mr. doggette. rejecting the elimination of the social securities block grant while ending taxpayer subsidies for big oil. >> the gentleman is recognized for 25 minutes. >> i thank the chairman, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. chairman, from you and our republican colleagues, we've heard much already today about the desirability of leaving more of these decisions to the states, and seeking main street solutions rather than washington solutions. well, this motion deals with a attempt to give the states more responsibility in the area of social services, an attempt, in fact, that was signed into law by one ronald reagan. it is a program that is enjoyed through the years, bipartisan support. it has been renewed without heavy ideological debate as a way to assist the states in meeting their responsibilities to many of our most vulnerable citizens. now at a time that republicans are telling us we need to block grant medicaid, some are even saying we need to block grant social security.

mr. doggett aye. >> mr. >> aye. >> mr. yar moth. >> mr. pass car el? mr. honda mr. ryan mr. ryan aye. miss wasserman schultz? aye. >> miss more. miss caster aye. mr. shuler? mr. shuler aye. miss bass? miss bas aye? miss bonamici, aye. mr. chairman? no. mr. chairman, no. mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 13, the nos are 21. >> the nos have it. the motions not greed to. are there any other motions? >> i would offer motion to instruct number four. >> the clerk will designate the motion and the staff wig. >> a motion protect food and new trags support for struggling children and families while cutting taxpayer direct payments to agricultural interests. >> miss bloom ur is recognized for 25 minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. the ironry is we're involved with this exercise largely in attempt to shield an area that many of us think that actually could be adjusted if we were focusing on it and working together, defense. but we are looking at sparing that and instead focusing on other areas. now, i would offer up an amendment here that would not add to the deficit, but it wo

mr. doggett, mr. blum an hour, mr. mccollum, mr. yarmuth, mr. pascrell, mr. honda, mr. ryan, ms. wasserman schultz, ms. moore, ms. caster, mr. schuler,ms. bonamici, mr. chairman -- on that vote, the ayes are 11, the no's are 22. >> i believe we are down to one more amendment. >> thank you very much. i'm trying to speed it up. an amendment offered by ms. mccollum, eliminate the medicare sequester paid for with reductions in the oil fees. is recognized for five minutes. >> president obama son of the budget control act which was not ideal but it shared the burden of production. defense spending took its share of cuts. unfortunately, the version we marked up to that changes the rules of sequestration. it chooses panettiere hardware over america's seniors. the pentagon tribes over poverty programs. the choice was wrong. what i am doing here with this amendment will protect access to vital health care services for seniors and people with disabilities. it will insure that physicians, nurses, home health care aides, hospitals, clinics, and many other health-care professionals will be abl

mr. doggett? >> mr. bloomenhauer. miss mccallum? >> aye. >> miss mccallum, aye. mr. yarmuth? >> aye. mr. honda? mr. ryan? >> aye. >> mr. ryan, yay. miss wasserman schultz? >> aye. >> miss moore? miss castor? >> aye. >> miss castor aye. >> mr. schuler. >> aye. >> mr. schuler, aye. >> miss bass? aye. >> miss bonimic sydney. >> aye. >> mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 12, the nos are 21. >> the nos have it. the motion it not agreed to. are there any other motions? miss had schwartz? >> i have a motion at desk. >> the clerk will call -- the clerk will designate. >> a motion offered by mischwar and miss wasserman-schultz. >> the staff will distribute the motion. >> miss schwartz is recognized for 25 minutes. >> to continue the discussion about the choices that with remaking and in fact there are choices being made by the republicans, this one again i think is quite stark. the republican budget sacrifices the health of millions of women and children in this country in order to preserve tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. again,

mr. doggett. mr. doggett: mr. speaker, -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes, mr. doggett. mr. doggett: mr. speaker, normally when we think of reconciliation we think of a coming together, of a finding common ground. this is not such reconciliation. whether this is a bill that provides more tax breaks to the few and more pain to the many, it is in fact a wreck, as in a train or auto wreck, wreckonciliation. there is legitimate concern that we must address our budget difficulties to avoid a long-term budget wreck. but i am concerned about the wreck that this legislation under consideration today poses to the lives of so many americans. it is a wreck for educational opportunity. the failure of this budget committee to address the needs of our youngest americans with head start and early learning, the failure to extend the education -- more education tax credit that i authored, for more opportunity at the alamo colleges at texas state and institutions across this country.

mr. doggett just made. these cuts in the short term are not only going to cost us some money in the long run and these folks will ultimately need to get on the health care system in some capacity, but the most recent studies now are saying that by not taking care of these young people at a very young age, you're literally changing the genetic makeup of their body to where it is going to increase their chances of being sicker and costing the health care system more money in the long run, so these are very, very wise investments to be made in the short term, and if we are all concerned with what the health care costs that are going to put pressure on the budgets, whether it's medicaid or medicare or just the health care system in general, let us recognize the most recent science and recognize that these early investments are going to save us billions and billions of dollars in the long run, so this may be penny wise and pound foolish, and i think in the long term it's going to end up costing us a lot more mon

mr. doggett. mrdoggett: mr. speaker, -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes, mr. doggett. mr. doggett: mr. speaker, normally when we think of reconciliation we think of a coming together, of a finding common ground. this is not such reconciliation. whether this is a bill that provides more tax breaks to the few and more pain to the many, it is in fact a wreck, as in a train or auto wreck, wreckonciliation. there is legitimate concern that we must address our budget difficulties to avoid a long-term budget wreck. but i am concerned about the wreck that this legislation under consideration today poses to the lives of so many amerans. it is a wreck for educational opportunity. the failure of this budget committee to address the needs of our youngest americans with head start and early learning, the failure to extend the education -- more education tax credit that i authored, for more opportunity at the alamo colleges at texas state and institutions across this country. it