ms. bonamici, mr. chairman aye. mr. amash? no. under the ,ayes are 21, the no's are 13. >> the motion is agreed to. a quorum is president. ms. schwartz says best for a letter from the bill to be included in the record. i would now recognize the gentleman from new jersey. >> i move that the committee go to conference and the senate. >> without objection, the motion is agreed to. the statute make necessary changes to language. >> i s for the requisite number of days for opposing views. >> this concludes today as markup. -- today's markup. "washington journa[captioning py national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> yesterday, the house budget committee approved $325 billion in new cuts over 10 years. the republicans intend to substitute for the automatic spending sequester that would take place early next year. the bill is expected on the house floor on thursday. senate majority leader harry reid has said they will not bring up the budget resolution to the senate floor. >> this week, live

ms. bonamici for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want to join the other members of this committee in thanking you all for the work that you do to keep our communities safe. administrator mitchell, in your testimony, you talked about the indirect costs of fire and estimate that according to your testimony here, the indirect costs, which include things like lost business, medical expenses, temporary lodgings, psychological damage may be as much as eight to ten times higher than the direct cost of fire. and that just emphasizes the importance of training and education and prevention. and i know that right now many communities not only in my district and state, but across this country, are struggling and don't have the resources they need at the local level to do all the work that they need to do. so what i would like you to do, maybe dr. hall, because you mentioned this in your testimony. can you talk about the progress that has been made with the areas that are targeted, for example, with the assistance to firefighters and the safer

ms. bonamici. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman oregon is recognized for two minutes. ms. bonamici: i rise today in strong opposition to house resolution 5652, the sequester replacement reconciliation act. not long ago we were here debating a very misguided budget resolution and today with this house resolution, the leadership has decided to double down on the draconian cuts contained in that budget. we should be able to come together and have a frank discussion about deficit reduction. that is what the american people expect and that's what the american people deserve. but instead, here we are today considering another resolution and here we are today with another missed opportunity. there is not even the ability to consider a balanced alternative today. and this is of particular concern because of what is actually in this bill. instead of cutting back generous agriculture subsidies, this bill is cutting food stamps, supplemental nutrition assistance programs. this means a reduction in benefits for an estimated 47 million people and a loss of benefits for almost two millio

ms. bonamici. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman oregon is recognized for two minutes. ms. bonamici: i rise today in strong opposition to house resolution 5652, the sequester replacement reconciliation act. not long ago we were here debating a very misguided budget resolution and today with this house resolution, the leadership has decided to double down on the draconian cuts contained in that budget. we should be able to come together and have a frank discussion about deficit reduction. that is what the american people expect and that's what the american people deserve. but instead, here we are today considering another resolution and here we are today with another missed opportunity. there is not even the ability to consider a balanced alternative today. and this is of particular concern because of what is actually in this bill. instead of cutting back generous agriculture subsidies, this bill is cutting food stamps, supplemental nutriti assistance programs. this means a reduction in benefits for an estimated 47 million people and a loss of benefits for almost two million

ms. bonamici: thank you so much for yielding me this time, congresswoman waser -- congresswoman wasserman schultz, and for your leadership in jewish american heritage month. it's great to join you and our other colleagues here this evening, and, mr. speaker, to recognize the contributions that so many jewish americans have made to our communities, to our states, to our country. and there are many jewish americans who could be recognized here this evening and deserve to be recognized for their contributions here this evening in honor of jewish american heritage month. i rise to pay tribute to a great jewish american, an oregonian, mr. herald shnitzer. he was the fifth of seven children of russian immigrants. he was born to rose and sam who took a junk business and turned it into a steel empire. as a boy harold earned 25 cents a week for polishing medal at his father's scrap yard. he told his teacher that lincoln high school in portland, in a his future was in steel, and by the wage of 16 he came back here to the east, he was studying at the massachusetts institute of technology. from which