Vote for it, we still have not seen a copy of that. First edition of the rules package today has been online for nearly a week. The republican package we would want people to vote on has been online, available. At our conference right last night, we put up, as soon as we knew the final revisions we put that out. In contrast, we still have not seen that. I would ask the gentleman for a copy of that motion. Madam speaker, would you like to yield . The gentlelady is recognized. The proper time to offer a motion to recommit is after the previous question has been approved. We will be happy to provide a copy. Reclaiming my time. Thank you very much. I think it is pretty obvious that what the gentlewoman is saying is that they want to stand up and make a point and they want to have a vote here and they probably want to and of complaining that they did not pass something, but they are not willing to share their ideas. I think it is amazing we are talking about transparency and accountability,
Colleagues, colleagues, to my fellow members of the house of representatives, it is a high honor to welcome you to the 113th congress. [applause] to our newest members of congress, it is a special privilege and honor to welcome you and your families and extend congratulation to the newest members of congress, welcome. To reach this day, each of us has been strengthened by our faith and our families. With a full and grateful heart, i want to thank my family my husband of 49 years, paul pelosi, our children, nancy corinne, christine, jacqueline, paul, and alexandra, our grandchildren, who are represented today by our granddaughter madeleine, and i have to include the dalesandro family of baltimore in that gratitude as well. And i must thank my constituents in San Francisco for giving me the privilege of representing that beautiful and diverse city in the congress of the United States. Each of us is here today is truly a representative, a representative in the truest sense of the word to
Come to their poorer constituents. This really there would be no way to get a farm build on at all if you could not get those from densely Populated Areas to vote for food stamps. Farm policy is not arcane. Washington discussions that we all eat. Thank you for being here this week to ask questions of the incoming chairman of the Senate Agricultural committee. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] today, a look at last weeks agreement to avert the fiscal cliff. First, president obama calling on congress to avert middle class tax cuts followed by republicans responding later the same day. Then from new years day, debate over the fiscal cliff and house of representatives. Later, the president talking about the fiscal cliff agreement from the White House Briefing room. Now, president obama on new years eve, and on congress to avert the socalled fiscal cliff and middleclass tax hikes. [applause] happy new year to you
Is we have no deficit due to years of budget cuts and due to the new tax revenues were realizing from voters approval of proposition 30 in november and essentially as he said, this is a breakthrough. Its not without risks. He was careful to caution. Its only january. This is only the start of the budget process. We all mull it over see how the numbers develop. He puts out his may revision then the Legislature Starts fight over it and hopefully we have a document enacted by the end of june. Were only at the very beginning. There are a lot of risks along the way. Theres a federal deficit that needs to be contended with that can have a lot of impact on the way the state gets and spends its money. The economic recovery is still sort of slow and struggling upward and any reversal on that could spell a change in our state revenues. The federal government or the courts could have a problem with some of the proposed budget cuts that we have made or want to make. Its happened a lot over the las
Is we have no deficit due to years of budget cuts and due to the new tax revenues were realizing from voters approval of proposition 30 in november and essentially as he said, this is a breakthrough. Its not without risks. He was careful to caution. Its only january. This is only the start of the budget process. We all mull it over see how the numbers develop. He puts out his may revision then the Legislature Starts fight over it and hopefully we have a document enacted by the end of june. Were only at the very beginning. There are a lot of risks along the way. Theres a federal deficit that needs to be contended with that can have a lot of impact on the way the state gets and spends its money. The economic recovery is still sort of slow and struggling upward and any reversal on that could spell a change in our state revenues. The federal government or the courts could have a problem with some of the proposed budget cuts that we have made or want to make. Its happened a lot over the las