mr. hinojosa, mr. tierney and many others on our side reached out to negotiate a consensus on this bill and those negotiations never happened. i believe they should happen in the future and will have to in the future to give us a better work product. here's what i think is wrong about the bill before us today. we absolutely have to do a better job at training our own people to fill the jobs that are vacant in this economy. but if you leave that decision as to how to do that up to state politics in state capitols, i think the evidence is pretty clear that people get left out of that job training situation. let's take a worker who's worked in an oil refinery or factory and his or her job has been outsourced to another country. at the age of 50 or 55 they have to start all over again. if you leave the decision as to whether or not that worker gets training up to state politics, i think it's pretty likely that he or she won't get the training because people like that don't have a whole lot of clout in stat

mr. moms. >> that was ten years ago. >> hinojosa: yeah, do you feel the same way? >> i'm much less idealistic now. you know, you get absorbed by the work of you as an individual father, you know, making sure what gets done is supposed to get done. >> hinojosa: so what do you say to your fellow brethren who are raing their children? who are and there are many of you. i mean, it's a story that i've done and have been wanting to do a lot in terms of the mainstream. >> right. >> hinojosa: because you are, in fact, invisible. >> right. >> hinojosa: so what do you say to the outside world? >> to a father, i say, "keep doing the work." because that's the most important thing, you know. keep your head down and keep doing the work. >> hinojosa: of being present with your children. >> yes-- yes, yes, yes. in terms of the outside world, as crazy as it sounds, i don't much concern myself with that. i say this all the time and i strongly believe it: "ignorance is the burden of the ignorant." and people who only want to see a certain thing when they think about african americans

mr. hinojosa, mr. miller for including my legislation in their amendment that will be considered tomorrow. job training and re-employment issues always have been and always should be bipartisan. so it's very sad that this rule and the underlying bill have come to the floor under a strictly partisan process. and that they will actually harm the very program that they're designed to support. so i urge my colleagues to vote no and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i would now like to yield three minutes to the distinguished woman from indiana and a member of the education and work force committee, mrs. brooks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. mr. brooks: i'd first like to thank -- mrs. brooks: i'd first like to thank the leadership of congresswoman fox. i stand here today not just as a member of congress but as a former community college administrator. as a senior vice president and

mr. hinojosa: it's cruel because it would gut medicaid, a program designed to protect our most vulnerable seniors from sickness and death by over $800 billion. this budget would slash pell grants for students, food assistance for the needy families and head start school programs for children. most of all, it's simply a dishonest document. my republican friends claim that their budget will cut taxes and balance the budget. they say they will pay for it all with trillions of dollars in savings from closing tax loopholes but the budget conveniently refuses to name any of them. mr. speaker, we should reject this budget and its misplaced priorities. i urge my colleagues to support the democratic alternative which presents a bald way to bringing down our deficit that doesn't leave our seniors at risk. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gen