mr. ellison and the review, and mr. ellison and his hard work, we have gotten to the stage.t has been 21 years of struggle, and no family should have to do that. the police service should give service to the whole community, not just one section. that is what i have been campaigning about for the last 21 years. we weren't asking for anything special, just something we should have had just like any other citizen of this country. i would like to thank the lord for bringing it to the house today and all the support i've had since i've been here. thank you. >> lady lawrence. in march, mps overwhelmingly backed a motion calling on the government to abandon culling controversial badger holes. contracted marksmen were employed to shoot the badgers a night, but a scientific assessment showed they were not effective with the number of animals killed well short of the necessary targets. when the issue returned, feelings ran high. >> farmers are experiencing hardship over losing cattle to tb. in regard to how we as a society treat all animals, particularly protected species, this tensi

mr. ellison is nothing if not hands on. rey, makes loveser -- makes luxurious leather bags.en labeled affordable luxury. >> it is about the quality. it is about how well it is supported here. >> it all started in 1980. a young grandma decided he wanted to set out on his own. decided we wanted to set out on his own. but we borrowed 500 pounds. rock and rolloor royalty among its clients. it opened a flagship store in the luxury shopping mesko, regent street. >> we have taxidermy. bones. things like that. bugs. i am a frustrated naturalist. >> osprey banks on this british roots. it allies and the ability to think globally. the ability to think globally. >> we do designs and made the products with our own hands in england. through 2014, actually we make very little in the u.k. and ourselves. we manufacture a whole array of products. he can no longer do it himself. osprey is growing up and for that he needs help. people who work with us. part of the same team. we are a big family working together. tv.tay with bloomberg guy johnson and i are back. "the pulse" is next. our exclusiv

mr. ellison's pay package with a no. so with average pay coming in unchanged at 14.6 million.f course, a lot of this rise should be expected given the big jump that we saw in the stock market in 2013. keep in mind that 56% of their pay is tied to their stock. so when you see an increase, you can see a corresponding increase in ceo pay. the bottom three on this list, interesting to note. steve balance mer with 1.2 million. warren buffett and larry page, who only earned a dollar in salary. >> yes, but don't feel badly, he is one of the founders so -- >> >>> and also won the america's cup. >> and spent a lot of money doing that, but he earned. >> and iger had "frozen" and other hits. >> that's right. >>> so let's look at america's super athletes. so we decided to look at the guys -- what are some top athletes? his shooting percentage is up 56.7%, the speed and power, that's why he made just under $60 million, about $18 million is salary. the rest of it is in endorsements. there he is. and highest paid basketball player. >> that's right. >> now drew brees among the highest paid fo

mr. ellison: let me thank the gentleman. we do live in a great country. thank god before this congress, before mr. ryan's budget, understood that investing in our nation's infrastructure was critical to achieving that greatness. the budget being offered by the democrats, invest in america. we invest in infrastructure. the ryan budget does not do that. we go back. our country's never been made great. we never built railroads, great dams, great things to make this country the wonderful place that it is based on cutting and slashing and recontributing money up toward the wealthiest. vote against the ryan budget. vote for the democratic alternative. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from wisconsin m ryan: reserve. the chair: reserves. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: i'm now pleased to yield 45 seconds to a terrific new member of the budget committee, mr. kildee from michigan. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 45 seconds. mr. kildee: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the ranking member for yielding. i think we can a

mr. ellison. the chair: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for two minutes. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, our republican colleagues have been saying for maybe 100 years that if we don't regulate and have fair, good rules for health and safety in the financial markets and in other areas of our economy, and if we don't tax people, the wealthy and corporations, then our economy will take off. they've been saying this for years. they didn't just start saying it with bush or reagan. they were saying it back in the 1930's and thank god the american people did not listen to them. because it was in the 1930's that we put up the s.e.c. and we put regulations on banks. we put other sort of health sand safety and commonsense regulations in place and because of that, between 1948 and about 1975 we had an expanding economy. sometimes the tax rate were way higher than they are now. they are wrong. they don't know economic history and so they continue to repeat herbert hoover-type myths that were dispeled decades ago. oh, but they came back and deregulated the economy in the late 1990's and the