pass the bill. send it to the president that gives sorely needed certainty to our farmers, families, our rural communities. after all, the 2014 farm bill saves taxpayers $23 billion. it eliminates duplicative programs. it strengthens the toolbox for skwefrbg our national resources. -- for conserving our natural resources. it gives farmers much-needed long overdue certainty as they make planting decisions. they don't have the luxury that we seem to give ourselves to wait to the very last second. they have to plan months in advance. it also provides relief to struggling families, support for rural communities, investments in a sustainable energy future. now, is it a perfect bill? of course not. no farm bill is. and while it includes provisions i would not have preferred, i do believe that it has a lot of provisions that will benefit vermont and the nation. i wish that the commonsense dairy policies that were passed twice by the full senate, supported by republicans and democrats, by the chair and the r

final passage of the farm bill. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: i come to the floor for the third time to express my opposition to the farm bill, obviously not in its tow tow but certain -- not in its toto but certain provisions of it, particularly provisions that i had a hand in writing, and to set the record straight once again. i come here because several of my colleagues have approached me indicating confusion on whether the payment limits provisions i fought for are in this bill or not in this bill. well, people are going to tell you there are payment limitations in this bill, but i'm here to set the record straight with facts that they don't accomplish what i tried to accomplish, and they're even much more liberal than in existing law in regard to my amendment. my original payment limit provisions included a $50,000 individual, $100,000 married couple cap for shallow loss programs known as price loss coverage, p.l

of 2009, known as kill the gays bill. st for a sentence of life in prison just for being gay. called for a sentence of death by hanging for the death of being gay and hiv positive. could be sentenced for three years in prison for knowing somebody was gay and not reporting them to government. the kill the gays bill landed with a thud on the world stage and almost as soon as it did, the american activists who had been in uganda earlier that year urging zero tolerance for homosexuality were claiming they were shocked by this legislation, had nothing to do with it and opposed at least the capital punishment part of what was called for in the bill. we did lots of reporting on this at the time and learned that even though these american activists were trying desperately to distance themselves from the kill the gays bill when it came out, prominent ugandans aware of how the bill came to be were crediting the same americans for helping with and inspiring the legislation. one priest we spoke with said members of the ugandan parliam

let's talk about the i.r.s. bill first. the i.r.s. bill has a title that i think would engender broad bipartisan support. if we want to run a bill that prevents the i.r.s. from discriminating organizations based on political affiliations, whether they're progress i have or tea party or anywhere in between, i think there would be a way to come together in support, hopefully near unanimous support, around such a bill. like many americans, i was outraged that organizations had been singled out based on their name of their organization for additional scrutiny. that is simply not the right criteria that the i.r.s. should be using inch hope they got the message over at the i.r.s. loud and clear and i hope we can move to fully implement the recommendations of the inspector general to ensure this never happens again. however, this bill actually undoes one of the very recommendations of the inspector general from the inspector general's own report. there's even a republican bill in the ways and means committee by pete roskam that would require

we filed the bill today. it gives states the option to use federal education funds for scholarships to lower income families. empowering these families to choose the best opportunities for their kids. let's stop defending the indefensible and start imagining a great future for every child in america. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i want to thank the house of representatives for passing my amendment yesterday which will help preserve access to the national forest system lands for snowmobiles in michigan and across the nation. mr. kildee: the same access that has long been granted for responsible snowmobilers. in michigan, snowmobiling has long been an important part of our state's heritage. half of my home state's 6,300 mil

the question is on passage of the bill. all those in -- for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? >> i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will go to a voice vote first. the question is on passage of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: mr. speaker, on that i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the .s. house of representatives.] the

in the bill will be a second criteria. i want to clarify that the intent was not to engage conversation of the special trustee itself reason it's there as an accountability standard i'll be amending those words with wards to the legislative process working with all the sponsors chandler to the faculty and the students and the festers all of those who are involved in st. patrick the accreditation and the well-being of the college to come up with a very real and acknowledged accountability standard they'll want to see that. that's a work in progress and we'll be focusing on that as we go 0 through the committee process. with all that said those who have been fighting the good fight to make sure this jowl in the crown of san francisco stays in place i want to thank him for hostiles hospitality and friendship and that's mayor ed lee (clapping.) thank you senator. time and time again senator leno has come to the aid of the city. you know, in the last couple of years his stewardship in the states budget has been welcoming to have

by the way, speaking of this bill, it is a good bill. from the state of alaska, more parks and more refuges than any other state, the refuge the department allow to hunt. park service don't allow us to hunt and i'm arguing that this park and refuge areas set aside for the refuge, managers themselves and not for the people of america, let alone the people of alaska. this legislation is the right way to go. let's think about public lands, not the kings lands, not the administration lands but the land of the people. this bill is a good bill. i urge passage of this legislation. the chair: the committee will rise informally to receive a message. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the united states of the united states. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: mr. secretary. the secretary: i am directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. the speaker pro tempore: the commit

we fought the bill in the senate, in the house and a lot of times on controversial bills, men and womenn the community come forward and say this is a priority to me. we didn't hear that this time, the absence was conspicuous. we did hear from the opposition everywhere. it came from the business community, from our friends and family. once the bill came out of the legislature, the legislators took it back to the districts and said what do you think about it, we need support now. we saw people make comments and arguments why this is bad for arizona. we are open for business, bill. >> where do you stand on the bill? >> i opposed the bill. i was part of the coalition that owe pose i had it in the house of representatives on the floor. we want to attract more men and women. this is a state that's having the arizona comeback, we're coming out of a recession. we want people to know that we are long past s.b.1070. we want people to come to arizona, feel welcome come here and be our neighbors. >> when you talk about a bill as this one and people on both sides hear the phrase optics, that means w

>> and then they're back pedaling. >> here's the news, ohio bill proponents of the ohio version of thecrap it. we saw how quickly -- fox is also kind of running the train in reverse right now. maybe this looks like an over reaction. it seems like fox which has been celebrating these cases, now looks like they're moving the other direction. >> it's been a weird week for fox. all these horror stories gain notoriety on that network. >> they were the ones who no one knew the oregon baker. >> until they became big on fox. the horror story is much easier to sell. the solution to these horror stories are much harder to sell to the public. it's easy to talk about one or two photographers, when you talk about how you fix it, the solution is allow for businesses to say no to gay customers, it's much less sellable to people in the mission. >> this is not a problem in america, right? so the idea that you need to expand this and enshrine it into law seems ridiculous. >> thank you both, gentlemen. >> that is all in for this evening, the rachel maddow show starts right now. >> good evening, chris, th

the bill is crumbling. >> we are here to try to make this right and ask the governor to veto the bill. >> if the government veto, the damage may be done. >> joining us now is howard fisher, the chief correspondent in phoenix. do you think the people of arizona are focussing as much attention as those outside the state are on this issue? >> certainly the demonstrations have caused a big meedio furore. there's a lot of questions as to what the bill does. >> in arizona, unlike other states, while there are protections based on rarks religion -- race, religion, national origin, there's none on sexual orientation. so already a business can say, "i don't serve gays", this is deflated. does it grant protection for gays or businesses to go ahead and discriminate. i think what it has done is shined the light on the fact that arizona is a state that does not offer protection for gays. folks rallied around that saying "why not?" >> how has it hurt the state? >> arizona had a history of problems, whether it's pr problems or not. after the governor of arizona cancelled a holiday for reverent mart

the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar million 265. h.r. 1944, a bill to protect private property rights. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house spend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 353. the nays are 65. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. all members please take conversations off the floor. all members please clear the ell. the house will come to order. again all members are reminded please take convers

was a battle to get the bill passed. republicans declined the invitation to the bill signing. this was a bipartisan agreement. some are calling it are marketable to see congress and the white house coming together to get something done. today, president obama to lord a technology plant that turns crops into fuel. president obama admitted the bill is imperfect. not everything either side wanted. >> it is a sign democrats and republicans were able to break the cycle of shortsighted crisis driven partisan decision-making and actually get stuff done. >> the bill was passed in the senate tuesday by a vote of 68 to 32. >> maybe we are seeing the unraveling of gridlock that has locked down this body so we cannot seem to move on the most important an elementary ideas. >> there was criticism of foreign policy. >> farmers and ranchers produce the highest quality food supply in the world. >> many objected to the custom food stamp programs. the supporters say the bill does keep in place lower milk prices. the bill includes plenty of several -- m plenty of reforms. >> the biggest share of t

and the religious argument against the bill. and former vice president's cheney accusation that president obama cares more about handing out food stamps than supporting the troops. ♪ [ male announcer ] she won't remember this, being carried in your arms. but after a day spent in the caribbean exploring mayan ruins and playing pirates with you in secret coves, she won't exactly be short on memories. princess cruises. come back new. [ female announcer ] plan your seven-day cruise from just $549. call your travel agent or 1-800-princess. call your travel agent coach calls her a team player. she's kind of special. she makes the whole team better. he's the kind of player that puts the puck, horsehide, bullet. right where it needs to be. coach calls it logistics. he's a great passer. dependable. a winning team has to have one. somebody you can count on. somebody like my dad. this is my dad. somebody like my mom. my grandfather. i'm very pround of him. her. them. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few

the driest on record in california. this bill, 3964, the sacramento-san joaquin valley emergency water delivery targets central california only, central valley, and was introduced one week ago with no hearing, no markup, nothing. it was introduced by republican california colleagues and no cooperation with the rest of california members who are facing similar drought impacts. it's similar in 1837 from 2011 and died in the senate, as was pointed out. according to the california department of resources, the snowpack in the sierras, the largest reservoir in the central valley system was 6% normal. the drought monitor found that 90% of the state is experiencing moderate to severe drought. so cry in california that the last -- first 18 days of january, the state saw 289 fires that burned 721 acres, ncluding the kobi fire in my district. they have used the superscooper water plane at a time when california should be xperiencing its wettest month. secretary laird said it best, he said, this bill falsely promise water relief that cannot

in particular, they noted the bill ignores interests of the average american. there is no effort in this bill to sort out the good from the bad. 's a one-size-fits-all solution. . . . it would halt regulations favored by businesses such as rules at the f.c.c. to allocate portions of spectrum for new telephone systems. accordingly, i urge my colleagues to support this amendment that would strike the bill's pernicious moratorium provision. and i will reserve. the chair: the gentleman from georgia reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. goodlatte: i rise in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. goodlatte: as federal regulatory agencies attempt to pile more and more regulatory burdens on america's struggling workers, families and small businesses, the least we can ask is that they be transparent about it. what could be more transparent than requiring them, the regulators, on a monthly basis, online, to update the public with realtime information about what new regulations a

that's not part of the bill. i would simply reply to them, as i have previously, that the senate offered compromise or the senate offered language, spends $900 million more, does not take care of the $24 billion problem which is red ink that the taxpayer would ck up, which harms the solvency of the program. why have a government program that runs in the red and goes to $50 billion? that's not what we're going to do. we're going to come up with an answer in the house of representatives. i expect it to be done quickly. and we're going to do that. but today we're talking about the cfpb and americans have witnessed firsthand the negative effects of the cfpb and we have looked at how this administration and one agency cannot only gather records but literally control a marketplace. i believe that what you have heard today lends us to understand that a balance of the cfpb is what's important. we brought five distinctly different bills to bear here. one of them saying that we should not have employees of the cfpb that are

speaker, what the bill does. let me give you an example that we heard in the ways and means committee about -- that prompted this, and i look forward to hearing from my colleague, mr. davis. the legislation establishes a new procedure for the i.r.s. to follow when asking questions regarding three areas -- religious, political and social beliefs. the following is the new procedure, that the i.r.s. can't ask those questions. they can't ask about religious, political or social beliefs, and there's pro exceptions. exceptions. if the i.r.s. commissioner deems a question to be important to aid in tax administration and smits to -- submits to congress that report which must include the following and be approved by a joint resolution of congress. state the specific questions that were authorized, describe the class of taxpayers who will be asked the questions and describe the circumstances surrounding the taxpayers being asked those questions. all right. so where is this coming from? what's this all about? we heard testim

to help me on the farm bill. he said, why don't you just pay it? indicating his broad knowledge of the farm bill at that particular time. so the farm bill is not simply a bill that you just pay off. it instead represents important legislation for both urban, rural states and district and the stability of the world, if you will, knowing that we have to feed 9 billion people in the next civil decades. -- in the next several decades. but at least the chairs have beaten all the odds and are on the verge of completing a very complicated and time-consuming undertaking, to say the least. i must also thank my colleagues and friends on the house and senate agriculture committees for their knowledge, their expertise, their diverse perspectives on agriculture. and it' -- and it's going to be really hard to imagine that many faces in the senate ag room will not be there in person for the next farm bill five years down the road. senators tom harkin, senator saxby chambliss, both will be sorely missed as they have led the caucu

>> it was not removed from the bill. it was not in the senate bill. it was in the house bill. the decision was made that we already have financial disclosure forms as to where we get our incomes. this is done through other committees and ethics committees and rules committees. this is beyond our jurisdiction. we indicated that if there is anything to be done there, that should be done over there. i support that. but we already have to disclose where our income comes from. anybody been nominated has to do it. disclosures, do you have to report that you have farm subsidies? >> you have to report your income and where it comes from. >> the detail would be very different. financiale on the disclosure form. we have gone through these forms. if you have a question about where your income is six think. you have a very specific information. it seems to be a stepping back from transparency. i like to follow this up further. sayet me to stop you and that was not in the house version. i would support doing more on. it was not something that it was done in this bill. >> understood. otherar

first of all, the bill -- the bill that we're discussing right now is not the bill that was in place since 1999 because your language expands it to individuals. it expands it to -- no, it does not. it expands it. here's the thing, i can make this very, very simple. when you're talking about the right to discriminate, which is what this bill is basically all about, the right for somebody to discriminate based on their religious belief, there are three types of discrimination that you need to understand. the first one is personal discrimination, which is constitutionally protected, by the way. i personally have the right to discriminate in my choices around my personal life. i can discriminate against certain men who aren't methodist, for example, because i don't want to marry a methodist. that's constitutionally protected discrimination. second form is private association. if maia, the woman who was in that clip when she was asked, would you let a gay christian business owner in because there are a lot of open and affirming christian churches in this country, and she was like uh -- uh

turns out these bills are like the trendy new right-wing bill all around the country. in missouri, a republican state senator just yesterday introduced a bill that would allow missouri businesses claiming a religious objection to refuse to serve customers on that basis. in ohio, a bill like this has also been introduced there in the house. in nevada, a bill like this is making its way through pea. same story in idaho. a republican bill has been moved back to committee. republicans in oklahoma have proposed a bill like this. republicans in hawaii have proposed a bill like this. republicans in mississippi have already passed a bill like this through the state senate and it's now on the way to the mississippi house. republicans in utah are trying to pass this measure as an amendment. republicans in oregon are trying to get it on to the ballot. republicans are trying to pass legislation like this everywhere in the country and at lightning speed. so far, at least, though, it has not yet worked. it's interesting, for a while it sort of seemed like these bills were going to pa

>> the outcry against the bill has nothing to do with the actual merits of the bill. >> three senators have flipped their vote. >> i've got plenty of time. >> mounting pressure from john mccain to concern from super bowl organizers. >> i don't buy the argument on the economic impact. i believe, again, this is about protecting people of all faith. >> i've got plenty of time. >> veto, veto. >> good too have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. watching the situation unfold in arizona, it brings you to the conclusion that sometimes in america we just don't know how to differentiate between right and wrong even when it comes to human decency. thts most discriminatory law that we have seen a state body come forward with. in jan brewer, the governor, is having a hard time making a decision on what to do? really? the governor of arizona is right in the center of the hottest debate in america. it's a debate because they don't know what human decency is all about. it's up to the woman who pointed the finger right in the face arrogantly. now we're finding out how air gat she really i

given that the post-9/11 g.i. bill only covers in-state tuition and fees for public educational institutions, these veterans are left to cover the differences between costs and the in-state tuition rate and the out-of-state tuition rate. in some states, that difference can be more than $20,000 a year and that is certainly not what the purpose of the 9/11 g.i. bill was about. as a result, many of the veterans -- manufacture our nation's veterans -- many of our nation's veterans must use loans to cover this difference and in the process become indebted with large school loans that will take them years to pay off. my office has heard from a number of veterans and veterans organizations about this problem. we heard from sky barkley who lived in florida prior to joining the u.s. marine corps in 2006. after serving her county, sky decided to -- country, sky decided to remain with her family in north carolina so her husband could finish serving his military obligations. less than a year later, they moved to sky's hometown in

and the religious argument against the bill. and former vice president's dhany accusation that president obama cares more about handing out food stamps than supporting the troops. hey guys! sorry we're late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. ♪ [ sportscaster talking on tv ] last-second field go-- yea, sure ya did. [ male announcer ] introducing at&t digital life. personalized home security and automation. get professionally monitored security for just $29.99 a month. with limited availability in select markets. ♪ with limited availability in select markets. (voseeker of the sublime.ro. you can separate runway ridiculousness... from fashion that flies off the shelves. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. and only national is ranked highest in car rent

the country has been without a farm bill since last september when the last farm bill expired. but the fight had lasted much longer than that. chief among the concerns, the reformers in the tea party felt as though too much money was being spent on food stamps. they had an enormous cut, some 10% of food stamp expenditures, that did not come anywhere close in the final product. about 1%, $800 million a year cut, still a lot of people very unhappy about that. environmentalists are unhappy, the administration defends this bill, saying this is the best they could do under the circumstances. some crop subsidy programs -- people living in manhattan were actually getting payments from the government. those come to an end, but critics say it is replaced by a new insurance program that is very wasteful. peanut farmers, cat fish farmers, all kinds of special interests are helped here. although there are cuts ash the margins. they over came some of the partisan difficulties here. they are trying to cut some of these programs, normally in washington, the farm bill a trillion dollars goody b

supporters of the bill are avoiding us. so are the special interest groups who admit they wrote the bill but won't come on this program to defend it. also tonight a 360 exclusive this, young boy is at the center of a medical miss terrorist his battle with a crippling disease and the race to identify the bug that is causing it and spreading fear throughout the most populated state in the country. >>> also tonight, is amanda knocks's ex-boyfriend turning on her? what he's saying she did shortly after the murder they were both convicted of raising eyebrows tonight. we begin with the growing backlash to arizona sb 1062 bill. former governor mitt romney advising against it. he tweets "veto of sb 1062 are right." he's again it so are senator john mccain and jeff flake. so do several businesses doing business in the state. with the super bowl coming to phoenix fem next year, governor brewer has the nfl to worry about. mission guess marquez joins us with the the latest. is there a feeling, miguel, that the business interests that se

>> it was not removed from the bill. it was not in the senate bill. it was in the house bill. the decision was made that we already have financial disclosure forms as to where we get our incomes. this is done through other committees and ethics committees and rules committees. this is beyond our jurisdiction. we indicated that if there is anything to be done there, that should be done over there. i support that. but we already have to disclose where our income comes from. as do cabinet officials and anyone being nominated. >> just to clarify real quick, on your disclosures currently, do you have to disclose that you receive farm subsidies? >> you have to report your income and where it comes from. >> the detail would be very different. between what has been reported in farm subsidies versus what's on the disclosure forms. it would be on the financial disclosure form. we have gone through these forms. if you have a question about where your income is six think. it's not particularly succinct. you have very specific information. it seems to be a stepping back from transparency. i

i am not opposed to the bill. the speaker pro tempore: on that basis, the gentleman from colorado, mr. polis, will control the 20 minutes in opposition. the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte, is recognized. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and their remarks include extraneous materials on h.r. 1123, currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. goodlatte: last winter, due to an expired exemption to existing law, consumers lost the legal right to unlock their cell phones so they could use them on a different wireless carrier. outraged consumers flooded congress and the white house with complaints over this change in policy that resulted in reduced marketplace competition. in response to this impact on consumers, a bipartisan group of house judiciary committee membe

atlanta's mayor spoke out against the bill, as has delta. the state senate can vote as early as monday. >> hundreds of soldiers disdisqualify from sensitive possessions >> sensitive position, that's how the army describes it. what they mean by that is people within the service helped soldiers cope with issues like sexual assault. the army is missing tonight. the number of personal have been disqualified. the number is far greater than they previously admitted. >> last summer the army was suspending 5 sexual assault counsellors. to child abuse drunk driving. the army went further, combing through the records of 20,000 soldiers, disqualifying 588 in total. that's a 10-fold increase. in a statement the army ensures that those in position of personal trust has the right tools, skills and backgrounds. we will continue working to better ensure that we select the best people. hanks said she was assaulted by lieutenant colonel james wilkerson when he was an f-16 combat pilot at the airbase in italy. >> i opened my eye, and he was in bed with me with

do you still think the merits of the bill are a good idea? good policy to expand out the kind of conscience clause to allow for this kind of discrimination in kind of the commercial sphere? >> wedhen i voted on it, i did t look toward discrimination at all. i didn't see that in there. as the days went on after we voted, it was from constituents and the public and the outcry from it. and, you know, i've been listening to things all day about the discrimination, and there is none, in my view, and i don't -- if there is, i'm totally against it. but as it is, i have come to the conclusion with two others that we wrote a letter to the governor telling her we thought she should veto the bill. >> what did you think the bill would allow? >> you know, we were told that it would be codifying existing laws that we have on the books right now. and to codify, well, then why do we need it? and, you know, we were not sold on the bill in the very start. back three weeks ago, i went to different groups trying to get some support and say, i'm concerned about th

not only is the underlying bill bad policy, the process bringing this bill up is lousy desm spite the fact that the omnibus bill wasn't considered by any committee, the rule committees decided to close down the amendment process. the truth is that this rule makes in order every single republican amendment while only making in order one third of the democratic amendments. so much for openness and so much for fairness, madam speaker. i am particularly disappointed that last night the rules committee failed to make in order an amendment that i was proud to offer with mr. holt of new jersey. and several other of my colleague that would have re-authorized the land and water conservation fund. the land and water conservation fund program uses royalties from oil and gas drilling to protect and preserve access to federal and state lands. the state program has been has been important to the creation of 35rks and -- parks and recreational facilities in my district. the holt amendment re-authorizing lwcf is critical. this program will expire soon and needs to be re-authorized. the holt amendment

: so if it hits the moon, just saying. martha: trouble. ♪ bill: 32 minutes past the hour. back at it. i will miss this guy in washington. martha: they are. bill: he is the king of shrimp on a treadmill. new report on government waste. take you over to 103. that is what we call the big fancy board and show you what senator coburn has come up with. going back to years for medicaid and the growth for this government system here. this is 1966, right? 4years ago, enrollment is four million. here in 2012 and coburn says you're 55 million enrolled in medicaid. what is the cost of such an enormous program like that? 800 million in 1966. an astounding$50 billion now in 2012. -- 250 billion. percentagewise, to put it in perspective, increase of 231,000% in the 46-year period. tom coburn, republican from oklahoma. charlie gasparino works here with us at fox business network. how are you, charlie. those are stunning numbers, not just medicaid. what do you think? >> that is mind blowing. would look at this, look at rates of inflation, the cost of food has gone up 31,000% since '66. we w

i've not signed on to the new sanctions bill here. i believe that if diplomacy can work, we ought to allow it to work. i haven't appreciated some of the comments from the administration describing those who are in favor of the sanctions bill, implying that they're warmongering or that they have anything but the best motives. i think that everyone here wants the same thing. and for the administration or others to describe people who have a different view, i think, is unfair. but for myself, i hope that these negotiations will work. there are some concerns that i have just in terms of the specifics. one of the criticisms of the joint plan of action, ms. sherman, is that it deals with known nuclear facilities in iran, but it's a little bit unclear as to what will happen if we discover other facilities that were not known prior to this. how are they covered? are they -- the term "any new nuclear facility," is that a new one or newly-discovered, and what means do we have to try to find other facilities out there? >> thank you very much, sen

the priorities of our state. again, arizona does not need or want this bill, and we are asking the governor to swiftly veto this bill. >> we do know there are some, albeit some now willing to say

a name and the country at them i did a similar bill in a different era but the particular challenge the bills like this will face are lawsuits alleging federal supremacy with respect to foreign policy. they'll say that the nsa is a foreign policy instruments that states don't have the authority to make their own foreign policy and that's certainly true the weather not states have the authority to director of utilities is a pretty subtle question and there's no actual legitimate argument that would suggest that the federal government has the right to comment here the state resources so actually it's like most constitutional law. two very compelling interest against each other. the state's primary authority over its resources against federal supremacy with respect to matters left by the constitution and federal hands left out of that equation than what i think will resolve those issues ultimately is the forgotten relevance of the fourth amendment which quite simply makes this government enterprise illegal in the first instances of the states taking action to a

there is one part of the bill that i do support. in title 6 is the lookout protection hargee heritage act which i co-authored. green mountain lookout, located in the glacier peak wilderness, was built in 1933 as a civilian corps project to detect fires and spot enemy aircraft during world war ii. the lookout is an important historic and unique part of the pacific northwest. and it's a popular destination for hikers and is listed on the national register for historic places. unfortunately, severe weather caused the green mountain lookout to fall into disrepair in 2001, and the u.s. forest service began taking steps to preserve the historic structure for future generations. however, an out-of-state group filed a lawsuit against the forest service for using machinery to conduct these repairs and unfortunately a u.s. district court ordered the forest service to remove the lookout. my bill would allow critical and routine maintnains while keeping this icon -- maintenance while keeping this iconic structure intact. a number of historic an

you cover the farm bill and agriculture. how critical is the farm bill it the united states? >> well, we are all eaters. >> we all eat food. >> the farm bill in many ways determines what we eat, where it comes from, what it costs. it touches on everything. it's critical. >> the united states is unique. we generate an incredible amount of food. >> that's where people need to draw the line. hunger is not a poverty issue. it's a justice issue. in the u.s. we are producing the right amount of food. there's surpluses of food. as a result of the spill people will have restricted access to that food. that's what is getting people up in arms. that's what we are hearing, people feeling like it's outrageous. it's a justice issue, not a poverty issue. >> why do you think the bill as passed now. i heard the term thrown out farm bill fatigue. i think a lot of observers of the farm bill process are really evincing a little more - gosh, i'm glad this is over, as opposed to parsing out each little bit. the development of this bill has been, offer the last three years, and, of course, particu

the reforms in this bill are low-hanging fruit. these are modest reforms supported by republicans and democrats alike. some of these changes merely codify sdemreck tiff orders issued by the -- executive orders issued by the last two democrat presidents. some of my colleagues have suggestions for improvement and have offered amendments to this bill. great. these will be discussed tomorrow in an open and transparent process. in fact, mr. speaker, every democrat amendment that was submitted has been included in this rule. i hope that my colleagues will join me in supporting this sensible legislation that had enhance transparency, accountability and awareness of federal mandates. i urge my colleagues to vote for this rule and the underlying bill. i yield back the balance of my time and i move the previous question on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the question is on ordering the previous question on the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have

i think she should sign the bill. k she should have the courage to stand up against all the bullying and black mail that she's being subjected to. probably the best thing would be to explain as i tried to explain at the beginning of the program, the history of the religious freedom restoration act, what it provides, and importantly, the fact that it first of all doesn't apply to sexual orientation issues. this actually arose because of the controversy over the hhs mandate and companies being forced to pay for medical procedures that offend their conscience, and she should -- >> different show. >> that's a different show. >> and she should explain the history of this bill and that it does not -- this bill does not decide what the outcome of any particular dispute will be, it just establishes a rule for analyzing it. >> let's check in on our fire back results. should businesses be allowed to refuse service based on religious beliefs? right now 23% of you say yes. 77% of you say no. neery, you agreed with me earlier that

they can read the bill. they can tell who -- they can tell that although chicken little and the boy who cried wolf seem to want to talk about this bill, the sky is not falling and the wolf is not coming on account of this bill. what is coming on account of this bill is real relief for hardworking americans and prosperity around the corner. vote against this motion to recommit. vote for this bill. take americans' hard-earned dollars out of the hands of washington bureaucrats who want to flush it down the regulatory drain. let it stay in the hands of workers and business owners who know how to spend it wisely and well. oppose the motion to recommit, support the legislation. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the previous question is ordered. the question is on the motion to recommit. those in favor say aye. those opposed will say no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. ms. esty: mr. speaker, i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded v

bill in the country. sb-1062, a bill that would allow private businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians in the name of religious freedom has been universally penned. it's come under intensifier from religious leaders who urged the governor to kill it. the governor vetoed the bill saying it was overly broad. congresswoman, your reaction to the governor's decision? >> i have to say i'm really pleased and happy. the governor has done absolutely the right thing for our state, and sent a message to the country about our values. arizona is a state that welcomes diversity, that we appreciate diverse ideas, opinions and people in our state. i think her actions today really solidified the values of arizona voters. >> are you surprised by the level of attention that it's got, and the way that it went from basically no one paying attention to this legislation nationally, at least working its way through both houses, to it becoming a central national issue? >> i think many people were surprised not just aro