ms. kaptur is here. the other side tries to portray us as, well, if you don't want us this fast track authority, what would you want? there have been, over the years particularly over the last several months, the last year and a half, democratic members of the house of representatives have written to the administration, to the u.s. trade representative, and we have made suggestions of how we could increase congressional input into this process, by looking at who the negotiating partners are, what the objectives are, and the enforcement of those objectives, and how we have a chance to certify that the objectives have been met and say yes and then we move forward, the administration moves forward. we have been -- said -- we have been said no to over and over and over again. there's been no congressional input. though we have tried. for a very, very long time to do that. the public needs to know that. because we are just not having our heads in the sand. mr. tonko: you use that technical term, i've used it.

ms. kaptur, aye. ms. lee aye. mr. polk and, aye. mrs. dingell, aye. mr. liu, aye. plfer moulton? mr. garrett, no. mr. woodal, no. mr. stutzman? mr. mooney? mr. mooney. mr. pascrell? mr. mcdermott? mr. moulton? mr. chairman. mr. price: no. have all members voted? all members voted. any member wish to change their votes? if not, the clerk will report the tally. the clerk: the ayes are 20 -- the ayes are 11 and the noes are 20. mr. price: gave me a heart attack. the noes have it and the amendment is not agreed to. the next amendment is amendment number 5. the clerk will designate the amendment and the staff will distribute the copies. the clerk: amendment number 5 offered by mrs. dingell related to medicaid. mr. price: the gentlelady is recognized for six minutes. mrs. dingell: i'm offering a simple amendment that would reject the cuts to medicaid over 10 years that is contained in the budget resolution we are considering today. my amendment will ensure that seniors persons with disabilities and working families do not lose access to critical health care and long-term care services by r

ms. kaptur: i thank the ranking member member and thank the chairman and chairman and rim of the full committee, mr. defazio for bringing this important passenger rail and investment act before us. as the representative of the busiest amtrak station in ohio at toledo and the amtrak stations in sandusky and lorraine, i rise to urge passage of this important bill to continue and advance passenger rail service across our nation. when i was born the population of the united states was 146 million. today it surpasses 320 million. by 2020, our nation's population is projected to reach half a billion people. as time moves forward, the necessity for passenger rail will become clearer with each passic day. many of our urban centers are clogged and the railroads have severe freight rail and passenger rail conflicts because they are forced to use the same tracts. imagine, we are living in the 21st century and intelligentered to 19th century rail passage ways. rail is booming up from 108,000 passengers in 2007 to 160,000 passengers in 2013. a trend in my district has grown as well with toledo passengers on