John Garamendi

I believe that's precisely what they're trying to do is tell the Secretary not to follow the law.

I thank the gentleman from Washington and our colleague on the other side. It's useful to read the Secretarial order rather than all of the hullabaloo of what this is all about. The Secretarial order follows the law. It says that the BLM…

I think you're down to parsing words here. The study that was attempted to be undertaken by the Secretary was to study the lands for their wild land values. He obviously could not designate a wild land that doesn't exist. But that study…

Thank you for that accommodation. I think the underlying problem was well described by you, and that is that the language prohibits the Secretary from going forward with the study of the wild lands. I think that's wrong. I think it's…

Reclaiming my time, sir, my apologies for interrupting you. The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman from California has expired. (On request of Mr. Hastings of Washington and by unanimous consent, Mr. Garamendi was allowed to proceed…

We're going to make it in America. When we do, America will make it. We will put forth, as Democrats, a jobs program. We're going to invest, we're going to grow, and we're going to build this economy. That's our promise. I yield back the…

Okay, we are going to have our bullet session here. We'll start with Ms. Sutton from Ohio.

We're going to put people back to work, and one way we're going to do it is with a clean energy policy. We need a national security policy on energy. I know that part of that solution is going to come from Colorado where they are doing the…

Let's just get ourselves into a good discussion here. The great Midwest, Ohio, the industrial center of America, being rebuilt by Betty Sutton. I yield to the gentlelady from Ohio.

Thank you, Mr. Welch. The gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Perlmutter) has joined us, and directly in front of me is the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Sutton). Let me turn to the gentleman from Colorado first.

Well, the Republican--we heard it here over and over again, it was cut, balance--whatever. What I kept hearing is cut, slash, and burn because they're going to cut and slash critical programs for seniors. I think what Americans really…

We kept hearing from our Republican colleagues that what America needs is a cut, balance--how does that work?

We've been joined by an individual from the great State of Vermont who has spoken many times on this floor about jobs and about what we need to do. Thank you for joining us. Share your thoughts.

Three votes in the first 6 months, now 6\1/2\ months of this new Congress, three votes by the Republicans that have put up three different measures that terminate Medicare as we know it.

And on the individuals. Let's move on beyond it. But this is something that I always put up when we talk about Medicare, and that is it was 1965. This is a tombstone, and it says: Medicare 1965-2011. Created by LBJ. Destroyed by the GOP…

You've moved to a subject that we really want to get to, which is jobs, but this is my favorite.

Mr. Tonko, once again you are on the right track here. Earlier before you came in I was discussing our Republican colleagues, Women's Day, and they were all talking about the great value in the balanced budget constitutional amendment. My…

Representative Tonko, thank you so very much for bringing us together tonight to talk about Medicare and the Republican proposal to terminate Medicare and significantly reduce Medicaid programs for seniors in nursing homes. This is a…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 24, line 18, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $450,000,000)''. Page 28, line 23, after the dollar amount…

I'm working towards that. The Acting CHAIR. Well, the gentleman needs to speak to the point of order.

I think the point of order is out of order. In fact, the issue before us is of utmost importance to this Nation--and indeed to the world--as more and more light water reactors are built. The problem of spent fuel continues to mount and…

I do wish to speak on the point of order. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 24, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $20,000,000)''. Page 24, line 18. after the dollar amount…

Thank you very much, Representative Tonko. Our promise to the American seniors and those who want to become seniors is that this tombstone that the Republican Party wants to put out there--that is, the termination of Medicare--will not…