mr. tierney. mr. clay votes no. mr. lynch votes no. mr. cooper votes no. cartwright votes no. ms. kelly? mr. davis? mr. welsh votes no. ms. grisham? ms. grisham votes no. -- lex does anyone else seek to be recorded? the clerk will report. >> on that vote, 21 yeas, 12 nays. >> the ayes have it. the staff shall be authorized to make necessary technical conforming changes to the report. i asked airman, number of days. >> so ordered. without objection. we stand adjourned. george w. bush of the state of texas has received for president of the united states 271 votes. al gore of the state of tennessee has received 266 votes. the state of the vote for vice president of the united states as delivered to the president of the senate is as follows the whole number of the electors appointed to vote for vice president of the united states is 538 of which a majority is 270. dick cheney of state of wyoming has received for vice president of the united states 271 votes. joe lieberman of the state of connecticut has received 266 votes. this announcement of the state of the votes by the president o

mr. tierney is called. >> thank you, plch. mr. chairman, this is wrong on so many levels here today. we're debating the credibility of this committee. somehow, we turned a very unsympathetic figure to somebody who has become the focal point as to whether or not her constitutional rights have been violated. everybody on this committee wanted to hear her testimony and get to the bottom of the facts in this matter. now at best we're going to get delayed and maybe prevented from getting that information at all. that is an injustice done to this committee and the people who count on this committee to run those investigations in an impartial manner. like my colleague, i suspect if the chairman is not a lawyer, he cannot be held responsible for knowing how these legal matters are set up. the time was not after the fact when the house counsel was put in the position of defending who is going to be their client down the road. when it looked like these things were going to become an issue nd if that is case, we would have known that numerous impartial experts the tell us she did not waive her

mr. tierney. mr. clay votes no. mr. lynch votes no. mr. cooper votes no. cartwright votes no. ms. kelly? mr. davis? mr. welsh votes no. ms. grisham? ms. grisham votes no. -- lex does anyone else seek to be recorded? the clerk will report. >> on that vote, 21 yeas, 12 nays. >> the ayes have it. the staff shall be authorized to make necessary technical conforming changes to the report. i asked airman, number of days. >> so ordered. without objection. we stand adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] kathleen sebelius -- >> kathleen sebelius has handed in her resignation. secretary sebelius is on capitol hill thursday looking about the latest health insurance enrollment numbers. here is part of what she said. >> our department mission is to help our fellow americans secure the opportunity to live happier, healthier lives, and reach their fullest potential. -- ministration on community all of us benefit from work on mental health and substance abuse treatment, and from the .fforts of employees even prio

mr. tierney. mr. clay votes no. mr. lynch votes no. mr. cooper votes no. mr. connolly votes no. mr. cartwright votes no. ms. duckworth votes no. ms. kelly? mr. davis? mr. welch votes no. s. grisham votes no. ou are not recorded. >> does anyone else seek to be reported? the clerk will report. >> on that vote, 21 yeas, 12 nays. >> the ayes have it. the report is ordered to the house. the staff shall be authorized to make necessary technical conforming changes to the report. >> mr. chairman, i asked a number of days. >> so ordered. without objection. we stand adjourned. >> today on c-span, the freedom summit from manchester, new hampshire. including appearances by senators rand paul and ted cruz, mike huckabee and donald trump. we'll have live conversation all day so you can join in the conversation on facebook and twitter. it begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> i think what we need is something akin to the grace commission during the reagan administration or the brack commission, the base realignment and closing commission during i think the clinton administration. an outs