mrs. mcleod, for one minute. mrs. mcleod: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to address you for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. mcleod: i ask my colleagues to join together to avert the record cuts brought forth by the sequester scheduled to begin in two days. they will hurt small businesses, military, and our children. in california it is estimated more than 15,000 children will not receive vaccinations for diseases. all because of these automatic trigger cuts. this is unacceptable. in addition, special education services for children with disabilities will see cuts while over 8,200 low-income children in california will not receive critical early education from head start. children deserve better from their members of congress. that is why we need a balanced approach to he replace sequestration which includes revenues and spending cuts. thereby ensuring the most vulnerable are not burdened. i therefore ask for unanimous c

mrs. negrete mcleod: the obama administration estimates almost $1 million of funds that provide services to victims of domestic violence in california will be cut, resulting to 3,000 fewer victims being served. although we have made significant strides towards safeguarding all women by passing this important bill, we must ensure that we continue to strengthen those programs by avoiding the sequester. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. president obama's sequester will take effect tomorrow. because of the president's irresponsible -- irresponsibility to cut just pennies of waste for every $1 washington spends, the men and women of the 122nd air national guard in my district face furloughs. across the globe our national security will pay the price for washington's failures. mr. stutzman: how did this happen? it seems that during his chicago-style campaigning, president obama forgot that his primary responsibility is to serve as commander in chief. today

mrs. negrete mcleod: that's why i ask my colleagues to support national engineers week to raise awareness of stem education and its importance to our country's economic future. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas rise? >> mr. speaker, i rise today to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize the 150th anniversary of the founding of impouria state university in impouria, kansas. -- emporia state university in emporia, kansas. emporia state is much recognized today for its outstanding teachers college. one third of the degrees earned each year at emporia state are graduate degrees, the highest rate of any university in kansas. mr. huelskamp: today i join more than 5,900 current students and 75,000 alumni in congratulating emporia state university on its first 150 years and wish them the very best in the next 150 years. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker

mr. rams was arrested was probably one of the best days of my life. >> reporter: and mcleod also believes the psychologist who vouched for rams should also be held accountable for her son's murder. rams' attorney did not return fox 5's call for comment. neither did ashburn psychological services or dr. wong. mcleod says that she was always worried that she would be the one killed. she wrote more than 200 letters to her son if that happened. now he will never read them. in the control room sherri ly, fox 5 news. >>> a former doctor at johns hopkins hospital who was suspected of secretly recording patients has been found dead at his house in towson. 54-year-old nakita levy is believed to have committed suicide. an employee reported he was using personal equipment to take pictures and videos of his patients. levy announced and acknowledged his conduct and was fired february 8th. >>> following a big story from missouri tonight, at least 14 people hurt in an explosion and massive fire at a kansas city restaurant. it all started when a car crashed into a gas main. witnesses say the explosion fe