mr. kildee. mr. kildee, aye. mr. chairman. mr. chairman, no. >> any other member wish to change their vote or to vote? that was mr. huffman recorded. >> mr. huffman. mr. huffman, aye. >> the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 13, the noes are 22. >> the noes have it and the amendment is not agreed to. i believe mr. doggett, do you have an amendment? >> i do. i have an amendment at the desk. >> there's an amendment at the desk. the clerk will designate the amendment and the staff will distribute the amendment. >> an amendment offered by mr. doggett relating to corporate compensation. >> the gentleman is recognized for eight minutes. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, last january the -- with considerable can fanfare republicans announced that h.r. 1, the very first resolution in this house, would be dedicated to tax reform. and that we would get comprehensive tax reform for a fairer and more simplified tax system. when i checked each month last year, that h.r. 1 remained reserved for the spea

mr. kildee. the chair: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mr. kildee: thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you to my friend from maryland, mr. van hollen, for yielding and for his leadership. and he's exactly right. what this budget fails to do is address the fundamental questions that we have to address. and as a new member of the budget committee during the most recent budget markup, i offered an amendment. as a couple dozens of our amendments were heard and dismissed rather quickly, i offered an amendment that would deal with the question of shared sacrifice. an amendment that would have simply said that if you make more than $1 million in this country, you should pay your fair share. applying the so-called buffett rule that basically says, if you're doing well, you should at least pay the same rate that another member of your staff would pay, as mr. buffett pointed out his secretary pays a lower rate. this would have required a 30% rate to apply to those folks making $1 million. what was interesting to me is what i was told by the other side, t

mr. kildee. mr. kildee: i thank the gentleman for yielding. and i join him in urging my colleagues to defeat the previous question so that we can immediately bring up h.r. 4415, which is identical to the bills passed on a bipartisan basis by the senate just last night. it would extend emergency unemployment benefits to the two million americans who have lost those benefits since congress failed to act late last year. i also will note that i read today a report that seven of my republican house colleagues have written the speaker urging him to bring this legislation up immediately as well. so we have bipartisan support for this effort to restore necessary benefits to individuals who have lost their jobs. it takes an average of 37 weeks for someone who loses their job in this country to find their next opportunity. yet in my state, after 20 weeks you're cut off of unemployment. so while today's a beautiful spring day outside and all across the country people are breathing in the optimism that comes with spring, for two million americans, they lo

mr. kildee, for five minutes. mr. kildee: thank you.nday night i introduced legislation to provide an extension of emergency unemployment benefits that would extend the important safety net of unemployment benefits, unemployment insurance to over two million americans who lost their benefits on december 28 and thereafter as a result of the failure of this body to act to protect those benefits. we all would have preferred, many of us, particularly on the democratic side, and i know some on the other side as well because they have expressed it, would have preferred that we had dealt with this question as we were dealing with the budget issues and the budget question that we faced at the end of last year, but we did not. so we are left now with the fact that we have some unfinished business. on monday evening, in a bipartisan fashion, the u.s. senate enacted similar legislation. in fact the bill that i introduced on monday night was the precise language enacted on a bipartisan basis by the u.s. senate. two million americans that are living

mr. kildee: they're america's unemployed who have lost their extended unemployment benefits. they stand to lose everything. but rather than taking up h.r. 4415 which i introduced right after the senate acted on a bipartisan basis to deal with this problem of the unemployed in our country, to make sure that that unemployment compensation is there for them when they need it, rather than take that up, the house budget committee has said to this -- sent to this floor for its consideration a budget that would slash essential program that provide a safety net for those hardworking americans who stand to lose everything in order to fund tax cuts, big tax cuts for america's wealthiest people. that is policy that we just can't tolerate. rather than taking up the needs of those two million, we need -- we have taken on the challenge of trying to provide more tax cutters in wealthiest americans. if this has happened because of a storm, we would act overnight. we need to take up h. reform 415. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman f

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 agree at least on the rhetoric that the best thing we can do to balance our budget in the long-term is to grow the economy, but it's clear we have a different vision how that will happen. we believe that a tax code that is fair, that's equally distributes the obligation to all americans, is one of the ways we get there. we don't believe that simply cutting taxes for the wealthiest americans in passing the obligation on to working people is the way to do it. we believe that we grow the economy by investing in infrastructure so that we can grow jobs and deliver products across the country and across the planet. we don't think we get there by cutting infrastructure and continuing to challenge our businesses. we believe we grow the economy by investing in the skills of our work force so that they can become more productive not by cutting those necessary programs. i yield back. thank you. the chair: the

mr. kildee. two, committee on education and the work force, mr. takano. three, committee on science and technology, ms. clark of massachusetts. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on he table. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? he house will come to order. does the gentleman from illinois wish to suspend so the gentlewoman from illinois may be recognized? the gentlewoman from illinois. >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to remove my name as co-spon or of house resolution 2988. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. he house will be in order. the chair is prepared to entertain one-minute requests. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize andy griffin of illinois for being named the american association of nurse anesthetists

mr. kildee: thank you, madam speaker. we are at that time of the year where we are dealing with another set of budget decisions. a budget is supposed to be a demonstration of this congress' and our nation's values and priorities. a plan that helps lift people up and ensure that everyone, if you play by the rules, you've got a fair shot at success. but budgets require tough choices. the ryan budget passed out of committee yesterday unfortunately chooses to make things more difficult for hardworking middle class americans in order to subsidize big takes for big oil companies and multinational corporations and the wealthiest americans. yesterday i introduced a very simple amendment to the ryan budget in budget committee. one that would simply say this, if you make more than $1 million , which is a very small percentage, 97% of the small business owners make less than that, if you make more than $1 million, you pay your fair share. warren buffett famously observed that he pays a lower tax rate than his own secretary. my amend