mr. langford? >> yes. >> mr. langford, no. s. black?>> no. mr. flores? >> no. >> mr. flores, mulvaney, mr. young? mr. mr. okita? >> no. >> mr. gunta? kin? >> no. >> mr. akin, no. mr. woodall?n hollen? >> aye.ay ms. schwarz? >> aye. aye. >> ms. captor, aye. mr. doggett, blumenauer, aye. ms. mccollum yarmouth, aye. mr. pascrell? mr. pascrell, aye. mr. 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 cor

mr. langford? mr. langford, no. ms. black? ms. black, no. mr. ribble, no. mr. flores, no. mr. mulvaney, no. mr. young, no. mr. woodall? no. mr. yhuelskamp, no. mr. van hollen, aye. ms. schwartz, aye. mr. doggett, aye. mr. blumenhauer, aye. ms. mccollum, aye. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio, aye. ms. wasserman-shultz, aye. ms. moore? aye. ms. castor, aye ms. bass? ms. bass, aye. ms. bonamici? aye. mr. chairman? no. >> the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 14, the nos are 20. >> nos have it, the amendment is not agreed to. >> do you have an amendment at the desk. >> the clerk will report on the status -- >> the midwest working together. an amendment offered by ms. mccollum related to women's health. >> thank you. women deserved access to affordable health care. unfortunately before the women health care act, women were not guaranteed access. a woman was dpe nighed health care buzz she had a c-section. in florida, a woman denied coverage because she was given anti-aids education after a sexual assault. a senior could not afford her prescription drug

mr. langford. mr. langford, no. ms. black. ms. black, no. mr. ripple. mr. ripple, no. mr. flor ez, no. mr. mull veiny, no. mr. young. mr. young, no. mr. amish, no. mr. ghenta, no. mr. woodal, no. mr. van holen. mr. van holen, aye. ms. kaptur, aye. mr. dogt, aye. m mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. paskarel, aye. mr. ryan of ohio, aye. ms. moor, aye. ms. caster, aye. mr. shuller, aye. ms. bass, aye. mr. aiken, no. mr. chairman. mr. chairman, no. >> 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 15 and the noes are 21. >> the amendment is not agreed to. next we ms. schultz will be recognized for an amendment. >> the clerk will designate. >> an amendment offered by ms. schultz relating to medicaid. >> thank you mr. chairman. i offer amendment nine which stops reckless and shameful cuts to seniors. this will ensure that senior citizens will not lose vital medicaid assistance to cover the cost of their nursing home care. this amendment also ensures that low income beneficiaries eligible for medicare receive help payin

mr. languafor langford, mr. langford no, ms. black, no. mr. ripple, mr. ripple no. mr. flores. mr. flores no. mr. heels camp no. mr. young, mr. young no. mr. morn. mr. mosh, no. mr. oak compete that. mr. ginta, no. mr. woodall, mr. simpson, no, mr. van holland. mr. van holland. aye. ms. schwartz, ms. captor, aye. mr. doggett. mr. mccollum. mr. yarmith. mr. pascarell. mr. honda, mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan, aye. ms. wasserman schultz. mr. schuler, aye. mr. bass, aye. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. dharm. no. >> 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 13 and the nos are 20. >> the matter is voted downing. >> mr. ryan. >> i have an amendment another the desk. >> the amendment and the staff will distribute copies of the amendment. >> the generous gentleman will be recognized for four minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, this amendment will end the tax subsidies to the bill oil and find the commodities future trade commission in order to more effectively enforce some of the gambling that's going on i

mr. langford. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's one of those areas where we can really see the philosophical differences on the high gas prices is increasing the taxes on the oil and the gas. and by increasing the regulations, so if we only have more regulations and more taxes, the price will come down. then i would like to yield a minute and a half to ms. coal. >> it always amazing me when my friends from the other decry high gasoline prices and then propose policies that will achieve precisely those objectives. you raise taxes on any oil company or gas company, guess what, it gets added to the price, you're going to see it at the pump almost immediately. and the idea that we should frankly by raising taxes discourage people from drilling here is an enormous mistake. the oil industry is a great employer this this country. not just in the traditional energy stakes, but in a lot of places that in the past we didn't think of as energy states. it simply weren't there. so this is an easy recipe that will frankly increase the cost

mr. langford, no. ms. black, no. mr. ribbal, no. mr. florous, no. mr. mulvaney, no. mr. young, no. mr. amish, no. mr. o ketoa, no. mr. ghenta, no. mr. woodal, no. mr. van hallen, aye. ms. schwartz, aye. mr. dogt, aye. ms. mcculm, aye. mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pascarel. aye. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio, aye. mr. schultz, aye. ms. moor, aye. ms. caster, aye. ms. bass, aye. mr. chairman, no. >> are there any members who wish to vote or change their vote. >> on that vote the ayes are 15 and the noes are 21. >> the amendment is not agreed to. now we will recognize the gentle lady from california for the designation of an amendment. >> an amendment offered by ms. bass relating to transportation. >> the gentle lady is recognized for nine minutes. >> mr. chairman and members of the committee i offer this amendment with my colleagues who are cosponsoring it with me that will save or create an estimated 2 million jobs in addition to accelerate highway construction, bridge repair, mass transit system and other essential projects that keep people and commerce moving quickly and safely. specific

mr. langford? mr. langford, no. ms. no. mr. flores? >> no. >> mr. flores, no. mr. mull>>no. >> mr. mulvaney, no. mr. young? mr. mr. amash? no. mr. garrett? >> no. tt, no garre >> mr. van hollen, aye. aye. >> ms. schwarz, aye. ms. captor aye. mr. blumenour, aye. mr. mccollum, aye. mr. mr. honda? mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan ofryan, aye. ms. wasserman ms. moore? ms. moore, aye. ms. castor? schueler?, mr. schueler, aye. ms. bass. ms. bass, aye. ms. bonei, mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> are there any members looking to vote or to change vote? >> ms. wasserman schultz, aye. >> the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 15 and the nos are. since we have four votes, recess subject to theal the >>> the committee will come that was our last series of votes for the day, so we should not have any more interruptions of that. i believe mr. um recognized for purpose -- i apologize. your. i was over in an appropriations meeting with the secretary of it vote and i would have been a yes for thatte iope i'm recorded as a yes for the second vote. i was here present fo

mr. langford. mr. langford, no. ms. black. ms. black, no. mr. ribl. mr. ribbal, no. mr. mull vanny, no. mr. young mr. young, no. mr. amish, no. mr. gin ta, no. mr. aiken. mr. aiken, no. mr. vanholen, no. ms. captor. ms. captor aye. ms. mcculm. ms. mcculm, aye. 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

mr. langford is recognized for three minutes. >> thank you. again, i come back to the same issue we're dealing with right now in the economy, the debt and deficit struggling against an unemployment, we cannot kill one to benefit the other and try to balance this out and one of our biggest issues right now is the issue of unemployment, so tell you what to look at the states that have the lowest unemployment rate and you are going to find the energy producing states. what is triggering some of that? to different aspects of how the production has gone on. one happens to be technology methods that are happening right now we're finding a lot more oil than we ever found it's just a lot more expensive to fight to read the traditional well to go in the ground and put out and it's a lot cheaper than a horizontal well with hydraulics rocking where you will go down a mile and go down to miles. the traditional well maybe $2 million it may be $6 million. if you get a chance just in the drilling process it is more expensive to do so it isn't an apples to ap