ms. mccollum. >> thank you. we talked about the entitlement programs a lot. but i'd like to talk about another program, and in your assumptions on that, in your two scenarios. what were your assumptions for defense spending as a percentage of gdp? >> defense spending? >> defense spending. >> what we do for our long-term scenarios is just take the set of all programs apart from -- >> i understand. i just have a few minutes, if you could just tell me what it is. >> we don't have an explicit reduction for defense spending. >> okay. >> beyond the ten-year budget window. in the window we have a baseline projection. >> and that is? >> that i'm not sure i -- >> then you'll have to look for that. so maybe you can get back to us if you can't answer this question. mr. romney, who's the republican nominee for president soon-to-be, has proposed to never allow defense spending to go below 4% of gdp. what would be the impact of such a sustained elevated level of spending over the remainder of the decade? and that is, he just said never go below, he didn't put any qualifier

ms. mccollum. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. mccollum: i thank the gentleman from michigan for the time. mr. speaker, i want the affordable care act to be fully implemented for the benefit of all americans. i also support a healthy, growing medical device industry. minnesota and across -- in minnesota and across america. i support eliminating this medical device tax, which should never have been included in the affordable care act. but at the same time, i strongly oppose the offset in this bill. this tea party republican congress controlling the house has voted over and over again to eliminate health reform protections and benefits. denying millions of americans access to life-saving care, including medical devices. the republican goal is to kill health care reform, my goal is to strengthen it. today, i will vote to send this bill to the senate where i know a responsible offset can be found my two minnesota senators are committed to repealing this tax and they will find an offset that does no harm. eliminate this tax and strength

ms. mccollum of minnesota for today, mr. schilling of illinois for today and mr. for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for the purposes of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman from maryland, the democratic whip, for yealeding to me. mr. speaker, on monday the house is not in session. on tuesday the house will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. on wednesday and thursday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business. on friday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. last votes of the week are expected no later than 3:00 p.m. mr. speaker, the house will consider a number of bill