in fact, one member of congress, sheila jackson lee from houston, has had 15 amendments herself. sheila jackson-lee has had more votes over the last year than senate republicans. in fact, the house seems to have turned into the senate, and the senate seems to have turned into the house. now the gag rule, as was pointed out by senator alexander and others this morning, in an appropriation meeting seems to now apply to committee meetings as well. so not only do we not get votes on the floor, we don't get votes in committee either. so they canceled the scheduled markup on the energy and water bill, i assume out of concern that some republican amendment might, my goodness, actually pass with democratic support. so we're being shut out of amendments in committee as well as on the floor. when do we start legislating again? what's happened to the united states senate? therefore, i would ask consent that the proposed agreement by the majority leader be modified so that all amendments be considered under the regular order. chairman mikulski and ranking member shelby, and move this bill acr

. >> the gentlewoman from texas, sheila jackson lee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am excited to see so many of you i have been happy to work with. i want to call the roll. this cash, thank you for the work of your father. thank you, mr. christian, paul williamson died -- we have seen each other so much. thank you for your work, what you do for children, teaching children about music. chris harrison -- i believe your name is -- did i add a t-e on it i should not have? >> that is perfect. >> let me just say i think it would be appropriate if we have a hearing on the directv-at&t merger. to the witnesses, my delay was provoked by the fact that this is a year anniversary of the shelby case, the united states case that, in my opinion, dismantled the voting rights in the united states. there is a hearing, and i would almost say that many of the --ist that you represent were affected by that. i apologize for my delay. that is one of the reasons that i dashed in here. i have made it clear -- i think we have an issue that should all, andinterest of the recognition of the

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sheila jackson lee has offered 29 amendments just on appropriation bills. that's about 20 more than the entire caucus of the republicans inside the senate has been able to offer for about the whole last year. so what is the hold-up here? harry reid and the senate. if that fundamentally changes in september, it will be a new day for america and a new correctdi. >> finally, let's talk about kevin mccarthy. frankly, a lot of people, this is the first chance they get to see and hear you. you grew up in bakersfield, california. your dad was a firefighter. your folks were democrats. how did you become a republican? >> philosophical belief. i was the youngest. i came in the 'ays. i watched ronald reagan and jimmy carter say put on a sweater, and ronald reagan say no pastel, go to the shiny city on the hill. i knew what i wanted to blev. i believed in an entrepreneur, in greater freedom and liberty and why i took a risk at 19 to create my own company. >> i'm geck to tog about that. a lot of people don't know that. you won the california state lottery or won a prize

interview yesterday with jeff miller, you can check that out .n c-span.org we also interviewed sheila jackson-lee. in terms of other members of theirss tweeting out reactions to eric shinseki's resignation yesterday -- also senator harry reid, majority leader -- conch cement cory gardner out of colorado -- congressman cory gardner out of colorado -- congressman armey bera -- congressman ami we are taking your calls and comments. bill is waiting on the line for veterans. he is calling in from new jersey. good morning. caller: the thing that gets me is we either have people that are in charge and have no sense and have the reason for making the decisions that they make. as far as the veterans problems are concerned, there are too many veterans going to the facilities to be treated. they cannot handle them all. the of use thing to do would be close to 50% of veterans are over 65, they already have medicare. why doesn't the government supply them with a supplemental insurance and tell those people they can go to whatever facility they want if they cannot get a at the veterans facility he echoed that

the second point though, is in the house, his sheila jackson-lee, who is my representative, she has offered 29 amendments to bills in the house gop bills and entire senate the gop has offered nine. nine since 2010. so that is a dramatic difference in cooperation between the house gop and democrats there versus the senate where harry reid rules with an iron fist. >> well, again ace pointed out in my remarks from the beginning of the senator that i quoted, happens to be a democrat and i mentioned it is the most unproductive time of his life being in the u.s. senate. there has been a change in culture in terms of what amendments are allowed on both d senate side. the statistics really skewed to thee. minimum or lowest levels ever for amendments in the senate. so you're right to talk about the dysfunction that doesn't even allow bills to be voted on, and i thinksf there is a lot of frustration, again not just on one side politically but on both sides, i don't care what party you come from, we're elected to come here to washington, you would like to try to have your ideas presented and to see ho

as my good friend from kentucky pointed out earlier, representative sheila jackson-lee has single-handedly received more amendment votes than all senate republicans. given that she's had 15 votes on her amendments since last july in the house of representatives. now some who lionize this chamber -- and i'm one of those -- as the world's most deliberative body often take a dim view to the practice of the house. i'm not one of those, but this is supposed to be the more deliberative body with open amendments and open debate. they will cite with trepidation the restrictive and structured approach to debate in the house and with a shutter, the very fact that the house has the dreaded rules committee that picks and chooses which amendments will be offered. i can tell you from experience when it comes to the ability to offer amendments, i now long for those days in the house. during my service in the senate -- i'm sorry, during my service in the house between the 107th and 112th congress, i personally offered -- this is offered. not filed but offered on the floor of the house of representatives.