want to go down a path where the party in power attacks it to the opponent. obama is not going to be president forever. >> wen we come back, the face of obamacar

mr. cummings was targeting and the irs was targeting. how much more interaction went on? that's an interesting and important question. because members of congress, they're allowed to put out letters calling on regulators to do things, hauling them in front of committees or having ongoing communication with them about ongoing actions is potentially a big no-no. >> dan, do you think this story, the irs scandal, does it still have traction with voters, and will it have traction in november? >> you know, i think it does, stuart. because what was going on here was that the government was using the internal revenue service, an agency most people basically are a little bit afraid. and clearly, they were sent after these tea party groups, many of them just citizens organizing out in the country and towns with names no one has ever heard of to do some politics. those groups quit under the intimidation. many of them disbanded. and i think that sort of thing does have resonance with voters. it's going too far using the weapon of government. >> last word. >> really resonance with dem

mr. cummings seeking publicly available information? >> i don't think so.e was asking all the documents and e-mails show he asked repeatedly or a few times for publicly available information and only publicly available information, and the other thing that's interesting about this is that the irs was investigating true the vote way before comings ever asked for public information and only the public. he doesn't ask them where their investigation was or to investigate the group. he just said can you -- he asked, i think, if the tax returns were public information, could he get a copy or something -- >> now that important because he was accused by the lawyer for true the vote, by putting true the vote on the irs' radar screen and denied that and they said his denial spoke to more. in any event, it's important he put them on the i rrrs' radar screen. with the information, joe, what the try the vote says typically when that is done, when the house minority would seek documents like that from the irs, they would let the majority know about it and claim this was

mr. cummings, i am being less greedy with the time. mr. cummings was appropriately useful with his time. >> with the gentleman yield? >> i used the exact amount of time. back.ill yield but to chairman it, thank you for your generosity. i was not objecting. i was trying to make sure that the minority was given equal time. >> i am going to do some thing out of order. you have been seated for two and a half hours. she is going to get the next question. a short recess just to be able to stand. >> next arms services committee. , your calls and comments on washington journal. intelligence officials regard the 2015 defense authorization request or intelligence activities. the budget includes $45.6 billion for intelligence programs. here are the opening statements. the rest of the hearing was hot held behind closed doors. this is 30 minutes. >> today is the first of to events the subcommittee is hosting related to the defense intelligence budget. from theear undersecretary for defense. will hold a second session with senior intelligence officers of

mr. cummings, i am being a little less greedy than he was with the time. as members of congress, we are little greedy with the time. .r. cummings is coming back in i would revise that. mr. cummings is appropriately useful with this time. >> with the gentleman yield? >> i used the exact amount of , mr. --t the gentleman >> how about this, i will yield back. i certainly appreciated. thank u so much for your generosity, mr. chairman. i certainly appreciate the kind summit colleagues. i was sure he the same kindness. >> mr. kennedy, for the record, i was not objecting. arson return to make sure that the minority was granted equal time. something out do of order. you can see it for 2.5 hours per do you like a moment just to stand and stretch? has also right here been here 2.5 hours. she's going to get the next question. we like to stand for just a moment? we would take just a very short recess just to be able to stand. >> thank you, mr. chairman. our constituents i want to thank you. i would like to thank you and the members of this committee for their unanimou

mr. cummings is coming back and. he was appropriately useful with his time. >> would've the gentleman yield? >> i do i >> iq ii'd used the exact amounf time that the gentleman -- >> i will yield back -- i certainly appreciate. mr. chairman thanks for the generosity. i appreciate the kindness of my colleagues and i will show you the same. >> for the record i was not objecting i was trying to make sure that the reward he was granting equal time. >> i'm going to do something out of order. you have been seated for two and a half hours. would you like a moment to stand in the stretch? she's great to get the next questions or would you like to stay up for just a moment? we will take a short recess to be able to stand. thank you mr. chair. on behalf of the people i want to thank you again. you are the manager that allowed us to name a post office after the former congressman. thank you again for that. and i would like to thank you inverse of the committee for the unanimous consent for allowing me to participate. mr. chair,

mr. cummings for his opening statement. >> you just move make clear across the country. >> i apologize. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. today is april the third, just three days after the deadline for americans to sign up for health insurance under the affordable care act. a lot has happened in the past six months since the federal and state exchanges opened for business. it has not always been pretty, but we should take a moment to reflect on what we have accomplished. more than 7 million residents of our states have signed up for affordable health care. millions of people who could not afford health insurance and were one accident or illness away from financial ruin, now have health insurance. this is very significant. this is something that we all should be proud of that is not all. we hear talk about what it didn't do. under the affordable care act, insurance companies are no longer allowed to discriminate against people with cancer, diabetes, or other pre-existing conditions. there are no longer allowed to discriminate against women. that is happening now. millions of our resid

mr. lewis did say he had tried to contact dave cummings, who was one of the founders of bats. mr. cummings messaged me and said michael lewis did not contact me. so i don't know if that adds anything. know what's amazing about all of this? michael lewis was the side show. he at one point basically disappeared and the battle was here on the floor between brad and mr. o'brien. he basically sat back like a lot of us and just watched the fist fight. >> that is where the battle is. the battle is right here on the floor of the new york stock exchange. over how the future of trading is going to take place and whether or not we have disenfranchised the retail investor who now does not trust wall street. >> good point, sue. >> we both tried to clarify from mr. lewis that he is not telling everyone it's unsafe to invest in the market. he tried to distance himself from that. but i think you will agree, sue, that was certainly the implication and a lot of people are very upset about that. >> absolutely. we tried three or four times to get him to clarify it. but then brad said when he was press

mr. cummings, and if you would please -- i'm sorry, the representative from maryland. >> you just moved me clear across the country. >> that's quite a shift. just shifted your time zones, i apologize. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, and today is april 3rd, just three days after the deadline for americans up for health insurance under the aaffordable care act. happened in the the six months, since federal exchange has opened for business. pretty.ot always been but we should take a moment to reflect on what we have accomplished. 7 million residents of our fores have signed up affordable health care, millions of people who could not afford health insurance and were one accident or illness away from financial ruin, now have health insurance. significant. this is something that we all of.ld be proud all.hat's not we hear talk about what it the't do, but under aaffordable care act, insurance companies are no longer allowed against people diabetes, or other pre-existing conditions. longer allowed to discriminate against women. that's happening now. millions of our residents receive free pre

mr. cummings for his opening statement. you just move make clear across the country. >> i apologize. ank you very much, mr. chairman. third, justil the three days after the deadline for americans to sign up for health insurance under the affordable care act. a lot has happened in the past six months since the federal and state exchanges opened for business. pretty,ot always been but we should take a moment to reflect on what we have accomplished. more than 7 million residents of our states have signed up for affordable health care. millions of people who could not afford health insurance and were one accident or illness away from financial ruin, now have health insurance. this is very significant. this is something that we all should be proud of that is not all. we hear talk about what it didn't do. the affordable care act, insurance companies are no longer allowed to discriminate against people with cancer, diabetes, or other pre-existing conditions. there are no longer allowed to discriminate against women. that is happening now. millions of our residents receive free repetitive car

mr. cummings, you're recognized for five minutes. >> commissioner, the unemployment rate, the unemployment rate among african-americans had been declining, last month it increased to 12.4%, and why did the rate of unemployment for african-americans increase in march? do you have any idea? >> while it did increase, our point estimate of it went up, this was based on a smaller sample that is not significant. i suggest this is noise around a high level. clearly, the unemployment rate for african-americans is high, but this particular tick up is probably noise, although it will take another couple months for us to see if it sticks or goes higher. >> when we look at the situation with latinos, we see the unemployment rate has gone down significantly. is that accurate? >> not in this particular month. >> but overall? >> the change over the years, a decline of 1.3 percentage points, whereas the decline for black and african-americans is .8%. >> so today's report says in march the unemployment rate for hispanic workers is 7.9%? >> right. >> and 5.2 percentage points lower than the peak? >> let's s

mr. cummings who had made certain 2012cts at irs in august, -- again, the question before us is contempt against lois lerner. she was given the opportunity to come before us and she came before us the first time in may. that is less than a year ago. and she refused to cooperate and testify. we gave her another opportunity just weeks ago to come back and to testify. interviewedime, we over 30 witnesses. almost every one of them, and i will put this in the record, pointed to lois lerner. she started this whole thing out. >> will the gentleman yield? >> i will not yield. .> the gentleman's time is his we will have regular order. the gentleman may continue. >> what she did is worthy of probably an academy award here and she went before the inspector general report was may -- in it was released may 14. on may 10, she did a broadway production. it was worthy of an academy award. -- when she said that, one of the irs folks who heard it, cindy thomas -- -- innati it was hit by a convoy of mack trucks. that is what they said according to what she tried to produce. everything points at her and she

mr. cummings, you're recognized for five minutes. >> commissioner, the unemployment rate, the unemployment rate among african-americans had been declining, last month it increased to 12.4%, and why did the rate of unemployment for african-americans increase in march? do you have any idea? >> while it did increase, our point estimate of it went up, this was based on a smaller sample that is not significant. i suggest this is noise around a high level. clearly, the unemployment rate for african-americans is high, but this particular tick up is probably noise, although it will take another couple months for us to see if it sticks or goes higher. >> when we look at the situation with latinos, we see the unemployment rate has gone down significantly. is that accurate? >> not in this particular month. >> but overall? >> the change over the years, a decline of 1.3 percentage points, whereas the decline for black and african-americans is .8%. >> so today's report says in march the unemployment rate for hispanic workers is 7.9%? >> right. >> and 5.2 percentage points lower than the peak? >> let's s

mr. cummings recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much. commissioner, the unemployment rate, while the unemployment rate among african-americans had been declining last month, it ncreased to 12.4%. why did the rate of unemployment for of an americans increase in march. do you have any idea? do the numbers tell us? >> while it did increase -- sorry, point estimate of it went up. this is based on a small enough sample unfortunately that it's not statistically significant. that this is st noise around a high level. clearly the unemployment rate for african-americans is very high. but this particular pick up is probably noise -- tick up is probably noise although it will take a couple months to see if it sticks or goes higher. >> when we look at the situation th latinos, we see the unemployment rate has gone down significantly. is that accurate? >> not in this particular month. >> but overall? >> but it's been -- the change over the years, decline of 1.3 percentage points, where as the decline for black and african-americans is .8 of a percent

mr. cummings to third said -- had made certain contacts, contacted irs in august 2012. again, the question before us is content again lois lerner. she was given the opportunity to come before s. and she came before us the first time in may. that's less than a year ago. and she refused to cooperate in testify. we gave her another opportunity just weeks ago to come back into testify. in the meantime, we interviewed over 30 witnesses. almost everyone of them, and i'll put this in the record, almost every one of them pointed to lois lerner. she started this whole thing out. >> with the gentleman yield? >> i will not yield. >> the gentleman's time -- the gentleman's time is his. i'll have regular order. >> gentleman may continue. >> in fact, what she did is worthy of probably an academy award. she went before the inspector general report was released in may. it was released may 14. on may 10, she did a broadway production that was worthy of an academy award, saying again that the line people in cincinnati are responsible for misconduct. these are the facts. in fact, when she

mr. cummings, and if you would please -- i'm sorry, the representative from maryland. >> you just moved meclear across the country. >> that's quite a shift. just shifted your time zones, i apologize. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, and today is april 3rd, just three days after the deadline for americans up for health insurance under the aaffordable care act. happened in the the six months, since

mr. cummings: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i want to thank the gentlelady for yielding. since february, 2010, more than eight million jobs have been created in our nation. over the last year the unemployment rate has fallen by 4/5 of a percentage point. these numbers demonstrate the significant progress we have made in growing our economy and putting americans back to work after the worst economic crisis since the great depression. however, there's still far more we can do to strengthen our economy and begin to reduce the growing income inequality in our great nation. sadly instead of proposing a budget that would help us expand the middle class, republicans have again offered a budget that seeks to help the wealthy at the expense of the many. just as in the years past, the 2015 ryan budget would slash nondefense discretionary spending without regard for the devastating consequences these cuts would have on the lives of main street americans. this ryan -- this year's ryan budget would cut an additional $791 billion from the post sequester funding caps from fiscal year 20

mr. cummings: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i want to thank you and mr. horsford and the congressional black caucus for being here tonight. we are indeed at a critical moment in our country's history. and as i listened to my colleagues talk about the wealth gap, you know, a lot of times when we address these issues, people say the words, here we go again. and almost as if to say, let's just dismiss this issue. this is an issue that is limited to a limited number of people. but the problem is, as we listen to the things that have been said here tonight, this is not a black problem, this is not a hispanic problem, this is not an american problem. we have to keep in mind that when this kind of gap, these kinds of gaps, what happens is the driving force that makes our economy run is placed in a position where they cannot make the purchases that are necessary. when i say purchases, i'm not talking about purchases of driers, butines and being able to educate their children, whether you can place your children in a position to do better than what you did. and so

mr. issa's repeated attempts to prove a ground white house conspiracy or now the famous throat slashing gesture he used to cut off the mike of elijah cummings when he dare interject inopportune facts in a hearing. but ask mr. issa and he'll tell you, of course not. >> mr. chairman, how much of this is a political play for republicans in the election? >> none. not a shred of it. not a smidgen of it. not a smidgen of it. >> not a smidgen. and moments ago, we learned that eric cantor says next month the house will consider a contempt of congress resolution against former irs official lois lerner unless she testifies. we're starting to have to call this finney fridays. this is becoming a regular thing, girlfriend. >> i like it. it's a lot of fun. >> it's a lot of fun. what is not fun, i'm sure, for lois lerner to be repeatedly targeted. so now this new news a contempt of congress citation being considered against her, how do you respond to that? >> well, they had given us an inkling they were going to do that. they can't get to the president, can't get to holder. they're going to pick this lower level person. you know, and remember, they attack

cummings correct. we do have constitutional rights. however that as with all of our constitutional rights one can waive them and so the question becomes whether mrlerner either by protesting her innocence through the house committee or the statement she gave to the department of justice, whether she has waived them or not that's a legal question. it seems assuming the parts an politics is out of this equation and we'll see what a court of law has to say about it. i don't think that his argument is frivolous. however by no means is it clear that mrs. learner through her contact has not waived the privilege. caller: yes, good morning and thank you for taking my call. i have couple of quick questions and a comment. the a democrat back in 1980's. i became a republican. what really concerns me is on the moderate side of the republican party. you know, i'm kind of horrified what the republican party is doing. and it's absolutely making me rethink what, you know, where i stand. i think of becoming i. the actual polarization in this action is that we should be prs cuting the n.s.a. you're talking about constitutional rights. there's where our issues are