ms. pelosi: thank you. madam speaker, member of congress who has been really a champion on this issue for a very long time, congresswoman lois capps of california, health professional in her own right. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for how long? ms. pelosi: one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized. mrs. capps: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the leader for yielding and i rise today in opposition to the republican amendment that would undermine key provisions in the violence against women act re-authorization. and to urge strong support for the underlying senate bill which protects our young people on our school campuses. vawa is a vital program addressing violence women holisically through prevention programs, survivor supports, and provisions to hold perpetrators accountable. but also a symbol that relationship violence and sexual assault is real and that it's unacceptable. has been a symbol until this congress we can put aside our differen

ms. pelosi: thank you. madam speaker, member of congress who has been really a champion on this issue for a very long time, congresswoman lois capps of california, health professional in her own right. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for how long? ms. pelosi: one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized. mrs. capps: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the leader for yielding and i rise today in opposition to the republican amendment that would undermine key provisions in the violence against women act re-authorization. and to urge strong support for the underlying senate bill which protects our young people on our school campuses. vawa is a vital program addressing violence women holisically through prevention programs, survivor supports, and provisions to hold perpetrators accountable. but also a symbol that relationship violence and sexual assault is real and that it's unacceptable. has been a symbol until this congress we can put aside our differen

ms. pelosi: one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. violence against women and preventing against women means preventing violence against all women, especially those from the lgbt community, especially those from the immigrant community. i'm here to support the bipartisan senate bill that was passed. and oppose the house amendment. i was a prosecutor in alameda county for seven years. i worked day in, day out with women who came in as violence victims. people who had been battered. it's only because of the vawa, violence against women funding that we have in our office that allowed our victim advocates to provide them with the emotional and physical service these needed that we could even begin to put them on the track of healing. only because of this funding. so right now it is incumbent upon us to make sure that this funding is available as we move forward to all women. mr. swalwell: all women. violence against all women

ms. pelosi: thank you, madam speaker. i rise with great pride to pay tribute to a very distinguished american, a longtime member of the congressional staff, in fact a person who has served the congress for 38 years as a member of the staff. 30 of it for george miller, eight as my assistant in the leadership office, john lawrence. i'm happy to pay tribute to him, i'm sad because john will be, i don't know if the word is retiring, but he will be leaving service in the capitol. he has always been a great proponent of science, technology, and innovation, and as he concludes his service to the house, it is only fitting to cite the words of alfred lord tennieson as inscribed on the -- lord tennyson as inscribed on the walls of the house science and technology committee. quote, for i dipped into the future as far as human eyes could see, saw a vision of the world and all the wonder that would be. over nearly four decades serving the congress, john has always kept his sights and his vision firmly on the future. he believed and he

ms. pelosi set the stage for the state of the union address with her sunday appearance on fox. i quote, nothing brings in more money to the treasury of the united states than investments in education. we have to recognize that. end quote. really? we're being told that more money to expensive colleges, more money to the teacher pension funds, more money to the unions which build new classrooms do that and we are told we will be prosperous again. remember please it was speaker pelosi who said food stamps deliver, quote, the biggest bang for the buck in stimulating the economy. and the president will follow the pelosi line tonight. he will call for robust government and government spending to bring america back to prosperity. what do you think? stuart: welcome everyone to a new hour of varney & company. in just a few minutes, actress and obama supporter eva longoria will join us. we're going to talk fair share in taxes with her. she's going to try and sell me potato chips. that should be interesting. it is coming up very shortly. first though let me introduce our tuesday morning c

ms. pelosi: if the ravens and 49ers fans can come together, hopefully so can the democrats and republicansn an issue of this great concern to our country. our budget. which should be a statement of our national values. instead as mr. van hollen said we see the republicans playing games with the budget. playing games. that's what they have been doing and that's what they continue to do as we go into this spring. but we need to find solutions. playing games and give new meaning to the term march madness, because that's what will result if we have to face sequester. it's a very bad idea. a sequester should be out of the question. and we should be talking about how we find a solution instead of a sequester. mr. van hollen offered a solution. here we have a debate on the budget, the blueprint for how we go forward, and the rules committee, dominated by the republican majority, has said, we won't even let your proposal come to the floor. not in the form of an amendment or a substitute in any other way. and what are they afraid of? they are afraid of common sense, because that is what mr. van hol

ms. pelosi. the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer. the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn.he gentleman from california, mr. becerra. the gentleman from new york, mr. crowley. the gentleman from new york, mr. israel. and the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. duckworth. the vice president: the president of the senate at the direction of that body appoints the following members to escort the president of the united states into the chamber. the senator from nevada, mr. reid, the senator from vermont, mr. lay hay, mr. durbin, mr. schumer, the senator from washington, mr. murray, the senator from colorado, mr. bennett, the senator from michigan, ms. stabenow, the senator from texas, mr. cornyn, the senator from south dakota, mr. thune, the senator from wyoming, mr. berasso, and the senator mr. moran. the speaker: the members will escort through the chamber doors to the lobby. the sergeant at arms: mr. speaker, the dean of the diplomatic corps. >> mr. speaker, the chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court. >> mr. speaker, the president's cabinet. the sergeant at arms:

ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. pelosi: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlelady for yielding and for her leadership as the senior democrat on the rules committee. today we have an interesting discussion. we are debating the rule that will enable us to bring to the floor the violence against women act. as part of the debate on the rule we are asking to vote no on the previous question which would enable us also to not only vote on the violence against women act but at completion to go on to voting on a proposal that the democrats have to resolve the sequester issue. i'll start first with the violence against women act. as of yesterday it was over 500 days since the violence against women act had expired. the re-authorization is long overdue. last year the senate in a bipartisan way passed a bill that was comprehensive, that did the job. the house republicans resisted that. here we are again this year, last week, the house -- senate, the senate in a bipartisan way passed 78-22 the violence against wome

ms. pelosi. the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn. the gentleman from california, mr. beach area. the gentleman from new york, mr. crowley mr. israel. and the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. duckworth. the vice president: the president of the senate at the direction of that body appoints the following members to escort the president of the united states into the chamber. the senator from nevada, mr. reid, the senator from vermont, mr. lay hay, mr. durbin, mr. schumer, the senator from washington, mr. murray, the senator from colorado, mr. bennett, the senator from michigan, ms. stabenow, the senator from texas, mr. cornyn, the senator from south dakota, mr. thune, the senator from wyoming, mr. berasso, and the senator mr. moran. the speaker: the members will escort through the chamber doors to the lobby. the sergeant at arms: mr. speaker, the dean of the >> mr. speaker, the dean of the diplomatic corps. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [applause] block can >> mr. speaker, the president's [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [i