everything you have been doing is awesome, represented schakowsky. -- representative schakowsky. have you thought about putting homeland security on the table, cutting them down to 5%, putting them under the cia? guest: i think we ought to put everything on the table. clearly, a lot of the functions in homeland security, which include disaster relief, immigration, those kinds of things, can there be efficiencies? absolutely. do we want to have 5% cuts, have been arbitrary number and say that we are going to cut everything by 5%? i think that is a cup ocop out t could hurt us. setting something archer across the board would be a bad idea -- something across the board would be a bad idea. host: here is a tweet -- guest: they may be talking about health care costs in general. that is why we have to look at it systemwide, not just medicare, medicaid. what about all the expenditures? for example, dianne feinstein and i had a piece of legislation that would allow the federal government to have the power to say to companies like wellpoint, and thumaanthem, whod their rates 39%, we would

representative schakowsky. i'm a little nervous. have you thought about putting homeland security on the table and cutting them down to like 5% and putting them under the umbrella of the c.i.a. or something? host: what about his idea? guest: as i said, i think we ought to put everything on the table. clearly a lot of functions of homeland security which include all kinds of disaster relief, which do control immigration and those kinds of things, can there be efficiencies? i absolutely think there could be. do we want to say, 5% cuts, you know, sort of, set an arbitrary number and say, we're going to cut everything, including homeland security by 5%? i think that's kind of a cop-out and even, i think it could really hurt us to set some sort of -- a target, a goal, those are good, but i think that setting some arbitrary, across the board cut level i think would be a bad idea. certainly homeland security, we ought to take a good look. host: our viewers can send us twitter messages at twitter.com/c-spanwj. this one says, will taxes be r

it's a very long time line >> av schakowsky from hudson. on the question of engagement with syria and just want to ask about one specific point which was back in the summer there was the big attack in central baghdad that included the foreign ministry, one of the worst attacks, and afterwards maliki was fairly strong in his statements about syrian involvement and has ali understand the white house reaction after that was well this is something between iraq and syria. a kind of distancing. i was wondering is this a kind of cost of the syrian engagement it seemed like a strange reaction to for us to have when maliki had been cautious about syria for anything and made this rather strong statement that we kind of said well it's between those two governments. thanks. >> week, the united states, do not want to further complicate the relationship between baghdad and damascus. that is one consideration. but let me say that we continue to use means to raise attention to the fact that there are still 49 fighters, terrorists exploiting the territory t

schakowsky is recognized. ms. schakowsky: mr. speaker, i rise to honor the -- excuse me -- mr. speaker, i rise to honor the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the jewish state of israel. israel has weathered decades of war and terrorism, but it remains a thriving democracy and america's closest friend and ally in the middle east. as a very young child, i remember the immense pride and joy my family felt when the jewish state became a reality. i had the privilege of traveling once again to israel earlier this month, and again i was struck by the resilience, the courage and innovation of the israeli people as well as their pride and the beautifully lush country they have built in the desert. i thought about my childhood again and the number of times that i had safe my nickels and dimes to buy trees and tree certificates that we used for birthdays and anniversaries to plant trees in israel and to turn that desert and make it bloom. no longer -- israel today is a leader in technology and energy and scientific innovation, including medical innovations. it is also the only democrati

schakowsky. >> i want to get back to the antibiotics in animals. both of you in your opening statements talked about, and the reason we're here, public health problems increasing magnitude. serious public health count post by anti-my poll numbers is that both of you i don't this is a service problem. we know most of the antibiotics used in united states argues for animals come and most of that is used for non-therapeutic use. mainly for growth of animals. you know, we're dancing around is because there is a lot of opposition. this is a highly charged political issue. and there are many forces who think that, you know, stay out of the farm. leave that alone. and i know that. but i'm trying to understand why we don't have an answer to that question. if all of this use of antibiotics is going on right now in what people are eating, and we are facing a serious health threat in this country, explain to me why it has not been any research done in the united states, that you can site. why we don't have an answer to this question, and why, even if we don't

schakowsky: i rise this morning to express my sincere condolences to the people of poland. as they mourn the death of their president and his wife and to the families and friends of the other 94 men and women who lost their lives in saturday's airplane crash near russian's forest. chicago is the second largest polish city in the world. second only to warsaw. and among those killed was a chicago sculpture who emigrated from poland over three decades ago. his father was one of over 20,000 polls killed in the soviet union in the catin forest in 1940. he was traveling with the polish president to mark the 70th anniversary of the massacre. i join with chicago's vibrant polish american community and with poland's friends around the world in mourning the loss of the 96 men and women who lost their lives on saturday. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. . mr. cao: mr. speaker, i'

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schakowsky. it's been about to get back to the antibiotics and animals. both of you in your opening statements talked about, and the reason we are here, public health problems of increasing magnitude. serious public health challenge posed by antimicrobial resistance. but if you acknowledge this as a serious problem. we know that most antibiotics are used in the united states are used for animals and most of that is used for non-the therapeutic use, mainly for growth of animals. we are dancing around this because there is a lot of opposition. this is a highly charged political issue and there are many forces who think stay out of the farm, leave that alone and i know that. but i am trying to understand why we don't have an answer to that question if all of this use of antibiotics is going on right now and what people are eating, and we are facing a serious health threat in this country, explain to me why there has not been any research done in the united states that you can cite, why we don't have an answer to this question, and why even if we don't have a

schakowsky, on h.r. 897, the iraq and afghanistan contractor sunshine act. i hesitate to say that those and other efforts toward contracting reform have been unsuccessful. clearly we made significant reforms and part of our work in congress involves regular and diligent oversight. it is a never-ending process. for my part one of the proudest efforts during my career in congress has been to force the pentagon to acknowledge that some of the testing done on body armor for troops during the early part of the war was deeply flawed. my work on this issue grow out of a 2006 audit that i read about in "the new york times" that found that 80% of the marines who had died in iraq of a body wound would have survived with the proper body armor. i waited for other committees to take the lead, but no one came to the fore. we are still working on this issue, but we have come a very long way. major changes have been made in testing labs. some of them taking back into the army rather than contracted out, which in this case did not work. thankfully, however, the work did acco

schakowsky. >> i will put my full statement and the record but i do have a couple of comments.in my home state, the illinois illinois department of health has stated that in its four-year incidence of mrsa has increased 57% over 10,000 cases. and as we are going to hear from the cdc and the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, antibiotics become less effective as humans are increasingly and often unnecessarily exposed to them. this can happen when they are overprescribed but it also happens through other types of exposures. for this reason, i find the rampant use of antibiotics for non-therapeutic purposes and livestock populations alarming. many factory farms give cows, chickens and pigs antibiotics in their daily feed. that they are not treating any diseases. they are promoting growth in compensating for bad sanitation. when antibiotics are used in livestock populations it gets into our food system and to our water supply, using highly potent medications for this type of use continues to contribute to the increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistant infecti

schakowsky, mr. wiener of new york, mr. markey, ms. schwartz, mr. schiff of california, ms. sanchez of california, mr. marshall of california, mr. garamendi of california, ms. chu of california, mr. smith of washington, ms. woolsey of california, mr. defazio of oregon and ms. kaptur of ohio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy january 6, 2009 and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. moran of kansas. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? ms. ros-lehtinen: take mr. moran's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you for the time, yesterday congresswoman wasserman schultz and fellow members of congress held a great press conference with the chief administrative officer of the house of representatives on how to make our offices more energy efficient. representing such natural wonder iris like the florida keys national marine sanctuary, i'm sensitive to the impact of our daily routine on the environment. i'm a supporter

schakowsky: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to mark the 25th anniversary of an extraordinary organization, the aids foundation of chicago. the aids foundation is not just an illinois treasure, it's recognized across the nation as a leader in the hiv-aids policy and service. the aids foundation was founded in 1985 at the height of the hiv-aids epidemic when an aids diagnosis was a death sentence. h.i.v. has been identified to -- has been identified two years earlier but effective treatment was still not available. many of us watched helplessly as friends and loved ones passed away. a.f.c. was founded by friends of mine, dr. renthro, judy carter. the fight against hiv-aids and improve the lives of people affected by the epidemic. thanks to a.f.c.'s role as a force for change, lives have been saved and lives have been changed. a.f.c. helped turn the tide of the epidemic in illinois and across the country. by working with community organizations to develop and improve hiv-aids services, funding and coordinating prevention, c