mr. moolenaar. mr. moolenaar: thank you very much. and i also want to speak to the issue of flexibility because as a former state legislator, one of the things we observed in our state was the opportunity to innovate. when the medicaid expansion went into effect in michigan, there was tremendous opportunity to improve the lifestyles, choices and incentivize healthy behaviors. now the state had to go to the federal government for a waiver on that. what we are doing here is saying, let's give states the ultimate flexibility and innovate, according to their unique characteristics. in michigan in the year 2000, we had between 1-8 to 1-9 residents now with the medicaid expansion we have 1-4 citizens on medicaid. as we have noticed across the country, over 30% of physicians are not even accepting new medicaid patients and this is at the same time when federal reimbursement rates for medicaid are being cut across the country. so, it is not a sustainable program. i think what this does puts us on a far better path to innovate and to encourage

mr. moolenaar- -- no. mr. westermann -- no. mr. buchanan -- no. mr. van hollen -- ? mr. yarmouth -- aye. mr. pascrell - aye . mr. ryan -- aye. ms. moore -- aye. mr. astor -- --ms. castor -- aye. ms. lujan grisham -- aye. mr. lieu -- aye. mr. norcross -- aye. mr. rokida -- no. mr. garrett? mr. cole -- no. mr. woodall -- no. mr. mooney -- no. mr. van hollen -- aye. mr. chairman -- no. rep. price: at all members voted? does any member wish to change their vote? clerk: the ayes are 14 and the no's are 21. amendment number 26 is relating to long-term care services. >> thank you mr. chairman. we have considered a lot of contentious issues today but this is one that i hope we can all agree on. long-term care is a concern that affects all americans and i know all of us have loved ones that have or will seek the possibility of long-term care and support. as our nation continues to age the demand for long-term care is expected to double in the next 30 years. the fact is, existing programs at huge gaps in access. in the u.s., the costs of long-term care are covered by a patchwork o

mr. moolenaar, for seven minutes. mr. moolenaar: thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to make a brief statement and ask mr. rokita and mr. mcclintock to speak to this amendment as well. you know, i would urge a no vote on this. you know one of the things i think is important about our budget is that it balances within 10 years. another thing that's important ability our budget is it promotes economic growth. i think we could all agree that the best thing we can do for low income families in this country is to have jobs and promote economic growth. one of the most innovative things i've seen is states, you know, it's been talked about over the year, laboratories of democracy, people able to innovate with different programs at the state level. and that's something that this proposal also does. i agree we want to have people who can live the american dream and i think we all can agree that we want to have funds available for those who truly need it. one of the things i learned as a state legislator one day was that someone who had won a million dollar lottery awa

mr. moolenaar: no. mr. westerman: no. mr. buchanan: no. mr. van hollen: aye. mr. yarmuth: aye. mr. pascrell: aye. mr. ryan: aye. ms. moore: aye. ms. castor: aye. mr. mcdermott: aye. ms. lee: aye. mr. pocan: aye. ms. lujan grisham: aye. mrs. dingell: aye. mr. lieu: aye. mr. norcross: aye. mr. moulton: aye. mr. price: no. mr. rokita: how is mr. sanford recorded? the clerk: mr. sanford is recorded as no. mr. rokita: thank you. are there any members wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report. the clerk: mr. chairman, on that the ayes are 14 and the noes are 18. mr. rokita: the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed. are there further amendments? >> i have an amendment at the desk. mr. rokita: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 14 offered by mr. lieu, expressing a sense of the house on the consumer financial protection bureau. mr. rokita: mr. lieu is recognized for six minutes. mr. lieu: thank you, mr. chair. i offer this amendment because we cannot have a weak consumer financial protection bureau. let me set the stage for wh

mr. moolenaar was discussing. here you see new york a pie graph form, what our federal government, what your federal government, spends its money on. i've taken the liberty of dissecting or pushing out two pieces of that pie to show you really from a year-to-year perspective situation what we get to vote on as members of congress. it's defense discretionary, as we call it, and nondefense discretionary. and in terms of the fund centers and the lines in the budget, we can dial those up or dial those amounts down year to year, budget control act deals and all that notwithstanding. but it's the rest of this pie that mr. moolenaar indicates that is so alarming. because the rest of this pie, i can't, mr. speaker, you can't, mr. moolenaar can't dial up the spending or dial it down year to year by our vote on the budget or a a -- or our vote on appropriations bills. the funding mechanism, the funding formula for those programs are found in the underlying law. so congressman rokita doesn't get to decide how much social sec

mr. moolenaar -- no. mr. westermann -- no. mr. buchanan -- no. mr. van hollen -- no. mr. pascrell -- aye. ms. moore -- aye. ms. castor -- aye. mr. mcdermott -- aye. ms. lee -- aye. ms. lujan grisham -- aye. mr. lieu -- aye. mr. norcross -- aye. mr. rokida- no. mr. chairman -- no. rep. price: is everyone voted? >> the ayes are 14 and the no's are 22. amendment number 25 relating to overseas contingency operations. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we have been talking about the fact that the republican budget balances on the backs of the most vulnerable despite everything that we heard during our hearings. i'm saddened though not surprised to see that another account that was subject to this committee's oversight, the overseas contingency account appears again in the budget. they included an extra 36 billion over the pentagon's request. that is $36 billion that packed the pockets of defense contractors. last year, many of our colleagues across the aisle agreed with our concern over this slush fund, and that is what it is. oco is a slush fund and should not be the source or long-

mr. moolenaar -- aye. mr. westermann -- aye. mr. buchanan -- aye. mr. van hollen -- no. mr. yarmuth -- no. mr. pascrell -- no. mr. ryan -- no. ms. warren -- -- ms. moore -- no. ms. castor -- no. mr. mcdermott -- no. ms. lee -- no. mr. pocan -- no. ms. lujan grisham -- no. ms. dingle -- no. mr. lieu -- no. mr. nor call -- mr. norcross -- no. mr. moulton -- no. mr. chairman -- aye. chairman price: have all members voted? any member wish to change their vote? the clerk will report. clerk: on that vote, the aye's are 22 and the no's are 14. chairman price: the amendment is adopted. the chair has an announcement to make. our proceedings have been expeditious. the decision-making on our side of the aisle has not been expeditious. consequently this stands in recess until the call of the chair. >> tonight? tomorrow? next week? >> the house budget committee in recess now. members may yet come back this evening to continue their work on the 2015 federal budget today. the budget proposal by committee chair tom price woodcut $5.5 trillion in projected spending over the next decade and b

mr. moolenaar. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. moolenaar: thank you mr. speaker. the federal government has a spending problem. last week, the government accountability office released a report estimating that the government made $124 billion in improper payments during 2014. spending like this is one of the reasons the national debt has skyrocketed to $18 trillion today. divide among 320 million americans, a child born today inherits $56,000 -- $56,250 in tet or $225,000 for -- in debt or $225,000 for a family of four. americans work too hard to have the government waste their tax dollars. it's time to start our country on a new course. this republican budget puts america on a more sustainable and responsible fiscal path. in my district there are over 130,000 medicare eligible residents and over 169,000 social security recipients. this budget keeps the promises that have been made to our seniors and those near retirement age by stabilizing the social security trust fund. it also grants flexibility to state ops medicaid, allowing t

mr. moolenaar: no mr. westmoreland: no. mr. buchanan: no. mr. van hollen: hi. mr. yarmuth: aye. mr. pascrell: aye mr. ryan: aye. ms. moore: aye. ms. castor: aye. mr. mcdermott: aye. ms. lee: aye. mr. pocan: aye. mrs. dingell: aye. mr. lieu: aye. mr. moulton: aye. mr. garrett: no. stan stan no. mr. mooney:. mr. chairman? mr. price: no. mr. price: all members voted? any member wish to change their votes? the clerk will report the tally. the clerk: the ayes are 14 and the noes are 21. mr. price: the knows have it and the amendment is not agreed to. the committee will stand in recess until 5:00 p.m. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> house budget committee gaveled in at 11:00 eastern and marking up the fiscal year 2016 budget proposal. and they are taking a break here. the chairman tom price saying until 5:00 eastern. so an hour or so, but he did say when beginning this morning that the committee would be in session marking up th

mr. moolenaar: more spent funding the entire federal government in 2004.ith $18 trillion in debt, and 320 million americans, an individual's share of the debt is $56,250, or $225,000 for a family of four. the budget we are proposing today keeps the promises we have made to our seniors and those near retirement age. it stabilizes and preserves social security by eliminating the double dipping between disability insurance and unemployment benefits. this budget also enhances our country's national security. the number of people including the chairman have mentioned, admiral mullen called the debt the single biggest threat to our national security. and as a senator, the president called the debt a hidden domestic enemy. this house republican budget addresses the debt in meaningful way and changes the trajectory of government spending. this budget balances within 10 years and doesn't raise taxes on hardworking americans. this budget puts our country on a path toward a more stable and responsible fiscal future and will boost our slow growing economy, create jobs

mr. moolenaar. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. moolenaar: thank you mr. speaker. the federal government has a spending problem. last week, the government accountability office released a report estimating that the government made $124 billion in improper payments during 2014. spending like this is one of the reasons the national debt has skyrocketed to $18 trillion today. divide among 320 million americans, a child born today inherits $56,000 -- $56,250 in tet or $225,000 for -- in debt or $225,000 for a family of four. americans work too hard to have the government waste their tax dollars. it's time to start our country on a new course. this republican budget puts america on a more sustainable and responsible fiscal path. in my district there are over 130,000 medicare eligible residents and over 169,000 social security recipients. this budget keeps the promises that have been made to our seniors and those near retirement age by stabilizing the social security trust fund. it also grants flexibility to state ops medicaid, allowing t

mr. molinari. rep. moolenaar: i like to call on mr. mcclintock from california. the>> it is roughly doubling every six years. the snap caseload has increased from 2002. the 28 million from 2008, the 46 million in 2014, roughly doubling every eight years. this exponential increases incurring -- occurring while the unemployment rate is slowly inching down. roughly half the population is going to be on food stamps and 16 years which is about the same time that we are being warned that social security and medicare are being bankrupt. our democratic colleagues would have us continue down this road that anybody with a list of common sense can see is completely unsustainable. this budget makes critical course corrections now while there is still time to do so. with regard to snap, the budget follows the successful model of the 1996 welfare reform act. it strengthens work requirements. it restores to the states the interim reform. -- the innovative reforms in their be a lot more credibility if we had not arty heard in 96 -- 1996 and been thoroughly discredited by expande