mr. woodall: five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. gohmert: thank you, madam speaker. and i am immensely grateful to my friend, rob woodall. it was back in the 1990's i heard what apparently was a loveable old fuzz ball, turned out to be rush limbaugh, talking about the absurdity of the united states government doing something that no person, no family, no business, no charity in all of america could do and with due respect to my friend who just spoke, mr. van hollen says businesses would go out of business. i would challenge anybody in this room to show me a business, show me a family, show me an individual, show me a charity that has an automatic increase in every year's budget. because america can't do that. and i was shocked this was going on. in the army i helped with the budget. in private sector i prepared budgets. as a district judge i prepared a budget. it had to be approved. we never got an automatic increase. you had to justify any change i

mr. woodall: mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 539 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 96, house resolution 539, resolved, that at any time after adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill h.r. 1874, to amend the congressional budget act of 1974 to provide for macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally ivided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the budget. after general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. th

mr. woodall's point, and i understand your disagreement with my colleague, mr. doggett's amendment, but the point you did make is that it wasn't the individual this is a would have to step up, i disagree with that. but in this case it is specifically the individuals that this amendment would speak to. it is interesting, in fact, i think we all recall the comments that warren buffett made not too many years back, famously observing that he pays a lower overall federal tax rate than his secretary because of his ability to use tax breaks that are not available to most americans, particularly those with significantly lower income. so while we have a system that on paper in some ways looked at in its simplest form provides for increased contributions as one is more capable of providing those, the fact of the matter stherk tax code that has been developed over the years in this country is one that provides disproportionate benefits and breaks to those at the highest levels and ends up undermining not only our ability to generate necessary revenue in a manner that's fa

mr. woodall: mr. speaker, we all know that april is sexual assault awareness month, but what you may not know is about the amazing accomplishments of a young freshman in a high school down in my district. her name is kelsey her shall and having been affected -- hersch and having been affected in the media, she founded a group in my neighborhood called bans for rape and abuse incest national network and she came up with selling wristbands. she set a goal for herself of raising $600, mr. speaker. she ended up raising more than $10,000. ending up winning the hope award for reins. she ended up founding a group called war eagles and this weekend she's holding a concert for courage and hoops for hope, two more fundraising events to draw attention to sexual assault and violence, particularly among young people. mr. speaker, one person can make a difference, and in my district it's kelsey hersch, a freshman. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized yields back. for what purpose does

mr. woodall for all of his hard work on this issue, and mr. gohmert, who was here a moment ago, for raising this issue, for keeping focus and attention on it, and bringing this much needed reform through the house budget committee an to the house floor. this bill basically fixes a real quirk in our budget process. under the current law the congressional budget office assumes every discretionary spending account gets an increase every year to keep up with inflation. now, what does that mean? this means that this increase is built into the baseline and the baseline is our starting point of spending. it's our starting point of budget. so every year congress moves the line forward. it assumes that there's always going to be an increase in every one of these programs regard lst of the facts on the ground. there's no consideration to whether a program is working or not or even whether it's still necessary. under this bill, the baseline would just show the previous year's funding level. so that's basically what we are saying. if we are spending x amo

mr. woodall: mr. speaker, i yield myself the remainder of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. woodall: two paths diverged in the wood, and i took the path less traveled and that has made all the difference. mr. speaker, this is washington, d.c. there's a term called washington, d.c., math, which as my friend from florida, the sheriff, described earlier when you can raise spending by $5 and call it a cut, that's washington, d.c., math. the path less traveled in this town is the path of fiscal responsibility. the path less traveled in this town is the path of accountability. the path less traveled in this town is the path of transparency. and that's what these three measures before us today propose, mr. speaker. i told a town hall meeting, mr. speaker, about 12 months ago. they asked if i was going to support the congressional pay raise. i said we're not going to do a congressional pay raise this year but i hope one day to come home and tell you i earned it. i do. i want to show up back home, mr. speaker, and tell folks,

mr. woodall. mr. massey votes aye. mr. massey votes aye. mr. desanto's votes aye. mr. cummings votes no. mr. cummings votes no. mrs. maloney votes no. ms. norton. 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

mr. woodall. massey votes aye. ye. desanto's votes a mr. cummings votes no. mrs. maloney votes no. 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 wo

mr. woodall. massey votes aye. ye. desanto's votes a mr. cummings votes no. mrs. maloney votes no. 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 conn

mr. florez. woodall. ms. blackburn? mr. rice? mr. williams? mr. duffy? mr. van hollen? ye. van hollen, a mr. varmus, aye. ms. castor, aye. mr. mcdermott? mr. jeffries? mr. hoffman? aye. mr. schrader? mr. campbell? mr. calvert? no. mr. cole, no. mr. ryan? mr. ryan, no. mr. chairman? 19.s 14, no, the amendment is not agreed to. student can is the annual competition that encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues. students were asked to create their documentary answering the question, what is the most important issue the u.s. congress should consider in 2014? one of our second prize winners are seniors at thomas jefferson high school in alexandria, virginia. they would like congress to look at the defense budget control a of 2011. article one, section eight of the constitution says that congress shall have the power to raise and support armies to provide and maintain a navy, and to make rules for the government and regulation. a constitutional studies fellow at the cato institute explains. >> the government is instituted at the very beginning t

mr. woodall: we passed the budget committee balanced budget, i think that's a success but those successes don't happen by themselves they happen because we are surrounded by staffers in this institution who do an amazing amount of work, day in and day out. in my case, it's will dunham who is staff director at the republican study committee, the very able budget staffer there, matthew dickerson and my own budget associate nick myers. without their help, it would have been impossible to put that budget together and i am so grateful for their commitment to this institution and to the very difficult work that we do. with that, i thank my friend very much for yielding and yield ack. ms. norton: mr. speaker, all this week i have come to the house floor for a very special purpose. have offered only some of the reasons that the residents who live in the nation's capitol should have the -- capital should have the same basic rights as other americans. all other americans have achieved these rights through statehood. we have tried to break down the elements of statehood into separate bills. but we h

mr. speaker, the house will consider three bills from the budget committee. the first bill, h.r. 1871, the baseline reform act, authored by representative rob woodall, would require c.b.o. and o.m.b. when scoring legislation to assume that the baseline does not increase or decrease for discretionary spending, which they do now. this practice added $1.2 trillion to the baseline in 2013. the second bill, h.r. 1872, the budget and accounting transparency act, written by representatives scott garrett -- representative scott garrett, brings offbudget onbudget to bring a more accurate of this had accounting. finally, the house will pass a budget resolution on time for a fourth consecutive year. the republican budget, under the leadership of chairman paul ryan and the budget committee members, will adhere to the agreed-upon spending limits and balance in 10 years, as we did last year, increase economic growth and job creation, create opportunity, lessen the middle-class squeeze, cut wasteful government spending and strengthen our entitlement programs. and with that i yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for that information. it's wonderful news that that budget

mr. speaker, the house will consider three bills from the budget committee. the first bill, h.r. 1871, the baseline reform act, authored by representative rob woodall, would requirec.b.o. and o.m.b. when scoring legislation to assume that the baseline does not increase or decrease for discretionary spending, which they do now. this practice added $1.2 trillion to the baseline in 2013. the second bill, h.r. 1872, the budget and accounting transparency act, written by representatives scott garrett -- representative scott garrett, brings offbudget onbudget to bring a more accurate of this had accounting. finally, the house will pass a budget resolution on time for a fourth consecutive year. the republican budget, under the leadership of chairman paul ryan and the budget committee members, will adhere to the agreed-upon spending limits and balance in 10 years, as we did last year, increase economic growth and job creation, create opportunity, lessen the middle-class squeeze, cut wasteful government spending and strengthen our entitlement programs. and with that i yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for that information. it's wonderful news that that budget i

on roll call vote number 175, on the woodall of georgia substitute budget amendment, i would have voted no. on roll call number 176, the democratic alternative for mr. van hollen, i would have voted yes. april 10, and on roll call vote 177, the republican fiscal year 2015 budget resolution, mr. ryan, i would have voted no. this concludes the votes that i missed due to the memorial at fort hood and the honoring of president lyndon baines johnson. i ask unanimous consent that it be appropriately placed in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman's statement will appear in the record. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today as a member of the safe climate caucus, to highlight an important program for resiliency and preparedness. america's preparathon is taking place this wednesday, while we hope for the best we must prepare for the worst. in california, 1,108 wildfires have been reported this year, well above the year-to-date average. in 2003 and 2007 wildfires devastated communities in the