Mr. Chairman, I seek recognition to speak on this important issue. The Acting CHAIR. Is the gentleman opposed to the amendment?

I thank the chairman. I want to close where the gentlelady began, which is on the economy and on jobs. As this chart shows, when President Obama was sworn in, we were losing over 800,000 jobs a month. But because of actions taken by the…

I thank the gentlelady for her leadership tonight. Mr. Chairman, may I inquire as to how much time remains? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Maryland has 3 minutes remaining.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I yield myself the remaining time. The debate we've had this afternoon is not whether we should reduce the deficit, whether we should reduce the debt, but how we do it, the choices that we make in reaching that…

Mr. Chairman, may I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Maryland has 2 minutes remaining.

Mr. Chairman, at this time I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler).

Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished vice chairman of the Democratic Caucus, the gentleman from California (Mr. Becerra).

Mr. Chairman, I now yield 1\1/2\ minutes to Mr. Welch of Vermont, a gentleman who has been focused on fiscal responsibility.

Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the ranking member of the Education Committee, Mr. Miller.

Mr. Chairman, I now yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlelady from California (Ms. Lee).

Mr. Chairman, my colleague, the gentleman from Maryland, put up a chart with the red showing the rising costs of Medicare and said the President has no plan. Well, I wish the gentleman had looked at the chart of the chairman of the Budget…

Mr. Chairman, I would point out that the chairman of the Budget Committee has mentioned a number of times this PolitiFact. I want to read from what PolitiFact said with respect to this. He said that it's true that the term ``terminate''…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I appreciate the comments of the member of the Budget Committee, Mr. Woodall from Georgia, but I don't think the choice the Republicans make in this budget is the right thing to do…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. The debate we're having here is not whether to reduce the deficit and the debt. We have to do that. The issue is the choices we make in the process. The President does have a budget…

Madam Chairman, I would point out again, just in response to my friend Mr. Flake, that this is the chart that was used by the chairman of the Budget Committee, Mr. Ryan, showing the President's plan on Medicare and the Republican plan on…

Mr. Chairman, I keep hearing my Republican colleagues say that their plan will provide seniors with affordable premiums for their health care services. I just keep asking myself why it is that their plan gives seniors on Medicare a much…

Madam Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Conyers).

Madam Chairman, there is no doubt that we have to reduce the deficit and debt for the good of all of our children and grandchildren. The debate today is about how we do it and whether we do it in a balanced way. I would point out the…