mr. yarmuth? >> aye. mr. honda? mr. ryan? >> aye. >> mr. ryan, yay. miss wasserman schultz? >> aye. >> miss moore? miss castor? >> aye. >> miss castor aye. >> mr. schuler. >> aye. >> mr. schuler, aye. >> miss bass? aye. >> miss bonimic sydney. >> aye. >> mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 12, the nos are 21. >> the nos have it. the motion it not agreed to. are there any other motions? miss had schwartz? >> i have a motion at desk. >> the clerk will call -- the clerk will designate. >> a motion offered by mischwar and miss wasserman-schultz. >> the staff will distribute the motion. >> miss schwartz is recognized for 25 minutes. >> to continue the discussion about the choices that with remaking and in fact there are choices being made by the republicans, this one again i think is quite stark. the republican budget sacrifices the health of millions of women and children in this country in order to preserve tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. again, this is a choice. how do we make sure that we reduce the deficit, how

mr. yarmuth, mr. pascrell, mr. honda, mr. ryan, ms. wasserman schultz, ms. moore, ms. caster, mr. schuler,ms. bonamici, mr. chairman -- on that vote, the ayes are 11, the no's are 22. >> i believe we are down to one more amendment. >> thank you very much. i'm trying to speed it up. an amendment offered by ms. mccollum, eliminate the medicare sequester paid for with reductions in the oil fees. is recognized for five minutes. >> president obama son of the budget control act which was not ideal but it shared the burden of production. defense spending took its share of cuts. unfortunately, the version we marked up to that changes the rules of sequestration. it chooses panettiere hardware over america's seniors. the pentagon tribes over poverty programs. the choice was wrong. what i am doing here with this amendment will protect access to vital health care services for seniors and people with disabilities. it will insure that physicians, nurses, home health care aides, hospitals, clinics, and many other health-care professionals will be able to continue to provide critical services to

mr. yarmuth for offering this amendment. you know, it was just last august when we passed the budget control act. and as part of the better job budget contract act we said there were things across the board cuts. and one of those areas we decided we should not expose to those cuts was the food and nutrition programs under the snap program. because at lease at that time there was a bipartisan recognition that when you're going through tough times, you need that assistance for food. that passed on a bipartisan bases. now, the irony is we're here now today on a measure to prevent the sequester from going into effect, and one of the ways our republican colleagues intend to prevent it from going into effect, is to cut the very food and nutrition programs that we decided would be off limits during this really tough time. and the reason we decided it was a bad idea to cut those programs was because of what you heard from my colleagues. because there are millions of americans who are struggling to make ends meet and they rely on tha

mr. yarmuth: mr. speaker, most of us remember a teacher who made us look at the world a little differently, introduced us to a new idea, or changed the way we thought. for me that teacher was betty miles. for two years in high school in louisville, my english teacher introduced me to an entire universe of thought and language and i am forever grateful. across the country millions of people like betty are introducing young americans to new concepts that will stick with them for a lifetime. their work is critical for our most fundamental national interest to build and maintain a strong and vibrant economy and remain at the forefront of global innovation and ideas. and their daily sacrifices on behalf of growing generations are nothing short of heroic. much in the way teachers change the lives of their students, their voices also shaped debate in washington. as we consider the future of public education in this country, we must also continue to hear from those on the ground to better address the challeng