mr. mcdermott: is the gentleman from pennsylvania ready to close? mr. kelly: yes. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, i will speak then on the emaining time that i have. it's an old political tactic to use confusion. we have watched for almost four years the republican party try to confuse the american people about the affordable care act. that it was the worst thing that was ever going to happen on the face of the earth, that we would have storms, that we would have hurricanes, we would have unemployment, we would have wars, we have famines all because of the affordable care act. well, we're up here today with yet another attempt to confuse people about the 40-hour workweek and whether or not we are going to cause people to lose their jobs. i enter into the record the c.b.o. report on page 135 of the budget outlook for 2014-2024 in which it says the c.b.o.'s judgment is there is no compelling evidence that part-time employment is increased as a result of a.c.a. everything you have heard out here is not true about losing jobs. there's nothing in the law that says people have to shorten the w

mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington. mr. mcdermott: i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. pursuant to house resolution 544 an rule 18 rblingts the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of house concurrent resolution 9 . will the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, kindly esume the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of house concurrent resolution 96, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: concurrent resolution establishing the budget for the united states government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years

mr. mcdermott? >> aye. >> any other members wishing to vote? >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the nose or 22. "no's" are 22. >> i haven't amendment on the desk. >> an amendment offered by mr. van hollen. >> thank you. --hink we have you read reached an agreement. this deals with the overseas contingency. each year, the president and the military commanders asked congress for a certain amount in the overseas contingency account to deal with the war in afghanistan and other overseas contingencies. dot a budget before us will is provide that amount for fiscal year 2015. what this amendment says is that that account should not be used as a slush fund for base defense funding. funding that is not related to overseas issues. we have seen some creeping of funds starting to be moved into the overseas contingency account. those are for regular defense operations. in an effort to circumvent the caps -- we would all want to make sure that that is not happen. we have a bipartisan amendment. with mr. along waterton. -- hasdall is in the been part of that. that is wh

mr. chairman. appreciate you being here. dr. mcdermott opened his comments by saying that he felt this was a bogus hearing. do you think this is above his hearing? >> congressman, i think the committee has an important oversight to rule to play with respect to treasury department. then i very much respect and i know that treasury department and the address very much respect the committee's prerogative and the committee's important role and function in the oversight. >> and when requests are made of members of the executive branch it is incumbent upon the executive branch to comply with those requests. >> congressman certainly the executive branch, the administration, and i can only speak for of course, treasury in my case, but we view them requests of this committee with respect of course. and we take the committee's requests seriously and you the committee's role as not only legitimate but important. >> thank you. you mentioned that this employer reporting requirement only hits 4% of employers out there. is that an accurate statement? >>

mr. mcdermott? mr. jeffries? mr. hoffman? aye. mr. schrader? mr. campbell? mr. calvert? no. mr. cole, no. mr. ryan? mr. ryan, no. mr. chairman? 19.s 14, no, the amendment is not agreed to. student can is the annual competition that encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues. students were asked to create their documentary answering the question, what is the most important issue the u.s. congress should consider in 2014? one of our second prize winners are seniors at thomas jefferson high school in alexandria, virginia. they would like congress to look at the defense budget control a of 2011. article one, section eight of the constitution says that congress shall have the power to raise and support armies to provide and maintain a navy, and to make rules for the government and regulation. a constitutional studies fellow at the cato institute explains. >> the government is instituted at the very beginning to provide for the general welfare. 101.ical theory congress has a pretty wide berth to spend money on defense. is the responsibility of leaders

mr. mcdermott, opening statement. he said it is pure fantasy that the republicans contend the hca is unworkable. if that is the case, why did you do these delays? >> we do not believe that the hca, the affordable care act is unworkable. the reason we did provide transition relief in accordance with treasurys authority to do so under the tax code. with respect to the employer shared responsibility provisions , stakeholders make the case to us -- >> it was unworkable to them? >> made the case to us, sir, that with more time -- >> why did they need more time? >> with more time they would be able to better adapt there reporting systems -- >> under the time friend that the law allowed they did not have the time to conform their systems to what was being required? >> congressman, the business community started out in dialogue with us on what their temporaries would be. >> i'm just asking, why did they solicit and seek more time that these delays now allow them? why did they seek more time? >> we did. the reason they some mo

mr. mcdermott. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to add my voice to those who will miss you. mr. see. as you know five minutes is a very much time to talk about a lot of issues but i can talk about rebar done in the united states out of the mix and other things that might be interesting i want to focus on agriculture. white noodles in asia, most highly prized white noodles are made from white weed that grows in washington and oregon and it is shipped through the northwest ports. it's been going on since the '30s. the companies, co-owned by cardinal nchs, have employed longshoremen for 30 years under a union agreement. recently, two japanese companies, conglomerates have come in, bought places, are now operating in washington and oregon. and have demanded a concession agreement from the labor unions. now, at the same time car deal in chs have been negotiating and they came up with agreement that was approved 75% of union members. the japanese conglomerate, their agreement they forced on the people was rejected by 95% of the people in the genius. and it seems to me when companies a

mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, a budget is a statement of a society's moral principles. the democratic budget is an investment plan that creates a job for a marine that comes back from vietnam -- from afghanistan. it guarantees self-security for single mom and her asthmatic daughter. it expands opportunity of a bright-eyed son from immigrant parents who go to college. the republican manifesto doesn't create a job for that marine. the ryan budget fires three million americans and it will ship jobs overseas. the ryan budget repeals the affordable care act, forcing that single mother and baby daughter back into the intolerable days when their family cannot afford health care. in summary, the republican budget asks not what you can do for your country but proclaims your country refuses to do a thing for you. the democratic budget invests in our greatest resore, the american people, the key to our nation's continued greatness in the years to come. vote yes on the democratic alternative. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: mr. c

mr. mcdermott. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to add to my voice to those who will miss you. mr. froman, it's good to see you. and as you know, there's -- five minutes isn't very much time to talk about a lot of issues. i could talk about rebarb dumping in the united states out of mexico and a few other things that might be interesting, but i want to focus on agriculture. white noodles in asia, the host highly-prized white -- most highly-prized white noodles are made from white wheat that grows in washington and oregon and is shipped through the northwest ports. the it's been going on through the '30s. the canes co-owned by cargil and chs have employed long shoremen for 30 years under a union agreement. and recently two japanese company, conglomerates have come in, bought the places, are now operating in and oregon and have demanded a concessionary agreement from the labor unions. now, at the same time, cargill and chs have been negotiating, and they came up with an agreement that was approved by 75% of the union members. the japanese con conglomerates, their concessionary agreem

mr. mcdermott. the chair: the gentleman from washington is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. without objection, so ordered. mr. chairman, this budget is not a real plan to address the urgent needs of the american people. this budget is announcement of a campaign for the presidency of the united states. this bill is intended not to stir great debate in congress that ultimately delivers fiercely needed solutions for americans, instead this bill is written for the 2016 republican national convention. when you listen to the chairman talk about this budget, what you're really hearing is the inaugural address of the 45th president of the united states. a rousing address that asks not what you can do for your country, but proudly proclaims your country refuses to do a thing for you. millions of seniors tossed off medicare. the social safety net gutted to pay for millionaire tax cuts. infrastructure projects left to rot. denying millions of americans health security and medicaid slashed to the bone. that's just going to be the first 100 days. remember as you vote a budget is a stateme

mr. mcdermott? we are cutting spending. mentioned fortier trillion dollars being cut in 10 years -- $43 trillion. that is money that could go to us. a corporation, general electric in indonesia or wherever. it is crazy. this malaysian flight. how anybody would be trusting or ag on a foreign product chinese company, you have to be nuts. host: a lot there. guest: he raised a lot of issues. i am not sure -- what i would say is this. a country operates as a civic society. whether isn here is it all your responsibility and my responsibility for how we get on, or do we have to look out for each other? i have a that responsibility for everybody else in the society. just taking care of jim mcdermott and his family is not enough. if we do that, it doesn't work. we require everybody to have a fire insurance policy. we cannot allow a situation where your house catches on fire and you run down to the insurance company and buy a policy. that doesn't work. you don't have to get a policy until you get sick. we want to get everybody into t