Scott Peters

Absolutely not, Mr. Chairman. What I am suggesting is that the effect of our inability to vote on this Senate bill, which passed 93-3, sends the message that we just can't get it together.

I have no further requests for time, and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their country.

Improving access to mental health services in the VA is something I have a deep and committed interest in and while I am not a member of this Committee there is no place I'd rather be this morning.

I look forward to continuing to work with you to make these issues, to resolve these issues and to make things right with the veterans that the VA sees.

These are insights that only you have and so it has been very valuable to us.

It takes a lot of courage to do what you are doing, and I just want to say thank you for that.

I thank the gentlelady from New Hampshire. Again, you're absolutely right. All we have to do to get this started again is to put the Senate resolution before this House. We could vote on that tomorrow, and the government would be open…

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. Amendment Offered by Mr. Perlmutter

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 22, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $10,000,000)''. Page 28, line 10, after the dollar amount…

I would like to join up and be part of this conversation.

One of the things that has been most surprising to me about the Federal Government is the rigidity with which they observe this scoring.

I urge you to fully fund our Nation's science and technology initiatives.

Thank you, gentlemen, both for being here. Dr. May, thank you for helping that company from San Diego. That is my hometown.

We could turn the indiscriminate cuts in the sequester into targeted cuts that are part of a larger and balanced deficit reduction strategy.

Young people who are deciding where to do their science are looking at Congress.

Finding common ground does not mean we have failed. It does not mean we have abandoned our principles.

I hope we will view March 27th, which is the end of the continuing resolution, as an opportunity to pass a budget.

We can choose to continue down this path and let the American people down or we can decide to make a change.

Congress failed San Diego and America last week by not working together to find a sensible alternative to the sequester.

They depend heavily on funding from the National Institutes of Health.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for the opportunity to serve with you and Mr. Maffei on this Committee.

I look forward to it.