speaker, to mr. welch, at this time. such time as he may consume. mr. welch: i appreciate you doing this. it's staggering to think about what happened and all of those people going about their daily lives 20 years ago, april 7 and knowing they're going to die, knowing their loved ones are going to die and so unspeakable that i can't really imagine what it would be like to live in that country, to live in a neighborhood where you know your moment is coming, where you have a child who's going to die before your very eyes or a daughter is going to be raped and then killed. and to have this sense of the horror of what is taking place that's unspeakable, but the realization that the world is going to ignore it. and that happened day in and day out. in -- and most of us didn't know about it. there would be reports, but it would be in a distant place, there wasn't anything you could do anything about. and it was only as the stories fully came out and the horror the lly revealed collective gaze of the world, not acting, i suppose we couldn't or didn't, but try t

mr. welch: mr. speaker, i support this bill. it's really two issues at stake. one is preserving the integrity of the a.c.a. the obama health care bill. there's huge division in this congress as to whether that bill should have been passed. it was passed. there's unity of purpose now where there is an identified problem we should fix it rather than just have the ideological battle about whether the law should have been passed in the first place. that's actual progress, because as my friend from pennsylvania said, there's a legitimate expectation on the part of the people we represent to solve concrete, discreet problems when in the solving of them we're going to keep 1200 people working. and that's -- 1,200 people working and that's the real goal of this. those that agree with the health care bill and those that disagreed with it can come together with a narrow fix that allows 1,200 people, 500 in delaware and 700 in other parts of the country to keep doing their work. of course we can. there's a second question that's come up and that is whether this bill right

mr. welch from vermont. mr. welch: i thank the gentleman. i'm a strong a.c.a. supporter. we've got to improve it, we've got to make it work and that's the reason why i'm supporting this legislation. some efforts that are brought to the floor about the a.c.a. are about unraveling it. but those of us who are the strong supporters, when an issue is identified that can help jobs and make some improvements, we have the responsibility in my view, madam speaker, to advocate for those changes. we have the member from delaware, a strong supporter of the a.c.a., who has identified a specific problem. i understand the concerns of the opponents because many are -- many efforts are made to unravel the law. but there's been an acknowledgment that there is a problem that is being addressed by mr. carney. and if the language is not as good as it should be, and part of that may be because we didn't have as much time to consider it, we have strong allies in the senate. senator carper and senator koonce, both ver

well well we are -- mr. welch: we are making an argument as we see it alliance with our point of view on the budget and the bottom line is we have to invest and have a balanced budget, but the question i have about this budget is what's going to happen to the potholes in america? i came out of the state legislature where we had constraints on it and we had to find ways to pay our bills within the needs of the people of vermont to pay them. we had to deal with real problems and required a confident approach in investing in the future. that has to be part of a budget and america's roads are falling apart, our bridges are falling down. this is a real disaster when it comes to meeting the infrastructure needs of this country. the american society of civil engineers rates our infrastructure d-plus and estimates that the amount of investment needed by 2020 to be $3.6 billion. this budget accepts the looming insolvency of the highway trust fund and does nothing to fix it. those potholes are not going to fix themselves an

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 outside group with integrity. former members of congress. no current elected politicians, to come in and do a co

welch, you brought him down to act as your assistant. >> mr. mccarthy, i will not discuss this further with you. you have sat within six feet of me and could have asked me about fred fisher. you have seen to bring it out and if there is a god in heaven it will do neither you nor your cause. i will not discuss it further. i will not ask mr. cold any more witnesses. you mr. chairman, may if you will, call the next witness. >> joining me the democratic congressman from michigan's 9th district, ranging member of the house, ways and means committee. sandra leaven. first question, is daryl issa's crusade modern day mccarthyism? >> i was listening to what you had on, and i remember listening to it and surely are echos of that. it's a serious mistake, the 5th amendment is still in the u.s. constitution. and mr. issa should respect that and he's disrespecting it, as was done many decades ago. it's a sad day in this town. >> it is a sad day. i wonder as ranking member of the house, ways and means committee why was the house, ways and means committee brou