mr. pascrell? mr. honda? mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio. mr. ryan, aye. ms. wasserman schultz? ms. wasserman schultz, aye. ms. moore? ms. moore, aye. mr. caster? mr. caster, aye. mr. schueler? mr. schueler, aye. ms. bass. ms. bass, aye. ms. bonamici? ms. bonamici, aye. mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. mr. garrett? mr. garrett, no. >> are there any other members looking to vote tore change their vote? if not, the clerk sha report. >> mr. chairman on that vote, ayes 13, nos are 20. >> nos have it. the amendment is not agreed to. are there further amendments? it's, ms. kaefcastor, i think. isn't it? yeah, i do, but i just want to get -- yeah. go ahead and offer -- >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> so the amendment offered by ms. castor, amendment at the deck. >> i have an amendment at the desk. gent. lady from florida? >> amendment offered by ms. castor relating to medicare. gentle lady is recognized nine minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, in addition to the republican plan that breaks the promise of medicare and ends medicare as we know it, the republicans also

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 corps. it would employ at least 20,000 returning five years in and restore america's national parks, our state parks, and other public lands and touch up federal facilities. the american people know need to be our number one priority and while the economy is gradually recovering it is not yet humming fully. there are still nearly 13

mr. pascrell, two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. pascrell: just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, it does. i've listened to these words, empty comes to my mind. how can you speak across the floor to the people on this side, imply that the president is guilty of thievery, or theft, when from 2001 to now, here's the record. and i'll wait if you want to interject, please stand and say you're wrong. 2001, tax cuts, not paid for. 2003, tax cuts, not paid for. >> will the gentleman yield? mr. pass credit: not yet. i'm not finished, then you can interject your thoughts. don't look so startled. because what you said is startling. you didn't pay for those two tax cuts york uh didn't pay for two wars you didn't pay for the scription drug plan that you put into effect. in fact you didn't even vote for it, mr. chairman, yourself. the point of the matter is, you paid for nothing. then you're accusing us, you're accusing us on this side of the aisle of not being response -- responsible. do you know what you've done? by 2020, the portion

mr. pascrell? mr. honda? mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio? mr. ryan,aye. ms. ms. moore, aye.ms. castor? aye. mr. schueler? n. schueler, aye. mr. garrett? mr. garrett, no. >> are there any members, other change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman, on that vot ar. 's miss castor, i think, isn't it? yeah, i do, but i just want to -- yep. go ahead and offer. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> so d by ms. cast an amendment at the desk. >> the gentle lady from florida has an amendment at the desk. the clerk will designate. >> anre by ms. castor relating to medicare. >> the gentle lady is recognized for nine minutes. >> thank you, mr addition to the republican plan that breaks the promise of medicare and ends medicare as we know it, the republicans also proposed to raise the cost of prescription drugs and slash theen in place for two years now and are working very well. this is a real double whammy oe america. here is what my amendment does. it proposes to retain the closing of the doughnut hole and the money that's going back into the pockets of our older neighbors, parent

mr. pascrell from new jersey. >> thank you, mr. chairman. to start by saying this is a p every budget that's ever presented bthhe republican partr the know-noth this is a political document, as much as you care saying it's an economic document, which partly it is. r you've sold us, tried to sell thehat emphasized the wealthy, our mos th comparing this budget to the 1 less for veterans who do their job every day and you pat them on the back at worst. we got what we paid for. the great depression. let me tell you something. i'm happy you budget. i'm happy to run against it politically, economically, any way you say it. because you've handed it to us. it defines battle. enough of bipartisanship, you're saying. and i couldn't agree more with the gentleman from oklahoma. he's not here now. it's time we came together. this docum manner, shape, or form a reaching out. it's a reaching back. it didn't work then. it's not going to work now. you think we have learned from the mistakes. instead, the budgeton dhose fai providing money to the very wealthy

mr. pascrell. and at this point, i yield six minutes to mr. bloomen our. >> thank you. i would like to commend my friend for holding true to the principles of agriculture reform. i hope this is something that the committee can actually spend a little time on, because i think the direct payments, i think the opportunity for crop insurance, this is something that maybe the committee can get behind and do something to deliver. but in the main i must take exception to my good friend the ranking member who talks about our friends and majority making the wrong choices. because actually other than the ag, yav made to choice. i don't think it takes much courage to say that you are going to, on the hard issues, you're not going to make any tough choices for the most fortunate and the most powerful. that you're going reduce their taxes. and turn around and reduce medicaid for all our states that are in a downward spiral, that that's going to be reduced 45%. or 19 million people cut back on food stamps. that didn't take much courage. and it's ducking the issues. in my humble prn.

mr. pascrell: thank you. this budget takes 62% of its $5.3 trillion in nondefense budget cuts from programs that protect the most vulnerable in the society. food stamps, head start, women infants -- women, infants, and children knew vision. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: madam chair, hyperbole knows no bounds these days. i'd like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. lankford. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lankford: just about two months ago, i went with my daughter, parked in a church parking lot and let her take the wheel. she's 15 years old, we're in that process of her learning how to drive. i do that because i'm her dad. and i know the dangers she's about to face. i, quite frankly, know the dangers to my neighbors around us and their trash cans and their garage if i don't spen time teaching her to drive. that's my responsibility because i'm the adult and i'm to step up and take lead when it's there to avoid the dange

mrs. christensen: thank you, congressman pascrell. thank you for bringing the sympathies of sinn fein to the floor. i now like to yield two minutes to the person who served with don for quite a while on the foreign affairs committee, chairman dan burton of indiana. mr. burton: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. you know, we judge as congressmen, our colleagues based upon their ability and how hard they work, but the thing i liked about don payne as a colleague with whom i worked for 24 years on the foreign affairs committee was he was a nice guy. he was really a nice guy. even when we had our differences, and there were many, when we served on the africa subcommittee together, we would debate and then we walked together down the hall and talk as friends and still discuss our differences but we did it in such a friendly way, and i really liked the guy. you know, one of the things i think so important is we really don't get to know each other too much in this place. you have 435 of us and people come who are wealthy and some who are v

mr. pascrell from the great state of new jersey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. pascrell: madam speaker, how are you doing today? as co-sponsor of this legislation, i rise in strong support of the bill. i want to thank chairman camp and ranking member levin for working together in a bipartisan way to address this issue, and i hope this is the beginning of more bipartisan trade negotiations amongst ourselves. i think it's healthy. we all know that china uses a variety of merck styleistic ways to distort trade with the united states. from illegal subsidies we must -- we are not playing on a level playing field when they are allowed to subsidize their industry and we don't choose to do that. second, forced technology transfers. third, currency manipulation. it's important that our government have every tool at its disposal in order to combat these abuses and others, and this legislation will once again allow the application of our countervailing duty laws in the enforcement of

mr. pascrell. >> thank you mr. chairman. secretary panetta, thank you for your service, and thank you also mr. hale and general dempsey. i am a bit embarrassed. all the way from the academy to the head of the civic army to hear. you have to let me ask the question mr. chairman. knowing your very specifically as to why are you cutting or recommending that we cut the missile defense money for israel from $120 million to $106 million? that message is there and it's only a small part of the budget. you know, when we in the day of pandering mr. general, on our side of the table here, and then we will really get some action in the middle east. israel is one of our strongest allies. we have committed to that country. we have doubled the money in the last three years as you pointed out. so it is really beyond me. we waste our time as to who is more concerned about israel, uncle louis orr and millie? we aren't committed to that country, period. it is important that democracy is -- so i apologize for what you are asked in terms of wha

mrs. christensen: thank you, congressman pascrell. thank you for bringing the sympathies of sinn fein to the floor. i now like to yield two minutes to the person who served with don for quite a while on the foreign affairs committee, chairman dan burton of indiana. mr. burton: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. you know, we judge as congressmen, our colleagues based upon their ability and how hard they work, but the thing i liked about don payne as a colleague with whom i worked for 24 years on the foreign affairs committee was he was a nice guy. he was really a nice guy. even when we had our differences, and there were many, when we served on the africa subcommittee together, we would debate and then we walked together down the hall and talk as friends and still discuss our differences but we did it in such a friendly way, and i really liked the guy. you know, one of the things i think so important is we really don't get to know each other too much in this place. you have 435 of us and people come who are wealthy and some who are v