chris van hollen, for instance, rosa delauro on head start, for instance.u get members back in their districts -- even the most fiscally conservative ones say this is a dumb idea. finding the solution that doesn't involve too much -- >> thank you, sam stein, thank you, joan walsh. thank you to the viewers who tweeted us with examples of how the cuts are hurting them. chris w. tweets, i work at oasis youth center in tacoma, washington, and provide key services to lgbt youth, 14 to 24. our funding has been slashed. we want to hear from you an how congress' cuts are affecting you. tweet us with #unkindestcut or go to our facebook page, facebook.com/hardball. we'll be right back after this. >>> let me finish tonight with this. yesterday as we discussed in the program, the washington, d.c., city council has voted to impose a higher minimum wage on large retailers. retailers with corporate sales of $1 billion or more. and operating in spaces 75,000 square feet or larger. it's really all about walmart. the federal minimum wage is $7.25 and where washington, d.c.,

. >> let's listen to what house democrat rosa delauro said about the bill. >> we have 26 individualsnation, we can't find out who they are, they get at least a million dollars in a subsidy. a million dollars in a subsidy. they have no income threshold, no asset test, no cap. they don't even have to farm the land. and they don't have to follow conservation practices. you want to go and find out where we can save money here? let's find out who these 26 people are. all those people who are on the crop insurance program -- >> and michael, it's -- that's the great mystery of the whole thing, is we can't even track who is really getting this money. every once in a while you will find out certain things like michele bachman's family has profited by it. but that's only because she had to do some disclosures as a house member. >> yeah, it's really outrageous. i remember the owner of the utah jazz was getting some farm subsidies. david letterman had some farm subsidies. it really is -- you know, there's sort of no rhyme or reason as a matter of social justice or even public policy. there are a

i thank you, jim mcgovern and rosa delauro and all of you, because this is a fight you are making for everyone in america .o live in a country of value of values that include our faith and our faith tells us that to minister to the needs of god's creation is an act of worship. to ignore those needs, as this bill does, is to dishonor the god who made us. this is very wrong. this, even in this place, crosses the threshold that we should never go past, to never go past. this is totally out of the question. i'm a mom. one of the reasons i got involved in politics, i see it as an extension of a role as a mother, five kids, and many grandchildren. god blessed us. what drove me to this, i saw all that my kids had, all the opportunity, all the love, all the concern, all the rest of it and i thought the best thing we could all do is to make sure that our children, for their own welfare, grow up in a country where all of america's children were treated with respect as we meet their needs. that's just not happening here today. i call upon our friends in the faith community, and they're here on t

tom buffenbarger, president of the machinists, congresswoman rosa delauro from connecticut and tommythe district of columbia. see you back here again tomorrow. [♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: all right, current tv, hour number 1 karl frisch of bullfight strategies right out of the box here, and markos moulitsas. good morning jacki schechner. >> good morning, i think karl has some sort of injury you need to ask him about? >> stephanie: i think he twisted his knee at d

. >> bill: on the economic agenda too, i know you were part of this and congresswoman rosa delauro was about the women's economic agenda that leader pelosi and several of you women in congress launched last week. very timely. very important. very necessary right? >> very much so. and really, a corner thrave is about wages raising the minimum wage. providing for child care which is so needed in this country. quality, affordable child care by workers who are being paid more than the minimum wage. so it really speaks to an economic agenda for women. and you know the president's message about getting this economy rolling again is about an economic agenda for women. things like paid leave expanding the family and medical leave act so that people have paid leave to be able to take care of their children or other family members. >> bill: speaker boehner the other day said -- on sunday, one of the shows i think it was bob schieffer, "face the nation," that congress should be be judged by not how many bill it passes, by how many bills it repeals. what does it say to you? >> what it says to me i

i am pleased to be a co-sponsor of my colleague, congresswoman rosa delauro's legislation to protect overnight delivery act, to prevent the postal service from weakening service standards. eliminating overnight delivery would threaten hundreds of postal services across the nation, including the william street facility in my western new york community. mr. speaker, while the postal service is certainly in need of reform, this is the wrong way to do it. once again, the postal service is making ill-conceived decisions that hurt both workers and consumers. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from alabama seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. roby: thank you, madam speaker. i rise to discuss today's fairness. earlier this month the obama administration announced it would be delaying the business mandate in the president's health care law. setting

. >> bill: very excited to welcome back rosa delauro from connecticut. she and democratic leader nancy pelosi out there yesterday talking about the great contributions women making to this american economy. she'll tell us all about it here in studio and then we'll be joined by president tom buffenbarger of the machinist's union. to talk about jobs, jobs, jobs and how we might get our manufacturing base back in this country. the "full court press" rolling on. president obama with kind of a light day down at the white house today. he and the vice president get their daily briefing at 10:15 this morning. he will be meeting then with senior advisers throughout the rest of the day. nothing else, no public events on his schedule. boy, he's really been laying low lately. this evening at 5:00, he and the first lady will host a reception for members of the diplomatic corps. and then the only other event at the white house today is jay carney has his daily press briefing at 1:30 p.m. i'll be there. at my perch. trying to ask all of the questions that you would wan