ms. bass. aye. chairman ryan. >> no. chairman ryan, no. mr. chairman, on that vote, the i'ves are 16 and the noes 22. >> the amendment is not agreed to. next i believe we're going to the amendment offered by the gentleman from california, mr. honda, i believe. amendment designated as number 7 offered by mr. honda. stop cuts to elementary and secondary education into head start. >> mr. honda is recognized for nine minutes. >> budget should not just be exercises in accounting. they are an expression of values. budgets articulate a vision. chairman ryan was right to call this budget a path but unfortunately it leads us astray. how can we ever achieve prosperity if our children are not properly educated? the u.s. is trailing behind the other developed countries. if we drill down to what this means for students, the results are even more disturbing. next slide, please. regardless of which metrix you favor, only 1/3 of our children are able to read on grade level when they reach the 12th grate grade. when

ms. bass? aye. chairman ryan? no. >> does anyone else wish to record a vote? 15, no'st vote, aye's 22. >> 22-15, the amendment is not agreed to. next, an amendment from ms. mccollum. the clerk will designate the amendment. >> lawmakers and announced an amendment to the budget which provided a one extension of federal funding allowing more time for passage of a 2011 federal spending measure. watching the u.s. house of the gavel in at 11:00 p.m. for a pro forma session to begin work. the house begins tuesday to continue to debate. they will take of the republican proposed a dozen 12 budget later in the week. you can watch live house coverage on c-span. the u.s. senate returns on tuesday at 10:00 a.m. they will begin to consider two judicial nominations. in later this week, voting expended for planned parenthood and repeal the health care law as well as the 2011 spending bill. live coverage of the u.s. senate on c-span2. tomorrow on "washington journal," a discussion on federal spending with reid wilson and maya macguineas. that and look at cyber security with ran

tonko, aye, ms, bass, aye, chairman ryan, no. thank you. >> the house budget committee later approved a budget resolution along party lines in a 22-16 vote. it now moves to the full house for final approval. floor debate is likely next week. on "washington journal" this morning, we will focus on federal spending and a deal on the budget for the fiscal year to avoid a government shutdown friday. our guests are representative nick mulvaney, a republican member of tfrom south carolina. we will look at the effects of the shutdown with a washington post reporter. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> this weekend, on c-span 2, the co-authors of why obama care is wrong for america prevent their criticism of health care legislation. jeff greenfield presents three alternate histories. he is interviewed by the former nightline anchor ted koppel. also this weekend, live coverage from the annapolis book festival. look for the complete schedule at book-tv.org , and get our schedule e-mailed directly to you

ms. bass: thank you for your leadership in this effort. as a new member on the budget committee, we had an interesting week last week. we completed a week where we saw the far right of the republican party take their party off the ledge and way out of the mainstream. they declared war on seniors, on the disabled, sick, children and on the underserved by proposing to end medicare and medicaid as we know it. they champion the budget, entitled the path to prosperity. this is a plan that at the same time ends medicare while giving billions in tax breaks to big oil and the wealthiest americans. mr. tonko called it the path to ruin. i thought about calling it the ryan ruin plan and gitches seniors a gift. and that gift is a voucher to purchase health care. the senior citizen then has to identify an insurance carrier that will take the voucher. and if the person is lucky, the voucher will cover all the costs. i do think this would be rare and i don't know what happens in this plan if after a couple of years or a couple of illnesseses the insuranc

and with that, i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from california, ms. bass. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. bass: i rise in strong opposition to the republican budget that ends medicare. the republican budget ends the medicare guarantee in 11 short years. in 11 years, reliable care for our seniors will be replaced with the risky voucher scheme. the republican plan supposedly generously gives senior citizens a gift, $8,000 a year voucher. seniors must identify an insurance carrier that will take it. this is called choice. since the republicans also want to repeal the affordable care act, there is nothing to protect seniors from being excluded from coverage if they have a pre-existing condition. this is called choice. don't know too many people 55 years and older who don't have some health-related problem. there is nothing to protect seniors from insurance companies cancelling their coverage if an illness becomes too expensive. there is nothing that will protect taxpayers from incurring massive costs when uninsured seniors show up i

right now i will deal to ms. bass for her technical amendment.e will vote that, and then i will go to mine. then i think we're done. >> thank you, mr. chair. the chairman's comments mean that you can all look i. you know, throughout the day, and it has been a very long day. most of the day has been spent with us having polar opposite views on so many different issues. so, frankly, i think it is nice in the midst of that that we go out of our way to look for ways where we might be united, where we might be able to work together. and so i thought it would be nice to and on a come by of all but. i ask my colleague. i took him at his word, mr. flores said he wanted to work together. the veterans issue. and so i offer this technical amendment that increases the budget authority and outlays for function 700. >> order. >> can i have order please. come on. a few more minutes. functions 700 by $188 billion to provide the president's requested funding level for each year over the 2012-2021. i also in this amendment make all the necessary and conforming cha

ms. bass of california is recognized. >> thank you very much, madam chair. first of all, i wanted to congratulate you on your new role. i wanted to start my comments by commending the obama administration by making critical decisions which i believe prevented a massacre in libya. two questions. first, beginning with nato. as it's often said given the significant role we play in nato, what real difference did it make that we've pulled away and turned over the command to nato? i wanted to know if you would specifically distinguish the role of the united states versus the role of the other nations that are mr. nato? then my second question. you were asked earlier about building a democratic government in post gadhafi libya. i wanted to know if you would expand on that. >> the perspective of transition from u.s. to nato control means we are able to step back and the protection of civilians to other forces, both nato and other civilian forces. we will focus on support 50s and reconnoissance and the like. we are definitely playing a less front line role in terms o

ms. bass of california is recognized. >> thank you very much, madam chair. first of a, i wanted to congratulate you on your new role. i want to start my comments by commending the obama administration by making critical decisions which i believe prevented a massacre in libya. two questions. first, beginning with nato. as it's often said given the significant role we play in nato, what real difference did it make that we've pulled away d turned over the command to nato? i wanted to know if you would specifically distinguish the role of the united states versus the role othe other nations that are mr. nato? then my second question. you were asked earlier about building a democratic government in post gadhafi libya. i nted to know if you would expand on that. >> the perspective of transition from u.s. to nato control means we are able to step ba and the protection of civilians to other forces, both nato and other civilian forces. we will focus on support 50s and reconnoissance and the like. we are definitely playing a less front line role in terms of the operat

ms. bass, aye. mr. huelscamp, no. chairman ryan, no. >> is there anyone else that wishes to vote or change their vote? >> on that the vote, the ayes are 13 and the notes are 23. 's are 23. >> the agreement is -- the amendment is not agreed to. the clerk will designate the amendment. >> it is offered and regarding cuts to police and firefighters. >> the chairman is talking about this in function 750. the outlays for firefighters function 450, the community and regional development. this amendment increases budget authority to ensure programs critical to our country's public safety and police and fire france receive adequate funding in the fiscal year 2012. we dealt with h r one a few years ago and amendments were put on the floor. the money was restored and it was whether we were talking about the fire grants themselves or any other act. everybody in this room, your district -- i could tell you exactly what your district has received since 2001, wendy's went into effect. what will -- what we want to do in preserving th