[pager beeps] mrs. farr. you know what?. look at the time. j.d.: in a hospital, you can never try to get anything done friday after 5:00 p.m. because anyone who could actually help you is out of here like a gunshot. [gunshot] hello? anyone?

mrs. farr's still having acute abdominal pain. so, what's wrong with me, doctor? j.d.: oh, good lord. i have no idea. ok, don't panic. just do what all doctors do in this situation and fake a page. [pager beeps] uh-oh. got a code 3 down the hall. what's that? uh, code 3? not as bad as a code 4, but a hell of a lot worse than a code 2. that's a code 2. ♪ i can't do this all on my own ♪ ♪ no, i know ♪ i'm no superman captioning made possible by buena vista television

tank you for testimony and thank you for being here today. >> thank you mr. farr and certainly we will be glad to follow up on that to see what the subcommittee can do. thank you ms. fong for being here and ms. ellis and mr. harden thank you for volunteering for testimony and we look forward to working with you. we do have some questions for the record that i know that i have for the record and other members do as well so thank you and the sub committee is adjourned. >> the u.s. supreme court will take up two cases on marriage this week. this is the first time the court has considered whether the u.s. constitution protects the right to marriage and if so under what circumstances? tomorrow the court will hear the oral argument on proposition 8, the 2008 voter approved measure that banned gay marriage in california. c-span and c-span radio's coverage begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. the audio from the argument will we air on c-span at 8:00 p.m.

mr. farr: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, madam chair, for yielding. have been in congress 20 years and on the appropriations committee not quite that long and never in my life have i seen us in such disarray. this institution has failed to lead the nation. it's failed to get its own act together. we can't do this in a transparent and normal process by adopting bills. we are operating on these emergency issues like continuing resolutions, sequestration. we've got the nation totally confused. the entire administration of government in the united states confused as to what tomorrow's going to bring. we don't know whether we are going to have enough money or give you back some money, are you going to lay off people, cut their salaries? we are in mass confusion and our states and local governments are depending on us getting our act together. i'm surprised that we are failing to address the needs of this nation. yes we have a huge debt. everybody in this congress has a huge debt in their own life. it's called a mortgage. we figure out a 30-year plan or 15-

mr. farr: mr. speaker, every day police officers place themselves in harm's way to protect our communities. it's that unselfish act that separates them from ordinary citizens. through their willingness to serve our brave policemen and women represent the best of our country. sadly last week in my district two fine officers, sergeant loren "butch" baker and detective elizabeth butler were killed in the line of duty in the small town of santa cruz, california. they are the first officers to be killed in the line of duty in the city's 137-year history. our prayers and sympathies are with the families and loved ones of these officers and i'd like the house to take a brief moment in silence in their memory. sergeant baker leaves behind a wife, two daughters, and a son who is a community service officer with the santa cruz police department. detective butler leaves behind her partner and two young sons. this is a horrible tragedy and i join with the residents of the central coast to mourn this loss and t

mr. farr: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, madam chair, for yielding. have been in congress 20 years and on the appropriations committee not quite that long and never in my life have i seen us in such disarray. this institution has failed to lead the nation. it's failed to get its own act together. we can't do this in a transparent and normal process by adopting bills. we are operating on these emergency isss like continuing resolutions, sequestration. we've got the nation totally confused. the entire administration of government in the united states confused as to what tomorrow's going to bring. we don't know whether we are going to have enough money or give you back some money, are you going to lay off people, cut their salaries? we are in mass confusion and our states and local governments are depending on us getting our act together. i'm surprised that we are failing to address the needs of this nation. yes we have a huge debt. everybody in this congress has a huge debt in their own life. it's called a mortgage. we figure out a 30-year plan or 15-ye