mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker. wood wod if -- mr. woodall: if you want to change the food stamp rules, if you want to lax it, then let's not demonize it. let's not say we're throwing poor children out in the streets. we have a successful food stamp program and why don't we just -- mr. garamendi: if the gentleman will yield? mr. woodall: i yield to my friend from california. mr. garamendi: the fact is 1.8 million people will not get the supplemental food that they get from food stamps. they are going to be hungry, that's a fact. now the fact -- the rest of the fact is the application process has been supported by the federal government and by the legislation so that the states can reach out to those people that are hungry and that are qualified -- that are able to qualify for food stamps. that's gone in this bill. so the ability to reach out and to bring into those programs and beyond that -- mr. woodall: reclaiming my time from my friend. i would say reaching out and bringing folks in the program who do no

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker. wood wod if -- mr. woodall: if you want to change the food stamp rules, if you want to lax it, then let's not demonize it. let's not say we're throwing poor children out in the streets. we have a successful food stamp program and why don't we just -- mr. garamendi: if the gentleman will yield? mr. woodall: i yield to my friend from california. mr. garamendi: the fact is 1.8 million people will not get the supplemental food that they get from food stamps. they are going to be hungry, that's a fact. now the fact -- the rest of the fact is the application process has been supported by the federal government and by the legislation so that the states can reach out to those people that are hungry and that are qualified -- that are able to qualify for food stamps. that's gone in this bill. so the ability to reach out and to bring into those programs and beyond that -- mr. woodall: reclaiming my time from my friend. i would say reaching out and bringing folks in the program who do no

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker. wood wod if -- mr. woodall: if you want to change the food stamp rules, if you want to lax it, then let's not demonize it. let's not say we're throwing poor children out in the streets. we have a successful food stamp program and why don't we just -- mr. garamendi: if the gentleman will yield? mr. woodall: i yield to my friend from calirnia. mr. garamendi: the fact is 1.8 million people will not get the supplemental food that they get from food stamps. they are going to be hungry, that's a fact. nothe fact -- the rest of the fact is the application process has been supported by the federal government and by the legislation so that the states can reach out to those people that are hungry and that are qualified -- that are able to qualify for food stamps. that's gone in this bill. so the ability to ach out and to bring into those programs and beyond that -- mr. woodall: reclaiming my time from my friend. i would say reaching out and bringing folks in the program who do not qual

mr. mcgovern: if the gentleman will yield? mr. woodall: i would yield. mr.an hollen: the democrats have a substitute amendment that would replace the sequester in a different way. it would prevent the across-the-board cuts from happening to defense and the nondefense programs. so there's an agreement that that meat ax approach is the wrong way. we have an alternative. the gentleman just talked about how we have this great debate on ideas on the floor of the house. i have a simple question, why aren't we going to get an up or down vote on our idea, on how we would replace the sequester in a balanced way? mr. woodall: reclaiming my time and i thank the gentleman for his commepts and his offering of that substitute. the reason is three-fold. number one, that substitute doesn't comply with the rules of the house. we made a decision in this body that we were going to not continue to ask for more and more and more out of taxpayers' pockets but that we were going to try to do our own business here in terms of oversight on all of the money that's already being borro

mr. mcgovern is not happy.is also behavior that i wonder if people have been out drinking tonight or whether they are mad or angry or incapable of controlling themselves. and i would question that tonight. >> i take offense by that. >> and celebrity chef mario ba tally is living on a food stamps budget for a week trying to raise awareness about potential cuts for the program. >> how do you cut $1.48 per meal? >> well, the proposal is somewhere between 20% and 30%, so i guess you cut it between a quarter and 50 cents. what's more significant than the actual number itself is why we would be cutting anyway? seems when we realize that 75% of the food stamps go to families with children -- >> and if you read only one thing this foodie friday, check out a great piece from "usa today." are you ready for this? an astonishing 96% of main entrees sold in top chain restaurants exceed daily limit for sodium, calorie and fat. it's on our facebook page at facebook jooish my house is where plants came to die. ♪ but, it turns

mr. mcgovern: i rise in very strong opposition to this rule. it is totally closed. and it denies democrats led by mr. van hollen the substitute. we are not asking for dozens of amendments or something that hasn't been done in the past with regards to reconciliation bills. all we are asking for is one vote on a substitute. one vote. on what we believe is a better alternative to the republican bill. last night in the rules committee every single republican, every single one of them voted to deny democrats that opportunity. mr. speaker, as one who does not believe in arbitrary and thought fest across-the-board cuts, there is a way to balance our budget, i want to support mr. van hollen's substitute in order to avoid the implementation of the budget control act see quester. -- sequester. in my opinion to allow this to go into full effect would be bad for the country. we are here in this awful mess because the so culled supercommittee failed to reach agreement last fall on a comprehensive and balanced deficit reduction plan. due in very large part to the absolute refusal

mr. martin mcgovern there in the office said thompson graduated in 1979 with a bachelors of science in businessdministration. now, the first person to discover this small discrepancy was a guy named daniel lobe, a big shareholder in yahoo and wants some of his own people on the board there. he's not been shy about criticizing mr. thompson. scott thompson's been making major changes at yahoo, but not fast enough for lobe. as for yahoo, it said in a statement, there was an inadvertent error mr. thompson holds a degree in computer science. he's a highly qualified executive with a successful track record leading large technology companies. under his leadership, yahoo is moving forward to grow the company and drive shareholder value. >>> now the other big story this morning is the jobs picture. for that, we'll turn to jackie live at cnbc world headquarters. >> good morning, scott. we're looking at the futuring pointing to a lower open on wall street as investors may be playing it safe ahead of today's big economic data. hiring is expected to have picked up last month causing payrolls to rise by 168,

mcgovern. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> very recently my wife with and i welcomed an italian home to dundee. could the prime minister assure me and personnel, my family and constituents that on his watch there will always be a black watch. >> i want us to keep the regimental structure we have. i think it is important. obviously, though, at the same time, we need to deliver this big change in our armed forces, which is going to deliver a larger army, but a better balance between a professional army and territorial army. we're looking at how that can be done while saving the important regiments that people write. captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac

mcgovern. >> he doesn't have the stuff, mr. president. he really doesn't. >> you really think so? >> no. and he is on the verge of an impending -- >> disaster? >> disaster from his side. and everything he has done has

mcgovern. >> he doesn't have the stuff, mr. president. he really doesn't. >> you really think so? >> no. and he is on the verge of an impending -- >> disaster? >> disaster from his side. and everything he has done has gone wrong. >> in washington, d.c. listen at 90.1 f.m. nationwide on xm channel 119. and streaming at c-spanradio.org. >>> the u.s. house on wednesday will take up a bill setting out defense programs and policies for 2013. the legislation currently authorizes more than $642 billion, including $88 billion for the war in afghanistan and other overseas contingency activities. it also includes about $10 billion for the f-35 joint strike fighter. last week the house armed services committee met for almost seven hours to mark up the legislation, eventually passing it through committee by a vote of 56-5. we'll show you the afternoon session of that markup, which runs a little over three hours. >>> committee will come to order. committee will now receive the report of the subcommittee on tactical error and land forces. the chair recognizes the chairman of the subcommittee, mr. bart

mcgovern. >> i thank you, mr. speaker.the prime minister pay tribute to the troops who come home from afghanistan. [inaudible] to the prime minister assure me -- [inaudible] my family and my constituents that there'll always be a watch? >> i very much one is to keep the regimental structure that we had. i think it is very important. at the same time we need to deliver this big change in our armed forces which is going to deliver actually a larger army, but a better balance between a professional army at a territorial army. and we are looking at exactly how that can be done while saving the important regiment that people rightly and need to feel so strongly about. >> at the g8 summit, they discuss development. [inaudible] could i urge the prime minister to do more on microfinance in, the way of creating long-term and sustainable economies? [inaudible] they get in 99% return on them if they give to women. >> i think the honorable lady makes an important what the of course we are committed to aid in development. we're committ

coulson who passed away last month as they talk about the democratic presidential nominee, george mcgovern. >> mr president, he really is -- >> you don't think so? >> i think he realizes he's on the verge of an impending disaster, and everything he's done -- >> in washington, d.c. listen at 90.1 fm. nationwide we're on xm channel 119 and streaming at c-span radio.org. >>> today, president obama will deliver the commencement address at barnard college in new york city, and you can see it live on our companion network, c-span. again, starting at 1:10 eastern. and later this afternoon on c-span be former undersecretary of state nicholas burns is speak being at the atlantic council about his ideas for strengthening nato and u.s./europe relations. that starts at 4 eastern, live on c-span. >>> nato leaders will meet next week in chicago. the senate foreign relations committee last week held a hearing on that summit. the pent gob's assistant secretary for european affairs and the deputy assistant secretary for nato both testified. senator john kerry chaired the two-and-a-half hour hearing. >> the hearin

mr. nixon and white house special counsel and key adviser chuck colson who pass the away last month as they talk about the democratic presidential nominee, george mcgovern. >> he doesn't have the stuff? >> you really think so. >> i think he realizes he's on the verge of an impending disaster from his side, and everything he has done has gone wrong. >> in washington, d.c. listen at 90.1 fm. nationwide we're on xm channel 119 and streaming at c-spanradio.org. >>> the federal government has ten inspector general vacancies, seven of which have been vacant for more than a year. the house oversight committee held this hearing last week on how the vacancies impact prevention of waste, fraud and abuse. committee chairman darrell issa says president obama has failed to nominate people for those positions. this portion of the hearing is an hour and 15 minutes. >> the hearing will come to order. before we begin, this is an unusual hearing. and i hope you'll all agree that this is a hearing in which we're not talking about any particular problem that's occurred in the recent or not recent past. we're talking about an ongoing question of the independence, the value

mcgovern. >> i thank you, mr. speaker. minister pay tribute to the troops who come home from afghanistan. [inaudible] to the prime minister assure me -- [inaudible] my family and my constituents that there'll always be a watch? >> i very much one is to keep the regimental structure that we had. i think it is very important. at the same time we need to deliver this big change in our armed forces which is going to deliver actually a larger army, but a better balance between a professional army at a territorial army. and we are looking at exactly how that can be done while saving the important regiment that people rightly and need to feel so strongly about. >> at the g8 summit, they discuss development. [inaudible] could i urge the prime minister to do more on microfinance in, the way of creating long-term and sustainable economies? [inaudible] they get in 99% return on them if they give to women. >> i think the honorable lady makes an important what the of course we are committed to aid in development. we're committed to exp