ms. castor: thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to thank chairman culberson and ranking member bishop for all of their hard work and the committee, all of your work on behalf of america's service members and veterans to ensure that they have the military facilities that they deserve. i'm very heartened to see the congress on both sides of the aisle working together to ensure that our military families and service members and our veterans have every resource they need to be successful. my amendment proposes to transfer $9.8 million to the air force construction account from the brac account. to really highlight an area in military construction and our facilities that needs a little bit of extra attention because i think we can all agree that it's important to ensure that after our service members serve in hazardous areas across the globe, when they return to the united states and our military installations, that those installations are clean and safe and secure as well. mr. chairman, i have the privilege of representing mcg

ms. castor. the chair: the gentlelady from florida is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. castor: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, the people i know, the people i meet work very hard every day. they want an opportunity for a good job, want good schools, safe communities, and the promise that when they retire they can live their years in dignity. they want a government that is fair and helps make progress towards the american dream. but this republican budget is not for the hard work -- hardworking people of america. this republican budget is crafted by the special interest for the special interest. republicans stack the deck against working families and small businesses. incomes of c.e.o.'s and the top 1% are soaring, but everyone else is working harder to get by. we need an economy that's firing on all cylinders for everybody. creating jobs that pay enough to keep up. yet the republican budget raises taxes on middle class families in order to cut taxes for people who earn over $1 million republicans ignore one of the most important ways to cut the debt and

ms. castor. mr. mcdermott. ms. lee. ms. lee, aye. mr. jeffries. mr. jeffries, aye. mr. pocan. mr. pocan, aye. mrs. lujan grich am. aye. mr. huffman. mr. cardenas. mr. cardenas, aye. mr. blumenauer. mr. schrader. mr. schrader, aye. mr. doggett. mr. doggett, aye. mr. kildee. mr. kildee, aye. mr. chairman. mr. chairman, no. >> any other member wish to change their vote or to vote? that was mr. huffman recorded. >> mr. huffman. mr. huffman, aye. >> the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 13, the noes are 22. >> the noes have it and the amendment is not agreed to. i believe mr. doggett, do you have an amendment? >> i do. i have an amendment at the desk. >> there's an amendment at the desk. the clerk will designate the amendment and the staff will distribute the amendment. >> an amendment offered by mr. doggett relating to corporate compensation. >> the gentleman is recognized for eight minutes. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, last january the -- with considerable can fanfare republicans announced that h.r. 1, the very first resolution in this h

ms. castor, aye. mr. mcdermott? mr. jeffries? mr. hoffman? aye. mr. schrader? mr. campbell? mr. calvert? no. mr. cole, no. mr. ryan? mr. ryan, no. mr. chairman? 19.s 14, no, the amendment is not agreed to. student can is the annual competition that encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues. students were asked to create their documentary answering the question, what is the most important issue the u.s. congress should consider in 2014? one of our second prize winners are seniors at thomas jefferson high school in alexandria, virginia. they would like congress to look at the defense budget control a of 2011. article one, section eight of the constitution says that congress shall have the power to raise and support armies to provide and maintain a navy, and to make rules for the government and regulation. a constitutional studies fellow at the cato institute explains. >> the government is instituted at the very beginning to provide for the general welfare. 101.ical theory congress has a pretty wide berth to spend money on defense. is the responsib

ms. castor of florida for today and friday, april 4. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from new york, mr. reed, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. reed: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five lennell slative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject oif -- of my special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. reed: thank you, madam speaker. thank you to my colleagues that have joined me this evening to talk about an issue that is very personal to me and i think something that we need to discuss across america in an open and honest fashion. madam speaker, this month, april, is sexual assault awareness month. i am joined with many of my colleagues here today to discuss the issue of sexual assault, domestic violence, and in particular a national effort that we have become familiar with in our office and

ms. castor. >> yes thank you mr. chairman. i have a question about the republican budget cuts to the pub grandin student loans and college students. the chronicle of higher education reported today that the institute for college success has reviewed the budget and according to its analysis the budget would for students to borrow even more dropout or forgo college altogether and indeed when you look at the budget it appears to say that republicans are cutting mandatory pal and other higher ed funding over 10 years to the tune of $150 billion. what does your analysis say on how many students will have to forgo college because of these increases? >> we don't have an estimate in terms of what the impact is. it's important to look at some history on this program and the enormous growth of the program program. the president himself has indicated in his state of the union a couple of years ago we will run out of money if we don't find a way of reforming our programs in the budget. >> that was chewed during the great recession when we