Martin Sabo

Mr. SABO

Mr. SABO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Washington [Mr. McDermott].

Mr. SABO

Mr. SABO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from Michigan [Ms. Lynn Rivers], a distinguished member of our committee.

Mr. SABO. Mr. Chairman, if the minority does not object, I would like to yield 1 minute and 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from New York [Ms. Velazquez], and we will take the 24 seconds out of the next hour.

Mr. SABO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 5 seconds. The Republicans want to cut Medicare, Medicaid, education, and a host of programs to pay for a tax cut for the rich. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2\3/4\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Michigan [Ms. Rivers], a distinguished new member of our committee who has been outstanding in her work.

Mr. SABO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from New York [Ms. Slaughter].

Mr. SABO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from Hawaii, Mrs. Pasty Mink. (Mrs. MINK of Hawaii asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

Mr. SABO. Someone does.

Mr. SABO. I yield to the gentleman from New York.

Mr. SABO. As it relates to the Solomon amendment, do I get the half hour in opposition to the Solomon amendment?

Mr. SABO. At 9 a.m.

Mr. SABO. So the Black Caucus is the last amendment; Solomon is second?

Mr. SABO. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Arizona [Mr. Kolbe].

Mr. SABO. Mr. Speaker, I have asked unanimous consent to proceed out of order for a minute so I might inquire about plans for tomorrow. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Kasich].

Mr. SABO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute simply to respond to the latest gentleman and his quiz. The fact is the Republican proposal cuts Medicaid expenditures by substantially more than caseload and inflation. The cut is substantially deeper. The same is true of Medicare. It is down less than 4 percent, 1 year, with over a 1 percent caseload, a much deeper cut than the President was suggesting in his answer to that question in the little game by the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. Nussle]. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Wynn].

Mr. SABO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey].

Mr. SABO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. Mollohan].

Mr. SABO. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to my good friend and colleague, the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. Vento]. (Mr. VENTO asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. SABO. The gentleman from Connecticut is receiving, as I heard, over $1,000 more per recipient.

Mr. SABO. Mr. Chairman, I am just curious how the gentleman from Connecticut is going to deal with this significant difference in cost between the State of Minnesota and the State of Connecticut. We provide good quality health care, substantially less, and what I hear is the recipients, the reimbursement in Connecticut is substantially higher than it is in Minnesota.

Mr. SABO. Mr. Chairman, I would ask the gentleman, what is the number in Connecticut?

Mr. SABO. Just so the gentleman knows my question, what is the per recipient number in Minnesota?

Mr. SABO. What is the per recipient number?

Mr. SABO

Mr. SABO. The reason I ask, 2 years ago, we had a little disconnect. One side was on JEC for a period of time, and the other side was not. So the plan this year is the first hour would be budget debate, the second hour JEC debate, and then hours three through six general debate on the budget resolution.

Mr. SABO. Mr. Chairman, my question relates not to the immediate subject, but the prior subject of the rule on the budget. Let me just simply make sure I understand that rule in terms of the 6 hours of debate. As I understand it, the first hour is 1 hour of general debate controlled by the chairman and myself. The second hour is reserved for the Joint Economic Committee, the time to be controlled by the Chair of the Joint Economic Committee and the gentleman from California [Mr. Stark], the ranking minority member. Then we revert to the general debate on the budget resolution.

Mr. SABO. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?