going to mr. honda for the purpose of offering an amendment. let's do 15 on mr. hondas, then we'll talk. >> agreed. >> do you want to call your amendment up, mike? >> thank you very much. i have an amendment at the table. >> an amendment by mr. honda relating to education. >> what are we doing? six? seven? >> we'll do seven then. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you. democrats and republicans alike share goals of deficit reduction, but i reject the republicans' choices on how we should get there. let me highlight discretionary spending cuts. a report yesterday reads, and i quote, house budget committee chairman paul ryan's new budget plan specifies a long-term spending path under which by 2050, most of the federal government aside from social security, health care and defense would cease to exist according to figures in the congressional budget office analysis released today, end of quote. not only am i severely disappointed that the chairman would walk away with a deal made with the president on the budget control act, but i'm saddened the republicans hav

mr. honda? >> an informed yes. >> mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio? >> aye. >> miss wasserman-shultz? aye. ms. moore, aye. ms. castor? aye. mr. schuler? aye. ms. bass? ms. bonamici? aye. mr. chairman? >> no. >> any other members looking to vote or change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 13 and the nos are 21. >> the nos have it, the amendment is not agreed to. now mr. doggett we've dropped this to ten minutes? >> that's correct. >> that's very kind of you. you have to call the amendment up, the clerk will designate the amendment. >> an amendment offered by mr. doggett relating to education. >> recognized for ten minute ps. >> thank you, mr. chairman. for those who say they want to empower more individuals to control their educational future and their destiny, this is a an amendment you should support. it quite simply makes permanent the american opportunity tax credit or the more education tax credit as i should call it. here's what that tax credit does. it means that a family that has a student w

mr. honda? mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio? mr. ryan,aye. ms. ms. moore, aye.ms. castor? aye. mr. schueler? n. schueler, aye. mr. garrett? mr. garrett, no. >> are there any members, other change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman, on that vot ar. 's miss castor, i think, isn't it? yeah, i do, but i just want to -- yep. go ahead and offer. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> so d by ms. cast an amendment at the desk. >> the gentle lady from florida has an amendment at the desk. the clerk will designate. >> anre by ms. castor relating to medicare. >> the gentle lady is recognized for nine minutes. >> thank you, mr addition to the republican plan that breaks the promise of medicare and ends medicare as we know it, the republicans also proposed to raise the cost of prescription drugs and slash theen in place for two years now and are working very well. this is a real double whammy oe america. here is what my amendment does. it proposes to retain the closing of the doughnut hole and the money that's going back into the pockets of our older neighbors, parents and gra

mr. honda has six minutes remaining. mr. honda: i'd like to have the gentlelady from texas, sheila jackson lee, speak for one minute and 20 seconds. . the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute and 20 seconds. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman for his leadership. i rise to support the congressional progressive caucus budget and the republican budget, according to the economic policy institute is a job killer, 1.3 million jobs will be lost in 2013. and 4.1 million jobs will be lost in 2014. it will also, will eliminate access to health care for women, dealing with reproductive health and coverage of family planning services and cut $1.7 trillion from medicaid. but the budget for all will provide a direct opportunity for school proifment corps and student job corps creating jobs and save tricare and personnel and the c.b.c. budget doesn't impact wages for our soldiers but ends the war in afghanistan and iraq and extends the earned income tax credit and independent child care credit, responsibly and ends all of

mr. honda? aye. mr. ryan of ohio? aye. ms. wasserman shultz? ms. moore? >> aye. >> ms. castor? aye. mr. schuler? aye. ms. bass? aye. ms. bonimici? aye. mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> any other members who need to vote? if not, the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 14, the nos are 20. >> the gentle lady from wisconsin is recognized. >> thank you very, very much, mr. chairman. >> do you have an amendment at the desk. >> yes, sir, i have an amendment at the desk. >> an amendment offered by ms. moore related to nutrition. >> the gentlelady is recognized for seven plns. >> i don't envy your job as the budget chair. to try to figure out how to reduce to a balanced budget when you have so many strictures that you've put in place. you can't tax the rich, you want to lower corporate taxes. you can't raise taxes in the middle class by ending the bush era tax cuts for them. that's not feasible. you can't stop sacred dough cows like defense. so you have to cut $7 billion out of programs that help the elderly, disabled, women, children and the infirm. t

mr. honda? mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio. mr. ryan, aye. ms. wasserman schultz? ms. wasserman schultz, aye. ms. moore? ms. moore, aye. mr. caster? mr. caster, aye. mr. schueler? mr. schueler, aye. ms. bass. ms. bass, aye. ms. bonamici? ms. bonamici, aye. mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. mr. garrett? mr. garrett, no. >> are there any other members looking to vote tore change their vote? if not, the clerk sha report. >> mr. chairman on that vote, ayes 13, nos are 20. >> nos have it. the amendment is not agreed to. are there further amendments? it's, ms. kaefcastor, i think. isn't it? yeah, i do, but i just want to get -- yeah. go ahead and offer -- >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> so the amendment offered by ms. castor, amendment at the deck. >> i have an amendment at the desk. gent. lady from florida? >> amendment offered by ms. castor relating to medicare. gentle lady is recognized nine minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, in addition to the republican plan that breaks the promise of medicare and ends medicare as we know it, the republicans also

mr. honda. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan. mr. ryan, no. ms. moor. ms. caster. mr. shuller. ms. bass. ms. bass, aye. mr. simpson. >> absolutely not. >> mr. simpson, no. >> are there voters looking to change their vote. if not the clerk shall report. >> on that vote the ayes are 15 and the noes are 22. >> the noes have it and the amendment is not agreed to. we are recognizing mr. pascarel for the purposes of announcing an amendment. >> the clerk will designate the amendment. call out the amendment first. >> an amendment offered relatby pascarel. >> now the gentleman is recognized for nine minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. can we have the chart up here, please? out of all the positive economic news i think the most interesting point i saw was the increase in manufacturing. manufacturing activity grew at the f months and now orders rose to nine month high. new dollar manufacturing sales creates $1.70 worth of economic impact. it is middle class jobs with workers earning 23 #% more than workers in other parts of the economy. yet due to what can be best described as duty by policy makers man

mr. honda. mr. honda, aye. mr. rye wran. mr. ryan, aye. ms. waszerman schultz. aye. ms. moore, aye. mr. schuler, aye. ms. bass. ms. bass, aye. mrs. bonanici, aye. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> are there any other members looking to vote or to change their vote?

mr. honda aye, mr. wright a. mr. ryan aye. ms. waszman schultz. mr. schuler aye. ms. bass aye. mr. chairman. mr. chairman no. >> any others looking to vote or to change their vote. if no, the clerk shall report. on. >> on that vote the ryes -- >> the amendment is not agreed to. i now yield to ms. bonamiche. >> an amendment offered by ms. bonamiche relating to wall street. >> thank you. i'm proud to offer this -- >> do you want to do the 15 or the 10? >> can i have 12 and a half? >> we have been watching this health budget committee mark up of the republican budget plan for much of the day here on cspan 3. our coverage is now moving to cspan 2. and you can also see out online on cspan.org. >> we do this in part by put -- coming up on cspan 3, british prime minister david cameron faces questions from parliament during prime minister's question. that's followed business the british prime minister with the presentation of the annual government budget. and later, libya's prime minister talks about his country's transition to democracy. >> the genetic scientist that finally nailed down a

mr. honda -- aye. mrs. wasserman-schultz. >> aye. mr. caster, aye. aye.chuler. mr. campbell. no. >> mr. campbell, no. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. miss bass. miss bass, aye. >> any other members looking to vote or to change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman on that vote, the ayes are 16. the the nos are 20. >> the nos have it.e recognize katherine. >> thank you, members of the committee. i have an amendment. >> the staff will hand out copies of the amendment. the gentle lady from ohio. >> an amendment offered by miss castor. >> gentle lady from ohio is recognized for nine minutes. >> thank you very much. the amendment i'm proposed would establish the veterans job corps. it would employ 20,000 returning veterans in project to reserve the parks, the state parks and other public lands and touch up federal facility ls. the american people know jobs need to be our number one priority. and while the economy is gradually recovering, it's not yet come in fully. there are still nearly 13 million americans without a job, of which three quarters of

. >> mr. honda. >> thank you mr. chairman and welcome. it's good to see a local boy. mr. secretary and general dempsey, i just want to thank you for appearing before us today. the end of our presence in iraq, the expedited drawdown on afghanistan will go down in history. the chalgts up -- the challenge of drawing up new this

mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio? mr. ryan, msscltz? e.aye. ms. aye. mr. schueler? mr. schueler, aye. bass? ms. bonamici,. campbell? >> no. >> mr. campbell, no. >> no. >> no. mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chirman, no. ms. bass? ms. bass, aye. other members looking to vote or to change their vote? if not, the clerk shallr. cirma the ayes are 16, the nos a the amendment is not agreed to. next we are going to recognize offering an amendment. >> thank you. i have an amendment. >> the signate the amendment. the staff will hand out copies of. >> an amendment offered by ms. captor, relating to veterans. >> the gentle lady from ohioise. >> thank you very much. the amendment that i am pr proposing would establish the veterans job corps. it would employ at least 20,000 returning five years in and restore america's national parks, our state parks, and other public lands and touch up federal facilities. the american people know need to be our number one priority and while the economy is gradually recovering it is not yet humming fully. there are still nearly 13 million americans with

offered by mr. honda of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 78, the nays are 346. the amendment is not adopted. it is now in order to consider amendment number 5 printed in house report 112-4123, for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number five in the nature of a substitute, prinned in house report 112-423, offered by mr. garrett of new jersey. the chair: pursuant to house r

pascarel - mr. honda -- mr. ryan of ohio --ms. wasserman schultz -- ms. more - ms. caster - mr. shuler --ms. bass -- ms. bonamici -- mr. chairman. mr. garrett - >> are there any other member is looking to vote for change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report e ayes are 13th,e aes and the no's are 20. >> let's go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> the amendment off m for bys. caster. the clerk will designate them as an amendment offered ms. caster related to medicare. >> the gentle lady is recognized for nine minutes. >> in addition to the republican plan that breaks a promise of medicare and ends medicare as we know it, the republicans also proposed to raise the cost of prescription drugs and/the smart new benefits and popular consumer reforms that have been in place for two years now and are working very well. this is a double whammy for our older neighbors across america. this is my amendment -- it proposes to retain the closing of the doughnut hole and the money going back into the pockets of our older and neighbors, proposes to retain those important new screenings,

hinrich of new mexico for today, mr. honda of california for today, and mr.ario of pennsylvania for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentlelady from the virgin islands, mrs. christensen, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mrs. christensen thkspaung, mr. speaker. tonight -- mrs. christensen: thank you, mr. speaker. tonight the congressional black caucus thanks the democratic leader for allowing us to have this hour to talk about something very important. as we approach the second anniversary of the patient protection and affordable care act, a truly landmark law that is bringing about health reforms that are helping millions of americans save money and have healthier lives. we want to review those facts this evening, not the myths, not the misrepresentations about this great law, but the facts. there's so much being spread that's flat out wrong, wrong about the facts and wrong to tell our fellow americans that are just not

. >> mr. honda. >> thank you mr. chairman and welcome. mr. secretary and general dempsey, just want to thank you for appearing before us today and for your chairman disservice. in recent history, the end of our presence in iraq and the expedited sped -- schedule for a drawdown will go down in history as much as the celebrated offense for growth for some of this these milestones did not come soon enough. with this find is we have to take a hard look at the budget we have been spending and and you mentioned we are coming up to the challenge of approximately $480 billion in savings and there are smart and sophisticated ways that does not endanger our country or citizens. with this recent discussion i understand, i know that cuts up to now, and i guess the question what would would be is a good enough and it sounds like, answering my own question, up to now he yeah. complicated defense situation we face is in terms of cybersystems and everything else, but given that, the spending, defense spending we have passed that is calibrated by internationa

honda, towerta, they are expanding across our country. that is good news for british manufacturing. >> thank you, mr. speaker. on the bus to the commons today, i foolishly revealed to a fellow passenger that i was a member of parliament. after some light-hearted and customary abuse, our conversation turned to life, the universe and commuting. so can the prime minister tell me and the man on the omnibus if that truly costs me 90 pence, how much did it cost me today? >> the point i would make is that 10, 10 twice promised to freeze fares and twice didn't deliver. the difference is that boris pays his taxes and ken doesn't. >> order! order! >> on that very subject, i look forward in the budget later to measure his own tax avoidance. would the prime minister agree with me that people seeking high office in public life should set a better example? >> the honorable lady makes an important point. i have to note what ken livington has said, if he is elected mayor of the money, he will then fully pay his taxes. it's not to hand out political advice, but my advice would be to pay them before the campaign gets going. >>

if you look at nissan, honda, toyotathey are all expanding across our country, and that's very good news for british manufacturing. >> [inaudible] >> thank you, mr. speaker. on the bus to the commons today, i revealed to a fellow passenger that i was a member of parliament. [inaudible conversations] after some light-hearted and customary abuse, our conversation went to life, the universe and commuting. can the prime minister tell me and the man on the omnibus if that, too, needs to cost me 90 pence, how much does that cost me today and -- [inaudible] >> the point i would make is that ten, ten -- [inaudible] twice promised to relieve fares, but boris pays his taxes and ken doesn't! [cheers and applause] >> order. jane ellison. >> on that very subject, i look forward in the budget later to measure tax avoidan that would lead the prime minister to agree with me that people seeking high office in public life should set a better example. >> i think the honorable lady makes an important point, and i have to note whaten livingston has said is, he's said if he's elected mayor of london, he will th fully pay his taxes. [laughter] 's not for me to hand ou

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if you look at nissan, honda, toyota, they are all expanding across our country, and that's very good news for british manufacturing. >> [inaudible] >> thank you, mr. speaker. on the bus to the commons today, i revealed to a fellow passenger that i was a member of parliament. [inaudible conversations] after some light-hearted and customary abuse, our conversation went to life, the universe and commuting. can the prime minister tell me and the man on the omnibus if that, too, needs to cost me 90 pence, how much does that cost me today and -- [inaudible] >> the point i would make is that ten, ten -- [inaudible] twice promised to relieve fares, but boris pays his taxes and ken doesn't! [cheers and applause] >> order. jane ellison. >> on that very subject, i look forward in the budget later to measure tax avoidance that would lead the prime minister to agree with me that people seeking high office in public life should set a better example. >> i think the honorable lady makes an important point, and i have to note what ken livingston has said is, he's said if he's elected mayor of london, he will then fully pay his taxes. [laughter] it's not for me to

mr. brown: it wouldn't have just been chrysler and general motormotors that faltered. honda, northwest of columbus, and ford, oivelg one of the other big three -- one that didn't ask for the rescue -- both of those companies wanted us to do the rescue because they knew if we didn't, their whole supply chain would begin to fall apart, too. so this mattered not just for cries will he and g.m., saving them now that they're putting thousands of meme all over the country -- tens of thousands back to work, including the foreign companies that have invested hey and hired a lot of american workers. i thank the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i would just add, and it is not lost on most americans that there are some political figures who have said publicly that they should have just gone bankrupt and gone out of business. i think the president made the right decision. mr. marchionne said they've paid it all back. we can about to banks. we're a thriving corporation. we're doing well. he said, i have nothing but great news for you. but it was a bet made by the president on behalf of