mr. yarmuth relating to immigration reform. mr. price: mr. yarmuth is recognized for six minutes. mr. yarmuth: thank you very much, mr. chairman. while we gather in this room today to discuss the many differences we may have over the budget and our priorities, there's some issues we can all agree need to be addressed immediately. i think it's safe to say that every single one of us believe hads that our current immigration system is broken. but what is often missing from the reform debate is the economic impact of enacting comprehensive immigration reform legislation. according to the c.b.o., the comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform legislation passed by the senate in the last congress would have reduced our deficit by $900 billion over the next two decades. also boosting our economy by 5.4% and increasing production. and who knows, maybe the bill that my good friend, mario diaz-balart about a lart, and i helped -- and i would have made more significant progress economically. the social security actuary estimates that immigration reform would reduce the social security shortfal

mr. yarmuth: aye. mr. pascrell: aye. mr. ryan: aye. ms. moore: aye. ms. castor: aye. mr. mcdermott: aye. ms. lee: aye. mr. pocan: aye. ms. lujan grisham: aye. mrs. dingell: aye. mr. lieu: aye. mr. norcross: aye. mr. moulton: aye. mr. price: no. mr. rokita: how is mr. sanford recorded? the clerk: mr. sanford is recorded as no. mr. rokita: thank you. are there any members wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report. the clerk: mr. chairman, on that the ayes are 14 and the noes are 18. mr. rokita: the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed. are there further amendments? >> i have an amendment at the desk. mr. rokita: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 14 offered by mr. lieu, expressing a sense of the house on the consumer financial protection bureau. mr. rokita: mr. lieu is recognized for six minutes. mr. lieu: thank you, mr. chair. i offer this amendment because we cannot have a weak consumer financial protection bureau. let me set the stage for why this amendment is necessary. take you back to years 2008-2009. it

mr. yarmuth. >> mr. yarmuth aye. >> mr. passcell. >> aye. >> ms. moore? >> aye. >> ms. moore aye. ms. caster. >> aye. >> ms. caster, aye. >> mr. mcdermott. >> aye. >> ms. lee? >> aye. >> mr. pocan. >> mr. po can aye. >> ms. lou hahn grisham aye. >> ms. dingell. >> aye. >> mr. lou. >> aye. >> mr. lou, aye. >> mr. nor cross. >> aye. >> mr. nor 4cross aye. >> mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman no. >> how was mr. sanford recorded? >> mr. sanford is recorded as no. >> thank you. are there any members wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman on that vote, the ayes are 14, and the nos are 18. >> the nos have it. the amendment is not agreed to. are there further amendments? >> i have an amendment at the desk. >> this is amendment number 14. the clerk will designate the amendment. the staff will distribute copies of the amendment. >> amendment number 14 offered by mr. lou expressing on the consumer financial protection bureau. >> mr. lou is recognized for six minutes. >> i offer this amendment because we cannot have a weak consumer financial burea

mr. yarmuth. mr. yarmuth, aye. mr. pascrell. mr. pascrell, aye. mr. ryan. mr. ryan, aye. ms. moore. ms. moore, aye. ms. castor. ms. castor, aye. mr. mcdermott. mr. mcdermott, -- ms. lee. ms. lee, aye. mr. pocan. mr. pocan, aye. ms. lujan gri ham. ms. lujan grisham, aye. mrs. dingell. mrs. dingell, aye. mr. lieu. mr. lieu, aye. mr. norcross. mr. norcross, aye. mr. moulton. mr. moulton, aye. mr. chairman. mr. chairman, no. mr. price: have all members voted? any member wish to change their vote? the clerk will report the tally. the clerk: mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes have 13 and the noes are 22. mr. price: the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. next amendment is amendment number eight and the clerk will designate the amendment and staff will distribute copies. the clerk: amendment number offered by ms. lee, expressing a sense of the house relating to poverty. mr. price: ms. lee is recognized for six minutes. ms. lee: first, let me just say, looking at the budget before you, it's hard to believe that many of our republican colleagues participated in the same series of pove

mr. yarmuth: aye. mr. pascrell: aye mr. ryan: aye. ms. moore: aye. ms. castor: aye. mr. mcdermott: aye. ms. lee: aye. mr. pocan: aye. mrs. dingell: aye. mr. lieu: aye. mr. moulton: aye. mr. garrett: no. stan stan no. mr. mooney:. mr. chairman? mr. price: no. mr. price: all members voted? any member wish to change their votes? the clerk will report the tally. the clerk: the ayes are 14 and the noes are 21. mr. price: the knows have it and the amendment is not agreed to. the committee will stand in recess until 5:00 p.m. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> house budget committee gaveled in at 11:00 eastern and marking up the fiscal year 2016 budget proposal. and they are taking a break here. the chairman tom price saying until 5:00 eastern. so an hour or so, but he did say when beginning this morning that the committee would be in session marking up the measure until about midnight eastern or perhaps sooner. i want to let you know t

mr. yarmuth -- no. mr. pascrell -- no. mr. ryan -- no. ms. warren -- -- ms. moore -- no. ms. castor -- no. mr. mcdermott -- no. ms. lee -- no. mr. pocan -- no. ms. lujan grisham -- no. ms. dingle -- no. mr. lieu -- no. mr. nor call -- mr. norcross -- no. mr. moulton -- no. mr. chairman -- aye. chairman price: have all members voted? any member wish to change their vote? the clerk will report. clerk: on that vote, the aye's are 22 and the no's are 14. chairman price: the amendment is adopted. the chair has an announcement to make. our proceedings have been expeditious. the decision-making on our side of the aisle has not been expeditious. consequently this stands in recess until the call of the chair. >> tonight? tomorrow? next week? >> the house budget committee in recess now. members may yet come back this evening to continue their work on the 2015 federal budget today. the budget proposal by committee chair tom price woodcut $5.5 trillion in projected spending over the next decade and balance the budget in that timeframe. the house is expected to begin floor debate on the r

mr. yarmuth, aye. ms. moore aye. ms. caster, -- dingell, aye. mr. lew aye. moulton, aye. chairman no. classes any member wish to change the vote? >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the eyes are 14 and the nose are 22. >> the nose have it any amendment is not agreed to. the next amendment is the first one out of numerical order amendment number 11 county clerk will designate designated amendment and the staff will contribute. >> amendment number 11 relating to visit -- veterans programs. >> recognized for six minutes. . the president's's requested level by 1.9 billion dollars for fiscal year 15. in short, such ensure the services provided would never be at risk in a government shutdown para protecting our veterans is not an option, but a duty. we oh it to service members to provide them with education and job training and long-term treatment. they have earned this in service to our nation. veterans continually suffer from high and employment and suicide and homelessness. we can do better. that begins by relieving the sequester for the budget, which puts many programs at risk. i see firstha

mr. yarmuth. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for three minutes. mr. yarmuth: thank you mr. speaker. i thank my friend for yielding. as a six-year member of the budget committee, and the second ranking democrat, i've seen this budget proposal up close and personal. i've seen the way it's been reshaped over the years. from its early days as the first ryan budget to the collection of budget trim tricks and gim bes -- tricks and gimmicks we find before us today. despite the highly questionable math and mysterious growth projections, the consequences are clear. this budget hurts american families now and in the future. hitting their pocketbooks and checkbooks today, while disinvesting in our and their future. it immediately raises taxes on the hardworking families who are simply looking for a shot at the american dream. owning a home, providing their kids with access to a good education. living a healthy life. and being able to save for retirement while their parents enjoy theirs. it makes college more expensive for those families, cutting pell grants by $9

mr. yarmuth. >> next is jim mcdermott of washington. >> thank you and good morning.the remarks of most of my colleagues but i want to take a somewhat different point to talk about so as not to repeat. the president of the united states responsibility is to protect the people of the united states. at this first and foremost responsibility. and in so doing he has to do with all kinds of things. when he came into office we were at war in afghanistan. we were at war in iraq and he is gradually tried to bring those situations down to a situation where we can withdraw and let the forces in those countries began their evolution of whatever kind of government they want. in the case of iran, we have had the president leading a negotiated effort consistently pushing forward in spite of a constant barrage of efforts to undermine even before it got off the ground, and here we are again today seeing that same thing. what you are witnessing today was a very old concept. if you can make the people afraid, you can make them do anything. and that's what prime minister netanyahu was d

mr. yarmouth is recognized for 10 minister -- 10 minutes. rep. yarmuth: there are some issues that we all agree need to be addressed immediately. i think it is safe to say that everything on one of us believes that our current immigration system is broken. what is often missing from the reform debate is the economic impact of enacting conference of immigration reform legislation. according to the cbo comprehensive bipartisan immigration reform legislation passed by the senate in the last congress would've reduced our deficit by $900 billion of the next two decades. also boozing our economy -- boosting our economy by 5.4% and increasing production. who knows? maybe the bill that my good friend have helped to write as the gang of eight would've been more significant. social security actuary estimates that immigration reform would reduce the social security shortfall and extend the life of the program by use. that is because, under competent of immigration form, millions of relatively young citizens will be working and paying into social security and medica

mr. yarmuth? >> aye. >> mr. yarmouth aye. mr. pass krel. >> yeah. >> mr. pass krel? >> yes? yes. >> mr. passkrel aye. mr. ryan. >> mr. ryan aye. ms. moore? >> aye. >> ms. moore aye. >> ms. caster. >> aye. >> ms. caster aye. mr. mcdermott? >> aye. >> mr. mcdermott aye. ms. lee? >> aye. >> ms. lee aye. mr. pocan. >> aye. >> mr. pocan aye. ms. lou hahn grisham. >> aye. >> mr. dingell. >> aye. >> mr. lou. >> aye. >> mr. nor cross? >> aye. >> mr. molten. >> aye. >> mr. molten aye. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman no. >> are there any members wishing to vote or change interest vote? if not, the clerk shall report. >> on that vote the ayes are 14 and the intonos are 22. are there further amendments? >> mr. chairman i have amendment. this is amendment number 17. the clerk will designate the amendment. >> the amendment number 17 offered by mr. van holland relating to social security. >> mr. van holland is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. this amendment is straightforward. the budget resolution presented by republican colleagues has some language to establish a process t