>> address the house for one minute. mr. roe: tennessee's unemployment rate at 11%, people are outraged that not more is happening in washington. so far, this congress has provided those who find themselves out of work extended benefits but insisted on taxing those benefits. worse, the majority has not done enough to stimulate the economy and to produce jobs. the best benefit of all is a job. despite the promises of a green job revolution, the millions of jobs that have been saved or created because of the economic stimulus package, the number of jobs since president obama has taken office has gone off a cliff. republicans have called an end to the tax on unemployment benefits which would help those hurt by this recession. we called for tax relief for small businesses who can use that money to create jobs. these measures can improve our economy immediately.

american small businesses are the most innovative in the world and will pull us out of our recession. but democrats are preventing recovery from occurring. they have moved to bludgeon a tax on small businesses to massive health care. enough is enough. create jobs. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> address the house for one minute. . the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. sessions: if we passed the $1.2 trillion stimulus package it would create jobs, halt the growing unemployment rate and turn our economy around. yet here we are today with a $ -- 9.5% unemployment rate, the highest in 26 years, and a record $1.1 trillion deficit that is growing and expected to

be $2 trillion by year's end. and yet this administration and democrats want to push through another $1.2 trillion health care package, a health care package that according to the president's own economic advisor will result in 4.7 million people losing their jobs. just a few weeks ago when talking about the stimulus package vice president biden said of the -- said for the brarbgs, well, we just -- for the obama administration, well, we just guessed wrong. mr. speaker, i don't think the american people can really afford for this congress or this administration to guess wrong again. we need to make sure that we find the jobs in this country, not tax and spend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection.

mr. roskam: thank you, mr. speaker. listen and see if we can hear the sound of jobs. shh, shh. got to listen real close. quiet. well, i'm not hearing anything. the administration told us in this house months ago that if the american people stood in favor of the stimulus package that unemployment would peak at 8%, and yet here in illinois, the state i represent, we've now eclipsed 10%. we were told that the cost curve would be broken only if we followed the administration's health care plan and it would be the salvation of small business and yet the congressional budget office came into the ways and means committee last week, mr. speaker, and said that was dead wrong. the question that has to be asked and has to be answered is one that we've heard no answer today from the other side, where are the jobs? there are no jobs. this is an administration that has pumped sunshine for months and has failed to follow

through and we ought not follow these brake lights right over the cliff. we know what we need to do, and that is stand for small business and vote against this plan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> to address the body for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. herger: mr. speaker, rising health care costs are a serious problem, but the democrat bill being advanced in the house proposes a $1.2 trillion in additional spending on health care coupled with massive tax increases that will hurt small business and middle-class families. the democrat new 8% payroll tax will force employers to cut millions more jobs in the middle of the worse recession in decades while the surtax will push my state of california's top income tax rate to over 56%, higher than

even that of france's. and these tax hikes won't even cover the full costs of this bill. mr. speaker, he we need real reform that brings down health care costs instead of pouring more money into a broken system. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. tiahrt: mr. speaker, on friday i offered an amendment in the appropriations committee that failed because every democrat voted against it. the amendment simply stated that members of congress and the administration should live by the laws they impose on the american people. specifically, if you vote for a government-run health insurance plan you should get a government-run health insurance plan. if it's good enough to impose health care rationing on the american people, it's certainly good enough for you. botts it's hypocritical to vote for a goift-run rationed health

care plan that will be forced on everyone else -- government-run rationed health care plan that will be forced on everyone else and obtaining a private health care plan yourself. kansans are upset about the possibility that they're forced on a rationed public health care plan by this congress. they believe if it's not good enough for the people who vote for it, it's not good enough for them. mr. speaker, it's time for us to reform health care by addressing defensive medicine costs, by offering market-based principles for health care and have doctors in control, not washington bureaucrats. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, where are the jobs? well, they certainly aren't in the democrat's job killing health care plan.

at a time when americans are going through a recession, it's bad to destroy millions of private sector jobs in the process. since the democrats passed their stimulus package, more than two million american jobs have been lost. and the chair of the white house council of economic advisors, dr. christina romer, have suggested that the tax hikes that will be required to pay for the democratic health care plan will result in the loss of an additional 4.7 million jobs. in addition, mr. speaker, the democratic proposal will force drastic cuts in medicare advantage, causing millions of seniors to lose their coverage for prescription medicine, the cost of private health care will skyrocket, and one group estimated that 114 million americans will be forced out of their current private health care coverage and into government-run health care plans. mr. speaker, the democrats' job-killing health care proposal is the wrong prescription. it will cost millions of jobs. americans need a second opinion. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. latta: mr. speaker, the people of the fifth congressional district in the state of ohio in the united states all want a job. last year at this time, the fifth congressional district, according to the national manufacturers association, had the ninth largest number of manufacturing jobs in the country. when the new numbers came out, we're down to the 15th. when you look at the state of ohio, look at some of my counties, when i have counties over 15%, folks back home want to know what this congress is doing. what this congress passed when we went on the fourth of july recess was the national energy tax, the largest tax that will

put businesses out and people out of work. that's what we're doing. people want to know what we're going to for them, not what we're doing to them. and i'm telling you, the folks back home when i go back home every weekend want to know what we're doing. when you look at the state of indiana right here right next to us, they are in the biggest trouble as we are. when the heritage foundation came out with their report, they said the top 20 congressional districts in the country that had problems under cap and tax, ohio and indiana ranked right in the top 16 out of 20. we got to do something. we have to act right now. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. latta: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mccotter: thank you, mr. speaker. where are the jobs? they are not in michigan, my home state. and what can we expect, especially when this was one of

the driving force behind the $1 trillion stimulus package. one could expect similar results and sadly that's true. we then saw a national cap and tax energy tax. did not create jobs. did not help. and now we're on the verge of a radical socialization of america's health care network. and what do we hear from the other side? statistics but no references to the bill. and do you know why? because while our health care system needs reform, it is not broken. the one thing is broken is this congress and if this congress keeps spending people's money and engaging in radical change to our cherished way of life, every single person's budget will be broken by their hand. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, there's a great

debate here in congress about how we go about reforming health care in the united states. i've tried to work in a bipartisan capacity with the majority, but the democratic leadership's health care reform plan is a $1.5 trillion governmental takeover of health care. it will lead to fewer jobs, higher taxes and ultimately less health care coverage for new jerseyans. most disappointing to me is that the democratic health care plan would increase, not reduce, our nation's burgeoning long-term health costs, a step in the wrong direction. and according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office, instead of saving the federal government from fiscal catastrophe, the democratic health care proposal would already worsen the situation that is out of control, an $11 trillion debt that is rising rapidly. democrats should put aside their $1.5 trillion health care plan and take a hard look at

the affordable and effective medical rights and reform act put forth by the republican tuesday group. together we can find real solutions. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. several of my colleagues have come to this mic today and said, where are the jobs? well, if we pass this government-run health plan with compullsary input it will take some jobs. it will take a government police force that you will not believe. we will have barney fife running all over this nation forcing people to do things they don't want to do. how do we pay for it? well, it's that simple. we just go to the small businesses that can't afford to buy insurance for their employees as it is, and we increase by 8% their payroll

taxes. we are going to break the backs of small businesses that are the backbone of this nation. let's put a stop to this nonsense. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota rise? mrs. bachmann: to address the house for one minute and with permission to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. bachmann: thank you, mr. speaker. where are the jobs? as a senator, president obama supported the $700 billion bailout nation strategy that today we're learning will cost the american people potentially $24 trillion. but where are the jobs? president obama pushed the $1 trillion stimulus that cost our economy two million in jobs losses. no jobs. president obama took over g.m. and chrysler and he gave pink slips to 3,400 car dealerships that cost 150,000 jobs. no jobs. president obama's national energy tax will double our electric bills in minnesota and will cost 2.5 million job

losses every year. now his economic advisor tells us that the government takeover of our private health care insurance will cost us five million jobs. no jobs. this may be called the china-india stimulus plan, but the president isn't doing so well for the american people. mr. speaker, let's have real change so the american people can have real jobs. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. mr. akin: americans love records. how fast can you go, how high can you go, how deep can you go? we love to set records. well, the democrats set a fantastic record of the biggest tax increase in the history of our country, and was it clever? it was really clever. all you have to do is flip a light switch to pay a tax and spending. oh, we've done great job on spending.

and as a result of taxing and spending, more records. why? in the last six months, we have lost more jobs than any six-month period since world war ii. there's a record for you. here's another record. we have in the last six months used up more jobs and lost jobs than we created over the bush years over the previous nine years. that's the only time that's happened since the great depression. and here's another record too. that is the jobs we have lost have been longer than anytime since we've been measuring unemployment in 1948. i wish we didn't set quite so many records. we don't need the democrats' help for this kind of record. where are the jobs? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. reichert: americans have lost millions of jobs in the last six months. the un-- mr. hastings: amid all of this,

the democrats are are proposing a government takeover of health care that would increase taxes, eliminate choices, cut medicare, force americans out of their current plans and place billion-dollar job-killing fines and mandates on small businesses, the job creators. studies estimate that nearly five million jobs will be lost from taxes under this democrat plan. there's a better solution, mr. speaker. rather than penalizing strauging small businesses, congress must make it easier for them to afford health benefits. we must increase choices, make health costs deductible, expand health savings account, and end unnecessary loss this is a cost money for everyone. i support reform that keeps medical decisions between the patients and their doctor. thank you, i yield pack my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the

gentleman from new jersey rise? >> to address the house for one minute, revise and extend. mr. speaker, at the beginning of this year, the administration and speaker pelosi had this house pass a 1,500 page stimulus bill which no one in either body was able to read before they passed it, which spent $800 billion we did not have, because they said it would create more jobs. they said it would create or save two million jobs. the economic advisor at the white house said it would eliminate losing jobs. even majority leader steny hoyer said this would be an immediate jolt to the economy, the immediate creation of jobs. it's five or six months later, where are we? i heard from chairman bernanke, he said he can't assess where

we are ribe right now. but the democrat projection with stimulus, had we done something, was here. what actually happened? we've seen more job losses, more job losses, more job losses, february, march, april, may and june, we have lost several million jobs since the stimulus passed, the administration misread the american economy, they misred read the american public. the american public knows we need to go in the right direction. the speaker pro tempore: the chair must -- the chair must enlist the cooperation of members in heeding the gaffle at the expiration of their time. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> i rise and request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. just a few minutes ago, i finished a lunch with a gentleman who is a business own

for the virginia. we talked about what we need to do to help this economy. the thing i hear time and time again is, where are the jobs? what are we doing to help this economy? what are we doing to help small businesss? folks, that's where this economy is going to be picked up if the efforts to make sure we help our small businesses. that's what this congress needs to be focusing on each and every day. when we come here, our focus uth to be, what are we doing to help small business, what are we doing to create jobs? obviously what's happening right now isn't working. people are anxious, they're concerned, they're frustrated, they are telling me, as well as the rest of the congress, get to work, start creating jobs, start turning this economy around, let's get the job done. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. when president obama brought this stimulus plan before the american people he said it

needed to be rammed down their throats quickly, didn't allow people to read it. not one member who voted for the bill didn't read it. he said don't worry, trust me, it'll create millions of jobs. now two million more americans have lost their jobs since president obama took the oath of office. and what's their answer? they're talking about another stimulus bill. vice president biden said, we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt. the american people are starting to understand what's going on with this congress, the liberals that are running this place. they realize all they're doing is taxing and spending and not creating job, they're running jobs off. the cap and trade energy tax would lose three billion mel jobs to countries like china. now they have a plan for a government takeover to our health care system. it would add $800 billion new taxes on the backs of american people and run off more jobs. the american people know what's going on, they want more jobs. the speaker pro tempore: for

what purpose does the gentlewoman from west virginia rise? >> to address the house for one minute, revise and extend. >> without objection. mrs. capito: it's jobs and the economy that matter most to americans. they've seen trillions of dollars spent and see washington proposing to spend trillions many. they want to know why the only appoint answer here in washington is more spending a and more por borrowing my constituents want their voices heard. i sent a survey out and received 3,500 responses on what do people want on health care? they want to keep the coverage they have. more than 2/3 are troubled by the idea of government-run health care. 3/4 are shocked by more money spent. the plan moving through the house right now fails to address all of these. it fails to control cost, it taxes small businesses, it threatens to force family into

government-run health care, simply put, this is not the health care reform my constituents and i are looking for. what they're looking for are jobs. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska rise? >> to address the house for one minute. mr. rehberg: we were told a $1 trillion stimulus package would create jobs immediately. since then, nearly two million americans have lost their jobs and unemployment is at 9 1/2%, the highest in 26 queers. then the house passed cap and trade legislation which will cost the country 2.5 million jobs each year. now we're rushing to take up the democrats' health care bill which research shows will cost more jobs. all we get in money is more spending and taxing and keeps yielding results. longer unemployment lines and a longer list of promises. we need new ideas and

approaches to yield different points. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska rise? mr. terry: to adress the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. terry: the house health care bill is a takeover of your health care, it provides incentive for employers to dump their health care plan, forcing employee into the government health exchange where they choose the government subsidized government plan. there goes the promise you can keep your own health plan. this places trillions of dollars on the back of small businesses. oops, there goes those jobs. after 10 years, the cost of this plan explodes, needing trillions of dollars to continue to fund. more taxes, more debt, there goes our economy. to china and india. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: -- for one minute. the speaker pro tempore:

without objection. >> more and more americans are out of work, struggling to pay their bills. yesterday, the website showed that the government spent twice what the average family would pay for pork. the stimulus suzz sold to the american people as a way to put people back to work, but we see it as what it is, a massive expansion of social welfare. where are the jobs? almost six months have passed since the stimulus was signed into law and unemployment continues to tick upward. it's other 13% in my congressional district. the so-called stimulus was a missed opportunity to provide true tax relief to the american people and for trouble-ready infrastructure project this is a would provide jobs. more information on the -- as more information is revealed, i'm sure more troubling numbers

will be before us. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah rise? mr. bishop: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. bishop: i want to introduce you to mr. pitch fork, he gets 12, 13, and 14-year-olds to enjoy history and geography. but he won't be back in the classroom. 24 administration, through the arbitrary and unilateral decisions of the secretary of the interior tu tutt cutt that funding. this is an administration that stopped new uranium development for two years, postponed offshore drilling decisions, postponed decisions, and mr. pitchford, suspended gas leases because they don't think seven years of study was enough time. if we don't develop the resources on our public lands, jobs are lost. those jobs are simply a -- are not shrimp a number, they're

the face of a real person like mr. pitchford who is no longer a teacher not because of his choice but because of government decisions. the collateral damage of these are the 13 and 14-year-olds of his classroom. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> ask unanimous con sent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, let me ask a question, i don't know if it's been asked yet today, the american people want to know, where are the jobs? we have a congress that has gone off the tracks, a trillion-dollar stimulus package that's $1,000 bills stacked 63 miles high. do we have any jobs? no. we have a budget with a $1.2 trillion deficit built into it. are we going to get jobs? no. we'll get inflation and higher interest rates. we have a cap and tax bill that's going to kill american

jobs by raising the cost of our traditional sources of energy. coal, nuclear, oil. we have a health care bill on the agenda before the congress today that's going to kill jobs and raise the cost of health care to the american people rather than contain the cost and create more choices and more competition for the american people. this congress is out of control and the american people want to know, mr. speaker, where are the jobs? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kennedy: this would cap out of pocket expenses, eliminate pre-existing condition discrimination, it would give our chance for a choice between our own physician and a government plan, it would eliminate lifetime caps for health care, it would eliminate

the ability for people to no long ver the choice of having to choose a job and not be table leave that job because of health care discrimination no more denial because of pre-existing condition, and mental health parity, mental health parity for all insurance plans, irrespective of mental health pre-existing condition. mr. speaker, we need to have mental health screening annually covered and that is what this bill does so we treat it as a preventive item for the 130 million americans with mental health conditions, this will act as a preventive measure, saving us millions and millions of lives and dollars. from suicide and the like. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> mr. speaker, i offered a bipartisan commission amendment to the stimulus bill when it

came before the appropriations committee and it failed. had that bill, had that amendment passed we could have helped create jobs, deal with the debt, and deal with the deficit. now six months later we have unemployment rates at 26%, 26-year high and some say we'll go to 11% and some even say 12% or 13%. we have piled another $787 billion on top of our children and grandchildren. social security in trouble, medicare in trouble, medicaid in trouble, let's pass this bipartisan amendment so we can get control of the debt, get control of the deficit, create a renaissance in this country and create new jobs. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from tennessee rise? mrs. blackburn: the health care proposals before us have been tried before. public option was tried in my home state of tennessee under a plan called tenncare for more

than 10 year the legislature and three governors tried to make it work. it has been less than successful, but what has happened is that a program that was supposed to have savered millions, tens of millions of dollarsing has never saved one -- dollars, has never saved one nickel. it has restricted access, driven up the cost of private health insurance and it has nearly bankrupted the state. tennesseans know that rushing to reform health care and doing that wrong is a very expensive process. we all know that costs and access of health care needs to be addressed, no one seriously believe this is a any of these plans before this house right now are going to do that. tennesseans know the cost of rushing and getting it wrong and the american people are figuring it out because they have seen the majority rush a stimulus, an omnibus, a housingous, a porkulous that

left the american people saying, where is the job they do not want to do that to health care. the speaker pro tempore: the chair must enlist the cooperation of members in heeding the gavel at the expiration of their tame. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise. >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> in the midst of the worst recession in a generation, so what if president obama and speaker pelosi do? they propose a government takeover of health care, that will lead to fewer jobs, higher taxes and less health coverage. as a physician, i know that government-run health care will end quality care. in addition since the recession began, six million jobs have been lost, yet the democrats' health care plan includes hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on small business the john engine creation in this nation. $800 billion in ne taxes. according to the economic modeling by the president's own chief economic advisor, the tax

hikes alone will destroy 4.7 million jobs. and amazingly, an independent analysis by the nonpartisan luan group found that many more will lose their private health insurance. mr. speaker, the american people want real solutions to get our economy back on track, not another excuse to raise taxes on small businesses and working families. house republicans have a plan for reform that expands access to affordable health care and saves jobs. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. diaz-balart: mr. speaker, the facts show that the stimulus has been a dismal failure. the administration promised that it would create 3.5 million jobs and instead we lost an additional two million jobs. not only is the administration and this congress not succeeding in creating jobs, they're actually rushing to pass legislation that will even create more job losses.

look, the pelosi cap and trade bill will cost americans anywhere two million to three million jobs per year. the health care proposal will cost americans 4.7 million jobs lost and lead to $1.23 trillion in new spending and huge tax increases. mr. speaker, it's time to give relief to the job creators like the small businesses and very respectfully i say, mr. president, it's time to stop talking, top wasting taxpayers' money, stop irresponsibly borrowing, stop raising taxes. it's time to focus, focus on creating jobs. that would be a welcomed change. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. rogers: in case you missed it, there was an ominous report in yesterday's "washington post" that said the administration is delaying for several weeks the connelly

mandated report on economic growth, job creation and budget deficits, a report that's due right now. the administration said yesterday, we're not going to tell you what's in that report for several more weeks. why? i'll tell you why. they don't want to downplay the politically damaging deficit numbers, the unemployment numbers and the economic growth our lack of growth numbers that's in that report. why? because it's an attempt to hide this record-breaking deficit as the democrat leaders break arms to rush through this government takeover the experiment in health care. that's why the administration is hiding ominous numbers from the american public. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the

gentleman from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to talk about the devastating job losses in my district in california. this congress, with the help of the obama administration, has taken away 47,000 jobs and almost $1 billion of income from the great san joaquin valley in california in a foolish attempt to try to protect a three-inch fish. the valley's unemployment right now is at 20% with some towns as high as 40%. yet, the mere flick of a switch in the delta will restore 40,000 jobs at no cost to the government. in addition to this, careless disregard to the farmers in my district, the democratic leadership is now ramming through a $1.2 trillion health care reform measure that will eliminate 4.7 million jobs, small business jobs, and subject farmers to $500 billion in new taxes. and let's not forget the $846 billion national energy tax

that will result in a 2.3 million job loss and cause the price of everything on the family farm to dramatically increase. mr. speaker, where are the jobs? the decrats are giving them to the little fishes in the san francisco bay delta. go figure. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> mr. speaker, i rise to address the house for one minute and ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. olson: mr. speaker, when congress passed the american recovery and reinvestment act, the administration argued that an $800 billion taxpayer funded spending spree was necessary to create jobs. it was rushed through with no time to review the policies that would implement this massive spending plan. the administration solid this spending spree as a jobs creation measure. yet it turns out that jobs

weren't a priority at all. a $3.9 billion stimulus funding announcement was made for the smart grid investment grants by vice president biden in which he stated, quote, this is jobs, jobs, unquote. well, the department of energy didn't seem to get the memo. application form for grants asked, quote, will d.o.e. use the number of jobs estimated to be created and/or retained as a criterion for rating a proposal for funding? the grant guidance, quote, no. where are the jobs? job creation was supposed to be the primary requisite for receiving recovery funds, and yet it was simply a reporting requirement. it was never about jobs. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> legislation will lead to a

government takeover of health  care, 17% of our nation's economy, it's instructive to look back a few weeks to the cap and trade energy debate. just before the fourth of july break, leadership set another deadline to pass what will amount to the largest tax hike in u.s. history. with employment soaring, policies that impose a national energy tax will only make things worse by increasing energy costs for all americans, crippling small businesses and putting more people out of their jobs. frankly, the legislation we passed is a gift that keeps on giving. to our economic rivals like china and india whose economies are already sucking away u.s. manufacturing jobs at an alarming rate. needless to say, as we saw from secretary clinton's recent visit to india, these nations don't plan to impose restrictions on their emissions. mr. speaker, american families are struggling. there's no doubt about it. they're working to make end's

meet and they're worrying about their job. we should not burden them with a new national energy tax, and we certainly should not allow a rush government takeover of health care. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina rise? ms. foxx: i ask permission to address the house for one minute, mr. speaker, and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. our economies in the midst of a historic recession and millions of americans have lost their jobs over the past several months despite promises from speaker pelosi and president obama that their extraffic get spending would create -- extraffic get spending would create jobs. i was spited when i heard from a laid off entrepreneur from allegeny county. he plans to hire around 20 people over the next two years. however, he recently wrote to tell me if the democrat's health care bill becomes law, the new taxes and burdensome rules will take a devastating bite out of his ability to create jobs. in fact, he said he would hire

only half the workers if this legislation becomes law. mr. speaker, this is a travesty. this congress should be implementing policies that create jobs instead of burdening entrepreneurs with job-killing taxes and new government mandates and red tape. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i was struck by the chilling similarity between the broad base taxes under the waxman-markey cap and trade tax we passed several weeks ago. and a tariff act of 1930 that economists blame is one of the major factors in producing the great depression. another of hoover's blunders was the emergency relief and construction act of 1932. its centerpiece was a radical increase in income tax rates from 25% to well over 50%. if that sounds familiar, it should. that's one of the financing proposals in the health care bill that would push state and federal income tax rates to

more than 50% in most states. mr. speaker, when i see the same policies from this administration that turned the recession of 1929 into the depression of the 1930's, i'm reminded of ben franklin's observation that experience keeps the dear school. these policies are lenkening and deepening this recession because this administration will not even learn from experience. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise -- from texas rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. you know, i think pushing government control health care is a way for the democrats to divert attention away from the economy. the white house said we had to pass a stimulus because it didn't want unemployment over 8%. unemployment is at 9.5% and slated to reach higher.

the white house said it didn't want to own general motors. the government owns general motors. the white house said it didn't want any pork in the stimulus. now we're paying money to clear away obstacles for fish and to monitor earthquakes and volcanos. the white house said it didn't want to increase the deficit. the u.s. deficit broke past $1 trillion in june, a grand testament to the recession and financial crisis. i have one question, where are the jobs? the democrats spent $1 trillion to create? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas rise? mr. boozman: i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. boozman: thank you, mr. speaker. we must reform health care. too many americans do not have access to quality affordable health care. instead of resolving these problems, however, the

president prescribes an overhaul that will deny americans the treatments they need and make them wait to get treatments that a new health care commissioner allows. this is not the way to reform our health care system. and my constituents agree. i've received many calls and letters from arkansans like michael who recently told me he owns his life to the fact that we don't have a system like the british-run government health structure that's being hastily proposed. in 2007, michael was diagnosed with carcinoma, something sure his doctor would not have caught had he had his hands tied in red tape health procedure. he owes his life to the care we were able to give through a free market system. we cannot rush through legislation that will have serious implications on care americans like michael received. we need to take a reasonable amount of time to listen to the concerns of americans like michael and craft a commonsense bill that addresses the real problems. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? ms. bright: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: -- without objection. ms. brown-waite: thank you, mr. speaker. last week democrats released a health care bill which essentially said to america's seniors, drop dead. despite their promise to care for our seniors, democrats have decided that it's too expensive to care for my senior constituents and everyone else's constituents. this bill would cut an additional $156 billion from the medicare advantage program in order to pay for the government expansion of health care for the young, the healthy and the wealthy. this, by the way, is the second attack on our seniors this year. the first came in march when the administration announced that social security recipients would not receive a cost of living increase. listen up, america. seniors have special needs. this bill ignores the needs of florida's health care system.

we should be fixing what is broke, not disseminating, decimating the care of our senior population. this is change our nation cannot afford. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, the american people are hurting, they're asking where are the jobs. the oba uh -- obama administration and the democrats promised the stimulus would create jobs immediately. unemployment now stands at 9.5%. it's clear the democrats' trillion-dollar stimulus package isn't working. their response is to increase spending in the appropriations by 12%, pass a national energy tax that's going to result in increased energy costs, less competitiveness for american jobs and drive jobs from american shores. now they're trying to ram down a health care plan that's going

to raise taxes on the american business, cost job, and force people into a government run health care plan. we need to focus on jobs and you do that focus on creating job you do that by holding the line on taxes, controlling spending and reforming health care. let's focus on creating jobs and answering the american people's cries. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? mr. defazio: it's been -- mr. blumenauer: my good friend from florida suggested that by having the administration follow the law that if in cost of living has not increased sufficiently, that there isn't a cost of living increase for social security as somehow an adnrgs -- administration

assault on senior citizens. rather a bizarre notion when we think about their record when they were in charge seeking to undercut formulas like that and move them back in the other direction. or when it comes to health care, when our friends on the other side of the aisle pushed through, strong-armed their prescription medicare drug coverage program, did not seek concessions from the pharmaceutical industry, twisted arms, have the doughnut hole that has a massive gap in coverage, and no mechanism to pay for it. what we are doing at this point is trying to move forward in a constructive fashion to give the american people choices, follow the law, save money and improve the quality of care. the speaker pro tempore: for whaturpose does the gentlewoman from oklahoma rise. ms. fallin: address the house for one minute, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. fallin: the american people are concerned about keeping their jobs and the huge deficit

we have incurred here in this senate and passing that debt on down to future generations of our children. with over 1,000 pages, the democrat health care bill costs too much, spends too much and will destroy jobs in america. health care reform should be about lowering costs, providing quality, affordable care for all americans. this health care debate must consider that every individual has different health care needs and that americans are struggling to pay their bills. the democrat leadership has failed to adrets these needs by supporting the same old tire prod posals of massive federal new spending, increased federal regulation, which will cost the united states more jobs this time cutting a bigger federal check won't do it. their plan amounts to an $818 billion in new taxes on individuals, on businesses, and a federal takeover of our health care system. these taxes will crush our small business owners and destroy thousands of jobs.

this plan will put bureaucrats in charge of our health care and the american people don't want that the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> to address the house for one minute, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> the majority of democrats in this congress are trying hard to pass this bill that will be a good bill for the american people. our friends on the other side of the aisle don't seem to want to cooperate. it's a national disgrace there are 47 million americans that have no health care coverage whatsoever. it's a national disgrace that our emergency rooms are being used to cover people to help people that have no coverage whatsoever. it's a national disgrace that so much of our health care dollars are going into administrative costs and we are trying to craft a plan that will put america back on the road so that every american will have health care so that health care as we know it will be improved, so that people who like their health care can keep

their health care, but people that don't have health care can get health care. we know that the system is broken. i don't want to hear people on the other side of the aisle talk about deficits because when they were in the majority for 12 year they gave us the biggest deficits in american history and left us with red ink as far as the eyes can see. i would urge my friends on both sides of the aisle, let's put our heads together and come up with a real good health plan america can be proud of. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> madam speaker, where are the jobs? unemployment in my district has hit 14%. 14%. failed stimulus aside, washington is doing nothing but making matters worse. put your -- put yourself in the shoes of the only people that can take us out of the economic recession, small business owners. let's see what they're facing. they're facing higher energy costs because of the democrat cap and trade tax on energy.

they're facing higher health care costs because of a government takeover of health care. they're looking at higher energy taxes, higher health care costs and the kicker is, higher personal income taxes. the liberals are already proposing it. the folks running washington are out of touch with small business owners and are doing the wrong thing on our economy. i urge the leadership of this congress to do the right thing. don't kill the goose that laid the golden egg. don't kill small business owners. don't hurt this economy any more. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> the issue is jobs, jobs, jobs. a friend of mine who employs many people in my district said the policies coming out of washington are impeding job creation and scaring people. there are five reasons drive his concern. one a stimulus that spends 25067, borrows too much and deliver taos few jobs. a budget that doubles the

national debt in five dwhreerks a car-check -- a card-check bill that opposes binding arbitration. four, cap and trade that will cost 66,000 jobs in pennsylvania, and fiver a house health care bill that with enormous tax increases on mandates on small businesses and businesses of all sizes. time for washington to get out of the way and let job creators do what they know how to do, create jobs. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> we've heard interesting rhetoric about the impact of small business and health care reform. if we do nothing, the cost of health care on our small businesses in the next 10 years will increase to $2.4 trillion. that's going to have a crushing burden on the ability of small businesses to do what they do best, if we allow those cost

increases to a cur by doing nothing in terms of health care reform, we're guaranteeing fewer americans will have health care, we're guaranteeing fewer successes among small businesses that are the job generator in this economy. doing nothing has a profound cost and that's why we need health care reform, we need it now, we've waited six years, the time has arrived. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> does anybody see what's happening? does anybody care? $700 billion tarp program was to provide troubled asset -- was to buy troubled assets. did we do that? no, we bought car companies and banks. we took the money and gave it to unions. the $780 stimulus package

stimulated more welfare. it hasn't created jobs, not one that will put upon us a government takeover of health care. that's going to lose, corkt christina roemer's formula, 4.7 million more jobs. this has never been about jobbers in democrats. it's never even been about health care. it's about power. who is going to make the decisions other your life? the personal decisions, the democrats think they can, we think you should. does anybody see what's happening? does anyone even care? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise mr. gohmert: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. gohmert spst 700 million for wild horses last friday, $50 million for rare cranes and rare dogs and cats that don't even live in this country? we've got habitat countries in this cubtry. $800 billion stimulus hasn't

stimulated anything except unemployment. i just left a crime hearing and we found out, out of 207,000 people in federal prison, 53,000 of them are not citizens. they're non-u.s. citizens. they're here, most of them, they said, were probably illegal. so there's 53,000 jobs americans didn't want. committing crimes in america. we had to outsource that. but this is too serious. i know as a former judge, if somebody had come in and said here's a mom who has all these kids and grandchildren and she's gone a bank and said, get me money, loan me money, i can't control my spending, you take those beautiful children away and give them to somebody that would be responsible. we can do better. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection.

>> mr. speaker, it's time to admit the failure of obamanomics. where are the jobs? two million more are unemployed in this land, 9.6% unemployment, the high nst a quarter of a century system of what do we have to show for obamanomics? $143 billion more of taxpayer bailout money. the first trillion-dollar deficit in our nation's history. we have the national debt to be increased, triple, in the next 10 years. we have found the historic debt, we have found the historic deficits, we have found the historic bailouts, but where are the jobs? you cannot bail out, borrow, and spend your way into prosster -- prosperity. it does not work. it is time to put america back to work with tax relief for small businesses and american families. that's the republican plan. i yield back the balance of my time.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> ski permission to address the house and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> a number of my colleagues have asked, where are the jobs? i don't know where the jobs are because they haven't appeared. i can tell you where the jobs went, at least in one company, chrysler. when the democrats opened this congress, 4,000 people out of work. we honored a united states senator. then things began to get serious. almost 10,000 people out of work. most important thing they can put on the floor is snorgete goals and ideals of national teen dating. 11,000 people out of work, we had to pass the man key safety act. everybody likes safe money. 16,000 people out of work, honored arnold palmer. 18,000 chrysler workers out of work the most important thing the majority can put on the floor is national train day. but now they're getting serious

later today we are going to vote to support the goals of national dairy month. that's the jobs. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: frurn does the gentleman from yield back the balance of my time rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> as congress takes on the essential task of strengthening the health care system, we have a choice 20 either rush legislation costing more than $1 trillion or have a serious analysis on the fundamental question as to how we actually improve health care outcome rerks deuce costs and protect vulnerable persons. one major consideration should be how any health care proposal will affect small businesses. small businesses affect 60% to 80% of small businesses. this current plan would place an 8% payroll tax on certain small businesses, who do not or

cannot provide government-mandated coverage. mr. speaker, one study suggests as many as 4.7 million jobs could be lost as a direct result of this overall health care proposal. this does not help anyone. there are more creative solutions to get people the care they need, help families manage ever-increasing costs and help small business entrepreneurs provide the benefits for their employees. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland. mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: i've been listening to this litany of where are the jobs. i've been here long enough -- mr. pence you supported -- you opposed the program in 1993. you said it would destroy this economy. you said it would blow deficits sky high.

it created 216,000 jobs per month on average. you then supported an economic program in 2001, you said it would be a heaven for jobs and small businesses and all of that you created not 216,000 per month, but 4,240. those are the figures. i'm sure you'll all want to come here and say no, hoyer was wrong onhe figures. under the economic program we proposed 216,000 new jobs every month on average. under your program, for the last eight years, under the bush administration, 4,240 per month. . that is a substantial difference under the economic program that you did not support in 1993, that we proposed and passed and

president clinton signed. when you talk about jobs, you ought to talk about the experience you've had under your program and our program. you failed and we succeeded. as a matter of fact, in the last three months last year, last year of the bush administration, we lost three million jobs-plus. during the last year of the clinton administration, we gained 1.9 million jobs. that's a five-million job turnaround by your economic program. keep talking. america knew the difference and made a decision and said what you had been doing is not what they wanted, so they changed in 2006. they changed the congress and in 2008, they changed the presidency. and let me tell you something, we have lost 200,000 less jobs per month than bush lost in his last three months in office over the last three months. is that where we want to be? it is not.

but it is 200,000 better than your last three months in your administration. those are the facts. refute them if you can. keep talking. >> would the gentleman yield? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. >> mr. speaker, where are those jobs? we have the highest unemployment rate since the 1930's. and they say -- as they say, a picture speaks 1,000 words. well, look at this -- mr. hoyer: i thought it was since 1982 when ronald reagan was president. >> they say a picture speaks a thousand words. this is a picture of larry summers, the president's top

economic adviser and look at him, he's not creating jobs, he's asleep. i submit to you that this administration is asleep at the wheel. the vice president said we can spend our way out of bankruptcy. what? really? spend our way out of bankruptcy s&p what happened to economics 101? i think the american people are smarter than that. and instead of cutting taxes, we are instead enacting policies that will devastate our economy. a national energy tax that will kill 2.5 million jobs and according to the president skyrocket energy prices. a health care bill according to c.b.o. will spend over $1 trillion. it is time, mr. speaker, for the american people to wake up. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. >> parliamentary inquiry, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana. mr. pence: mr. speaker, i would respectfully ask as both i and

my record were directly challenged by the distinguished majority leader on the floor and given the fact that i've already utilized my one minute extended during the debate at the opening of this session, when a member's record is challenged on the floor of the congress, does a member under the rules of the house have the opportunity to obtain time when the distinguished majority leader refuses to yield time? the speaker pro tempore: only if yielded to him. if only yields. mr. pence: further parliamentary inquiry the speaker pro tempore: gentleman state it. mr. pence: is it proper for a member to direct an entire address to another member of the body as opposed to the chair or the speaker?

the speaker pro tempore: members must direct their remarks to the chair. mr. pence: further parliamentary inquiry if i may. and so, mr. speaker, would it therefore have been in order for the distinguished majority leader to raise questions about my record and the positions that i've taken here in the congress during the course of my career in the context of floor debate under these rules? the speaker pro tempore: the chair cannot answer a question not timely presented. mr. pence: i'll yield back. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? the gentleman from iowa? mr. king: wish to be recognized for a unanimous consent request. i would ask unanimous consent

that the gentleman from indiana be allowed to be addressed the statement made by the majority leader. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has one minute. if you previously had one minute? mr. king: mr. speaker, parliamentary inquestion yir -- inquiry. is there a rule that prohibits this body from agreeing to a unanimous consent request to allow a member to be recognized? the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman seeking recognition to speak for one minute? mr. king: mr. speaker, i recognize for parliamentary inquiry. and my parliamentary inquiry, does there exist a rule that prohibits a member to speak under a unanimous consent request?

the speaker pro tempore: as i stated before, if the gentleman had had a one-minute, he will not be allowed unanimous consent . mr. king: mr. speaker, further parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes unanimous consent that the gentleman from indiana be allowed to speak out of order. mr. king: mr. speaker, i request that the unanimous consent request, the gentleman from indiana, be allowed to speak out of order. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain that request from the the gentleman from indiana. mr. pence: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? >> yes. mr. pence: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order

for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? the gentleman will be heard for one minute. mr. pence: thank you, mr. speaker. the distinguished majority leader came to the floor moments ago and he asked the question republicans have been asking since mid-day today and it's the question that millions of americans are asking, where are the jobs? now, the leader, i know it was unintentional and misstated my record saying that when i was in here in 1993 that opposed it. i was elected to congress in 2000. that was a misstatement of fact and i acknowledge it. can i suggest, mr. speaker, on behalf of the millions of americans that are looking in, let's stop looking to the errors of the past by democrats or republicans and let's come together today to create jobs for the american people. republicans are here to say that a government takeover of health care financed by $1 trillion of

tax increases is a disaster for this economy. it is unconscionable for this majority and this administration to insist on the adoption of a government takeover of health care, financed by $1 trillion of tax increases duration the worst recession in 25 years. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. pence: where are the jobs? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> revise and extend and address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. neugebauer: mr. speaker, where are the jobs? that's what the american people want to know. and what they know is the plan that the democrats have isn't working, spending money we do not have, not just a little bit of money, but trillions of dollars that we don't have. chairman bernanke spoke to the house financial services committee today and he said, maintaining the confidence of

the public and financial markets requires that policy makers begin planning now for restoration of fiscal balance. unless we demonstrate a strong commitment to fiscal sustain ability. if we keep spending money we do not have, we aren't going to create jobs, we're going to lose more jobs. last week, the federal deficit in this country reached $1 trillion. if you started counting to $1 trillion, it would take you 17,000 years. we're talking about real money. we cannot continue on this spending spree that congress is in, spending money that we don't have. where are the jobs? american people want their jobs back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama rise? >> speak for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> where are the jobs?

the president and speaker pelosi came to this house earlier this year and said if you'll borrow and spend $1.1 trillion, which is the largest spending bill in american history, it will save existing jobs and create another three million jobs. where are those jobs? they said, well, you know, we had to spend that money because we couldn't go to the failed policies of the past and repeat those. well, they would like to rewrite history, but in 2003, this congress passed one of the largest tax cuts on small businesses in our history and it was followed by over 50 months of conservative -- consecutive job growth, the largest expansion of jobs in american history. i would suggest to you the only failed policies of the past that we shouldn't repeat are the failed policies of the past six months. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time.

for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa rise? mr. king: i request to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. king: where are the jobs? i listened and i pricked my ears up and i thought i would find out where are the jobs and i didn't hear that answer. i looked back during the 108th and 109th congress, members of the democrats said, put us in charge and we'll solve the problem. you won the majority and we saw a hockey stick going downward. that's what happened. you elected president obama. now you don't have any excuses and you're angry because we are asking where are the jobs. 14.7 million unemployed. 6.8 million are looking for a job that don't fit into that category. 23.1 million people looking for jobs, all of this under democrat leadership. we had historically low unemployment and growing economy because we lowered taxes and we kept the pressure off of regulation. you're turning this into the

nationalization of the private sector and health insurance industry and the american people don't want to live in the kind of country that exists on the east side of the atlantic ocean or north of the 49th parallel. where are the jobs? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. conaway: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i hear the theme about jobs, where are they, who has one, who doesn't have one? i conducted a needs assessment and with the process of what needs were in families in neighborhoods and in the community. and once we distill that list down to the top 10 needs for the community, if you look at them, nine of those needs would have been positively impacted by a job. you cannot overstate the importance of jobs. jobs in the private sector, because when you have jobs in

the private sector, individuals are better, families are better, communities are better and this nation as a whole is better. i can tell you where the jobs aren't. here are a list of 53 boards and agencies created under the health care plan. that plan will cross 4.7 million private sector jobs but will do a job of creating bureaucracy jobs. mr. speaker, where are those private sector jobs? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama rise? >> address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. aderholt: mr. speaker, in february, the administration assured us that if congress would pass the stimulus bill that we would see immediate relief and halt unemployment at 8%, yet, it is 9.5% on average and rising. but the jobs have yet to appear, so where are the jobs? this problem hits home for me because alabama is suffering at

a greater unemployment rate than the national trend. mr. speaker, alabama unemployment rate has topped 10% in june. it is the highest level since july of 1984. the june rate of 10.1% is up from 9.8% in the previous month of may. at this time, last year, alabama's jobless rate was half that at only 4.6%. the current unemployment rate is 10.1%. that represents over 215,000 unemployed people of alabama. the congressional district i represent is suffering even more with an unemployment rate of about 12% and that's on the average. at a time when families are struggling to make ends meet, the unemployment rate is rising evidence that we can't spend our way back to a growing economy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise?

. >> tens of millions of americans are asking, where are the jobs? instead in the past six months, we've seen the systematic mismanagement of the american economy, we've seen a stimulus bill that cost over $1 trillion in new spending with almost no tax relief to small business, almost no needed infrastructure, but again, money on top of money, the president said jobs would come almost immediately, instead the situation gets worse by the week. we saw a cap and tax so-called energy bill which is going to result in millions of jobs going to china and india. now we see a health care bill which will ration medical care, at the same time, according to the c.b.o., irn crease medical cost the worst of all worlds. it's time for the american people to tell this administration and this democratic controlled congress to work together in a bipartisan way so we can start saying, here come the jobs, not seeing the jobs leave our

country, not seeing millions and millions of people unemployed because of failed liberal policy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. 23rur7 does the gentleman from arizona rise? >> to address the house for one minute, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. franks: america is facing an unemployment and mortgage crisis unlike anything we've seen since the great depression. only last month, president obama said the unemployment rate would city below 8% six if we passed the trillion-dollar stimulus bill. instead, we've lost 8 million jobs since the beginning of the democrat-led 110th congress and half a million of those were in june alone. the rate stands at 9.5% and the president admits it's likely to climb over 10% this congress and administration must be reminded by the american people

that what comprises true economic growth is jobs and productivity by the people. reckless spending and choosing of winners and losers, these are the democrat policies. unless we change course, mr. speaker this country faces an unprecedented economic failure. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? >> permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speaker, i rise troubled about the government takeover of our health care system. the budget office said it will drive costs higher for american families. in addition to rising costs, according to the white house's chief economic advisor, business tax hikes alone could destroy up to 4.7 million jobs. congress should consider free

market and tax code reforms to make our health care system better. the president and his majority in congress failed to produce jobs with the so-called stimulus. where are the jobs? why should we trust them with revising the 1/6 of our economy based on health care when their own advisors say it will mean millions of more jobs lost. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman -- from louisiana rise? >> to address he thousands -- the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i applaud the goals of our democratic colleagues in terms of the health bill they're putting out. access, quality, and controlling costs are things we should aspire for. parts of the legislation, guaranteed access, for example is wonderful. but of course our concern is that c.b.o. comment that it's

not going to control costs, not achieve one of these goals but reset it. that will be one more thing that inhibits growth in jobs system of what can we do? we do need fundamental reform which as the c.b.o. pointed out this bill does not provide. we need to put the patient in charge of health care decisions and dollars. we need to empower patients to make value-conscious decisions and empower them with the information they need for reasonable decisions by increasing transparency on the pricing of health care. let's empower them by incentivizing programs that improve lives. let's empower them with things like h.s.a.'s, which are shown to reduce costs by 30%. empowering patients is the only way to lower costs and increase access. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman

from alabama rise? >> to address the house and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> i just came from a hearing with chairman bernanke, there were some questions he could answer, but others he couldn't answer. we asked him, where are the jobs? he couldn't answer that question. he said unemployment would remain high through 2011. he said he's not sure that the stimulus cree are ated any jobs. it might, but he couldn't answer that. he did answer one important question, though. and he was very certain. he said if we continue spending like we're spending today, we're on a rendezvous with financial disaster. he said, and he left no doubt, that we had to reduce our spending, that the deficit was going to threaten the prosperity of our nation. not only our children and our grandchildren, but today,

tomorrow he said we have to reduce spending he said spending's out of control. he said the baby boomers in the next year or two would overwhelm the federal budget. he said bring down the spending. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. while our nation is facing record unemployment we may worsen the job situation if the proposed health care bill passes in its current incarnation. 4.7 million jobs are estimated to be lost and $1 trillion in more taxes. we have not addressed the hundreds of balls in health care waste but are proposing spending hundreds of billions more. we should not be substituting the barriers, burdens, and bureaucracy of american companies with that of uncle sam's health insurance company.

i want to get people back to work and make sure they're covered on health care. i want our commrge and commerce committee to reconvene to get started on this we need to take the time to fix this, but let's not work toward artificial deadlines and let's get americans back to work with good health care. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i believe in health care reform, i've been fighting for it since i got here in 1995. i came to the floor this morning to talk about this amendment. it's an amendment that was rejected by the democrats last night. it says no federal employee should be able to dictate how a medical provider practices medicine. apparently democrats in their health care bill want federal employees, bureaucrats to dictate how your medical

provider practicesed my sin. i think that's shocking. i don't want a federal bureaucrat between me and my doctor or between you and your doctor. but i got here and scored that we are not supposed to ask, where are the jobs? i don't get it. what's embarrassing about that question? it's a fair question. where are the jobs? when the obama administration was sworn in, unemployment was 7.6%. when the stimulus passed, it's 8.1%. today it's 9.5%. we're not supposed to ask where are the jobs? it's a legitimate question. i'd like to know where the jobs are the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? >> to address the house for one minute. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i was sitting in my office, i heard a lot of folks asking where the jobs were. i down loaded a job from the evansville courier press, it

happens to be in indiana, it says stimulus has hoosiers working. people are at work on federal-funded highway projects. things were slowing down and the stimulus filled in the gap. it's kept people employeed that would have been laid off. it boosted an industry otherwise floundering in indiana. it puts our people to work, says pete bjorkman, the chief estimator for j.h. rudolph construction company. our crews will be working more hours, more days because of this it's creates more crewsmark hours for people that wouldn't have been there before. mr. speaker, i listened in the office to the stuff being said back and forth. to the folks in the audience and the people walking out there, they're tired of this crap that's going on back and forth. we need to work together. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired.

for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. cao: the american people are hurting. our economic downturn is a challenge that will require prompt bipartisan action. as congress moves forward with the national debate on the economy, it is imperative we detract from illogical partisan bickering and avoid the empty political posturing that got us into this mess in the first place. the american people have real problems and they want real solution this is a require less talk and more action. i represent a district that's over 60% african-american and i have seen firsthand how this economic slump has disproportionately hurt minorities more than any other group in the united states. among african-americans, the

rate of unemployment and uninsured workers is highest. while there are a number of options were getting our economy back on track, it is important to remember that our nation's proudest achievements have developed with a bipartisan solutions-oriented consensus. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> per noigs address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speaker, my friends are asking, where are the jobs? it's a good question. we were told in february, when the stimulus package was passed that four million or five million jobs would be created. since then we've lost 1,963,000 jobs. it's not bad enough wire not doing anything to create johns but we're doing things to kill more jobs. i left a markup in the education committee where the majority is killing a program that's been successful since 1965, has helped millions of

students go to college and provided an education for them and now they're eliminating that program along with it, 40,000 jobs. i have constituents at home that are really suffering. they're asking, where are the jobs? it's about time we start doing something to produce them. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. flake: people are asking, where are the jobs. i think it's it's an appropriate question to ask. i get leery when any administration says they'll create jobs. they can do so for a while but government jobs don't last very long, or shouldn't last very long. what the administration should do and this congress is create an environment in which private sector jobs can be created. that's what we're not doing with this health care bill. this health care bill will kill jobs, not create them. it doesn't create an environment where jobs can be created.

now, the administration and this congress says we've got to get to the work. but last week, last friday we spent an entire day on a welfare for wild horses bill. there's an old garth brooks song, it says "wild horses keep dragging me away," apparently wild horses keep dragging this congress away from actually creating an environment where jobs can be created. this health care bill goes the wrong direction. with that, i yield back. 13r0eu7 the gentleman yields back his time -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so order. >> i hear from the other side, the government takes over health care. i'm wondering which members is going to give up your navy doctors down stair this is a take care of you. which are going to give up the federal health care plan that insures all the members of your family? which of you are going to give up medicare for your constituents?

which one of you are going to give up the veterans' care and veterans' clinics in your district? which of you that love the military that's doing such a great job of defending our country in iraq and afghanistan is going to take away the military tricare program. yeah, government's involved in health care. sure is. that's what our country is surviving and living on. let's make this work and stop attacking each other. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. the gentleman from florida, for what purpose does do you rise? >> permission to address the house for one minute revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. . >> there has been talk about a second stimulus package. why would we need a second stimulus? the first one deposit work. it's not rocket science and the american people know it. what they don't want to hear is that prior congresses or prior administrations used to do this or prior congressmen were

engaged in this, that or the other. what americans want now is leadership and solutions moving forward, not how things used to be. i'm new here. i came here because the american people were sick and tired about the way things used to work. unemployment will soon reach double digits and already has in my district, the 16th district of florida. the first stimulus didn't work because the federal government is not capable of taking taxpayer money and properly redistributing it. so let's have a second stimulus package. let's give tax breaks to small businesses and small business owners. let them hire and keep the people that they want to work for them. that's the american way. america works when people make it work, not when the government takes over. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will remind everyone that this is not directed at the the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr.

rooney. members should address their remarks to the chair and not to others in the second person. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. hunter: california unemployment is at 11.6% and state democrats in california have destroyed the job market and manufacturing base there through bureaucratic overregulation, unrelateic mandates and punitive fees and taxes. congressional democrats here in washington are following california. with a national energy tax that will cost every american family $3,000 a year and the job killing plan. i come to the easy conclusion that democrats don't like small business. i've come to the conclusion that the democrats don't like jobs. those of us in california have seen this movie before and ends like "thelma and louise" with

the economy driving off the cliff in the grand conion and being driven by congressional democrats. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? >> permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. barrett: mr. speaker, only in washington, d.c. does government know best. our friends on the other side of the aisle think they need how to create jobs. stimulus one and possibly two, cap and trade, health care reform, higher taxes, more regulation and more government intervention. the democrats thinks this is going to create wealth and create jobs in our economy. mr. speaker, what we need to be about is overhauling taxes and commonsense reform and giving people real choice to make choices between them and their doctors. empowering people, not government. what i'm talking about, mr.

speaker is not socialism, it's freedom. it's freedom. with all our colleagues on the other side have done and all they propose to spend, i ask the simple question, mr. speaker. where are the jobs? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? mr. burton: i would like one minute the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. burton: mr. speaker, this chart is not a spaghetti dinner, it may look like it. but it's the democrats' health care plan. and if you were a person out in tvland looking at this, you are thinking how am i go go to get health care coverage if i have to go through all that? it's going to cost trillions of dollars. in addition to that, jobs created, 4.7 million jobs in

china and india. and their energy bill, cap and trade, is going to create 2.5 million jobs in india and china because it's going to drive jobs offshore because the small business people can't afford to pay all these bills and taxes that the government's creating right now. the democrats need to do something. they need to cut taxes and help the small businessman make a profit and create new jobs. if they do that, we will have jobs. but right now, we don't know where the jobs are. unemployment was supposed to cap at 8%. in indiana, it is 10%. it will go to 12%, 14% if they don't change and change now. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? >> address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri is recognized for one minute. >> if we are quiet and turn down the rhetoric and listen, i think

you can hear the voices of our constituents back home. the people who pay the taxes of this country. and what are they saying? what question are they asking? where are the jobs? where are the jobs, mr. president? we're not hearing him, are we? they have even the stimulus package that was passed through this house rammed down our throat and had no effect. in fact, we have gone the other direction. instead of increasing employment, we are now at 9.5% unemployment. what's the solution? a second stimulus is being talked about. is that what we really need to do? in this last stimulus was a small piece for small businesses. they are the ones who generate the jobs and can turn the economy around and they are the ones who hire the people. yet, we ignore them and turn our backs on them, whoa, hear are the voices again. yes. they are louder aga they are louder again. they are saying where are the jobs?

where are the jobs, mr. president. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. camp: mr. speaker, the chart next to me shows the obama misery index, o.m.i., which reveals a stunning rise in debt and unemployment. oh my, i think is the correct title that the american people face. despite campaign pledges of fiscal responsibility and job creations, we have seen $800 billion stimulus bill, massive energy taxes and legislative agenda that has resulted in rapidly growing debt and rising unemployment. they define the effect of the president's policies to date, not only revealing their failure to deliver jobs for today's workers but a large tab for our children and grandchildren to pay. the unemployment and debt on

president's obama's watch is president's obama's watch is stunning 40.6%. the current obama misery index felt by the american people and the claim that the government needs to spend more money to keep from going bankrupt and the c.b.o. says it will add to the country's problems, it will only worsen in months ahead. mr. speaker, where are the jobs? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i rise today to address the issue of job loss at rural hospitals of the current health proposal were to become law. the democrats' public plan assumes reimbursement rates based on medicare. in a letter, the coalition reported that medicare reimbursement on average pays 20% to 30% lower than private plans.

actual costs are made up through private insurance reimbursement, which will be gone if the democratic plan plays out. this will have a severe negative impact on rural hospitals and leave us asking, where are the jobs? many providers suffer financial losses treating medicare patients. the lower rates make it difficult for rural provides who serve elderly and low-income patients. a similar plan will create a financial result that will be unsustainable for the nation's high quality provides. the loss is good jobs in rural america. during this time, we need to be focused on retention of existing jobs and encouraging not discouraging our rural hospitals. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> last week, the president

visited michigan. with an unemployment rate of 15.2%, we were hoping that the president would answer the question, mr. president, where are the jobs? when will the jobs come back to michigan? we would have hoped that the president would have come to michigan and recognized that raising taxes, excessive spending and more regulation wouldn't work, because that's what we have done in michigan and we now have the highest unemployment rate in the country. mr. president, take a look at michigan, recognize that we need to reduce taxes, that we need to control spending and that we need to reduce regulation to get this economy moving. america and michigan will begin moving forward again when we empower its people, not when we empower the bureaucracy and the government in washington or in lan sing. it's about freedom.

give our constituents the freedom to spend their money to create their jobs. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? mr. walden: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. i rise today to continue this question of where are the jobs. the gentleman that spoke just before me is from michigan where they have unemployment of upwards of 14%. oregon's unemployment rate is 12.2% and second only to michigan. our basic industries have been shut down. my part of the state by federal policy that prevents us from even harvesting burnt dead trees from our forest federal lands and accessing our natural resources and now comes legislation says biomass and make new clean efficient energy if it comes off of certain type of stand, it doesn't count, it's not renewable. the jobs that would go with the

creation of that were really diminished or taken away fully by the cap and tax legislation which will cost one million or two million jobs. i was out in burns this weekend and baker city and everywhere i went, the rooms were full and people are saying, what are they doing to us in washington? where are the jobs? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. jordan: they are asking what is coming next out of this place. always remember this. small business owners are smart. but they are apprehensive and anxious about what's coming next from this congress. is this congress going to pass the cap and tax and raise the cost of energy, is this congress going to increase taxes and federally take over health care and make health care decisions forever single family and every

single small business owner out there? that's why we aren't creating jobs. we need to cut taxes, get spending under control and enact a commonsense energy policy. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois rise? mrs. biggert: permission to address the house. i rise to address how this congress and this administration are handling the number one concern on the minds of americans today, jobs. despite quick promises of quick action, hard working parents in my district and around the country are staying up nights worried about whether they will have a job in the next month, the next day or the next week to provide for their children. in response, house and senate leaders only answer seem to be higher taxes and massive government spending. our children and grandchildren are on the hook for a so-called stimulus bill that has resulted in 10% unemployment nationwide, even higher in my home state of

illinois. the house leadership seems intent of pushing through $1 trillion takeover that only promises more taxes on small businesses and working families. the result, fewer jobs, except for washington bureaucrats who will be rationing health care procedures for patients plfment speaker, we can do better. let's work together on real solutions to cut taxes, and rebuild this economy not more washington spending with no sight in end. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does ohio rise? the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. 100 of my colleagues have asked, mr. speaker, where are the jobs? we passed a stimulus bill months ago. in ohio, we had 33,000 jobs lost just last month. the jobs i have seen created, mr. speaker, are here in washington.

czars, not real people back in ohio. mr. speaker, where are the jobs? we passed a bill on this floor creating a national energy tax, which is going to cost the people of ohio, hundreds of thousands of jobs. we are debating a health care bill where small business owners are concerned they are going to shed additional jobs at a time when we need small business owners to create more jobs. mr. speaker, the people of ohio, as this chart points out, are shredding jobs this year and creating record amount of deficits, record debt, higher taxes. all americans want, mr. speaker, are jobs. where are the jobs? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered.

. >> where are the jobs? they're not in michigan. sadly in this house, we passed an energy bill called cap and trade that bill will add nearly $1 trillion to the cost for businesses and homes across this country. does that help with jobs? absolutely not. in fact, one of my constituents in michigan said their utility costs will go up 40% by the year 2024. is that going to help with jobs? absolutely not. did the rules committee allow us to add jobs wan amendment that would build perhaps as many as 100 new nuclear reactors in this country? tens if not hundreds of thousands of jobs? no. the rules committee said you cannot offer that amendment. where are the jobs -- jobs going? they're going to india and china. did you happen to see in the july 16, in the "new york times," where energy secretary

chu said if china's emissions of global warming gases continue to grow at the pace of the last 30 years, they'll emit more gases in the next three decades than the u.s. in our history. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. >> without objection, so ordered. >> my state of georgia has an unemployment rate in excess of 10%. other states are in worse condition. we are asking today, where are the jobs? we spent millions and billions and perhaps even now trillions of jobs throwing money at the problem and yet the job losses continue. the legislative agenda adopted by this administration and this house has primarily two pieces of legislation. first is the cap and trade. a bill that is setting us on a path that has already been followed by some of our european countries, spain in particular. they set out on this path of green jobs over a decade ago.

the result is 17 1/2% unemployment, the green bubble burst and for every job they created, they lost 2.2 jobs. the second major approach of this house has been the new health care reform bill. a bill that will tax employers 8% of their payroll amounts if they do not provide health insurance for their employees. what does that mean? new jobs? no it means losing jobs we already have. mr. speaker, it's appropriate to ask, where are the jobs. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection so ordered. >> i thank you, mr. speaker. the stimulus bill was advertised as a way to reduce unemployment and help put this economy back on track. the blue line on this chart represents the projected path of the unemployment rate. that was below 8% prior to the stimulus being passed. the red line shows, in fact,

what actually happened since the stimulus bill was passed. it was well intended, but surely it was misguided. the more congress spends, the worse things always seem to turn out. so let's get out of the bailout business, let's get out of the stimulus business, let's get out of the national energy tax business and let's not get into the health care business. let's let the free enterprise system and the small business this is a made the economy great stay scrong and create jobs. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speaker, accompanying the spike in the private sector job losses throughout our economy, we have seen a massive government intrusion into the private market. this chamber recently passed cap and tax legislation which

gives washington 17% control over the economy. if ewith move forward nationalized health care, the next priority for the administration, could shift another 16% of our economy toward washington, d.c. the federal government already runs general motors and chrysler. it now has a huge equity stake in dozens of our financial institutions. we witnessed a massive $800 billion stimulus package that failed to increase the promised job growth. this flawed aproich failed to deliver because government spending doesn't increase the size of the economic pie. it takes money out of the private sector and shift it to the government. real economic growth has always and will always come from the private sector and instead of continuing this trend, shifting our economy to one centered on bureaucrats, which is exponentially increasing our deficit -- we should be spurring job creation. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> request permission to address the house for one minute. >> without objection, so ordered. >> i rise today to strongly oppose efforts by the majority to rush through a misguided health care experiment that will greatly increase the already sky-high unemployment in my state. at a time then floridians are facing double digit unemployment, congress should not be pushing through a government takeover of health care that will be paid for in part by tax hike on small businesses. in a recession nearing double digit unemployment nationally this will discourage job growth and creation, leading to higher unemployment and people with employer-based health insurance being forced onto the government plan. this job killing tax, combined with the crushing debt some in congress have been piling on children and children to pay for big government programs, will make a much more -- make it much more difficult for

future generations to succeed. i urge my colleagues to reject this small business tax. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> address the house for one minute and revise and extend. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to say three things. where are the jobs? where is the transparency that was promised? and where will the savings come from in a health care proposal that in fact starts off by talking about savings, but in fact increasing spending. you don't need a new tax if everything is already taxed and you are going to save. you only need a new tax if in fact you're going to spend more money and waste more. the president said we would not go above 8%, the stimulus would drive down the tendency toward unemployment and in fact create

jobs. mr. speaker, where are the jobs in they were not created. mr. speaker, the president said this administration would have unparalleled access and transparency, yet the special i.g. for the troubled asset relief program said just the opposite, he's being blocked at every step and not getting the trands parentcy he was promised. mr. speaker, where are the job, where is the transparency? where are the savings? the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. >> without objection. >> i propose we make august america's right to know month. that means allowing america to know what changes their lives. just a couple of days ago we marked up this legislation in the ways and means committee, about 1,000 page, it came to us three minutes before midnight the day prior to us marking it up.

we had an amendment in the committee where we said if we're going to impose this new health care system on the american people, members of congress should be put in into this system. what happened to that amendment? it went down by a party line vote. republicans said yes, democrats, except for mr. davis of alabama, said no. let's realize we're taxing people a lot of taxes on people learning -- earning less than $250,000. that violates the pledge people believed we had in the last election. the republicans said, let's not tax people earning less than $250,000. democrats said, yes, we'll continue to tax those people, violating this pledge this promise, the american people thought they had on election day. august ought to be the month where america gets to know what's going on. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. >> without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speaker and my colleague, my district extends

from orlando to daytona beach. the state of florida has in excess of 10% unemployment nationally, 9.5% unemployment. where are the jobs? congress passed a $787 billion so-called stimulus package. i took to the floor and spoke from the democrat side of the aisle and pleaded with folks that we needed job we needed to invest in america's infrastructure. instead we put less than 7%. so to date, out of $787 billion and $48 billion for transportation highway money, we have $523 million expended. mr. speaker, and my colleagues, where are the jobs? we said people want to work they don't want government handouts, don't want government welfare or food stamps. they want jobs in my district and throughout our nation. where are the jobs? i come back to ask that this

country needs and our people need. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> i ask unanimous condition sent to address the house for one minute. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. there are a lot of people in texas who are worried what kind of jobs they'll have if this new government-run health care plan goes through congress. 11,018 pages delivered to us before -- 1,018 pages delivered to us just before midnight. here's the plan, 31 new federal agencies, in between you and your doctor, taking away control of your health care. at the committee we asked what does this cost? they said we don't know the price tag. we offered amendments, can you certify that members of congress read this bill, they said they thought that was a bad idea and defeated it. we asked about rationing. we were worried about wait times for family physicians and

second class cancer treatment. they said that would be too inconvenient to provide information. and they defeated it. finally they said let's strike the toongs small businesses. they refused to, saying small businesses have it so easy they need to raise taxes on them. ladies and gentlemen, we don't want the government telling whause doctors we can see what treatments we deserve and what medicines we can receive. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the distinguished gentleman from georgia rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection so ordered. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, last october, president bush and hank paulson said to the congress, we need to bail out the financial service industry. we have to do it bold and we have to do it quick or the financial markets will tumble. we passed the $700 billion tarp program and still stock portfolios, savings of americans all through the country, drop 30d% or 40%.

in january, nancy pelosi and president obama told us we had to act bold and fast to pass the stimulus program. because the unemployment rate was 8% and now 2.5 million have been lost since that and unemployment is up to 10%. now the same washington knows best mentality is telling us to rush through a government takeover of health care by august 1. this will result in a bureaucrat taking the place of your doctor, telling you what procedures you will ha. it will result in a $1 trillion federal program. it will result in rationing and a huge tax increase on farmers and small businesses. ladies and gentlemen, we have to slow down. let's learn from the stimulus program. let's learn from tarp. let's slow down the process. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to

address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. the pending health care legislation does one thing. it does bend the cost curve. but it bends it up. that's not according to me or my colleague, that's according to the congressional budget office. it says private insurance rates will go up and the public option insurance will go up. what does that result in? 4.7 million jobs could be lost as a result of increased taxes, particularly hard hit, small businesses. where are the jobs? my blue dog colleagues are down at the house negotiating some face-saving measure in this bill, i'll include this list of their proposals. i want to make sure they comply with their july 9 letter, which says it must be deficit neutral. it must protect rural health care. it must insure bipartisanship. and finally, any health care reform legislation that comes to the floor must be available

to all members and the public for a sufficient amount of time before we are asked to vote on it. this is government, this is transparency, the blue dogs need to enforce it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from wyoming rise? mrs. lummis: i ask permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mrs. lummis: where are the jobs could be answered in one word many any -- in my state of wyoming. we were hiring people when our energy industry was robust from other states that were losing jobs like michigan. now with cap and trade and a bill last week that passed this house, the changed coal bonus payments from being spread over five year, now being in one lump sum payment, we are going to destroy jobs in wyoming. so the people who move from

michigan to wyoming to find good-paying jobs are now going to have to return to michigan or stay in wyoming and be unemployed. and it -- it is because of the activities of this congress. this congress has not been happy to watch states like michigan suffer. they've decided to make states like wyoming that were producing energy for this country suffer right along states like michigan. our state, which had a healthy economy before cap and trade, before the obama presidency is now suffering just like the rest of the nation. our unemployment has doubled in wyoming, mr. speaker. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. smith: albert einstein said the most powerful force in the united states is compound interest. that is great when it is working for you and building a nest egg.

but when compound interest is working against you it is catastrophic. it is devastating, especially for a nation on the intermediate and long-term when the nation spends money and causes huge unsustainable deficits. as of june 0, the debt was $11.5 trillion. in june alone, the deficit rose by $220 billion, a year's worth of deficits in one month. c.b.o. says the total debt to the united states will double in the next 10 years. it took 180 years for us to get that $11.5 trillion and will double in 10 years. nothing puts our economy at greater risk of implosion and job loss than unsustainable debt. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from

kansas rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jenkins: americans sent a clear message and say they want a change in washington but they want accountability and transparency and politicians to respect tax dollars. from the $787 billion so-called stimulus, trillions in bailouts and $3.5 trillion budget, washington has gone on a reckless spending spree and now thmajority is trying to pass the government takeover of health care that will add $239 billion to the debt our kids will have to pay back. prime time press conferences don't hide the fact that since january, our nation debt has skyrocketed by more than $1 trillion, that our debt to china increases each day and that our nation is facing double-digit unemployment levels. you can't spend money you don't

have. congress must learn this lesson. as a c.p.a., former state treasurer and mother of two teenagers, i'm convinced we need commonsense solutions to reign in spending, keep taxes low and get americans back to work. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> address the house for one minute and revise and stepped my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> we have lost a lot of jobs in this country and it's clear we're going to lose a whole lot more jobs if we pass this health care plan and members might want to hear a firsthand personal example. i have a long time friend in florida who has a small business and he said i'm going to vote for barack obama even though i'm republican because we need some change in this country and i saw him this weekend and he said, have you seen that obama health

care plan? matter of fact, i have. he said man, that's not the change i was voting for. he said that's going to kill my business. i will see my taxes go up and i'm already laying off people but if they put that penalty on us, then i'll have to lay more people off. he said this is killing me. and that's happening all over the country, not just in orlando, but all around the country. we need some reform but the right kind of reform and this is not it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> permission to address the body for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> thank you, mr. speaker. you know in the last six months, a lot has changed. we have a new president of the united states. we have a new congress, the 111th congress and we have 3.1 million fewer jobs, an increase of 28% in unemployment just in the last six months.

what was the reaction? what was the response from the new administration and of this congress? well, we need to pass a stimulus bill and we need to pass it now. no time for debate. no time for amendments. no time for input from the minority. we need to pass it now. this bill had less than 24 hours of debate on this floor before it was passed out of the floor and yet the president took four days to sign it. what did it do? it spent $787 billion, the largest spending bill in our country's history. and what have we gotten? the administration says we have created 150,000 new jobs after spending $112 billion. get out your calculateors. that's $746,000 of taxpayer money for one job. where are the jobs? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> ask unanimous consent to

address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. smith: mr. speaker, a new abc/"washington post" poll found that less than half of americans support president obama's health care plan. since april, the president's approval has dropped eight points while disapproval has risen 15 points. an example of fair reporting, the "washington post" put the poll results on its front page yesterday. other news media have not been as candid in their coverage of health care. when the congressional budget office director revealed that the health care bill, quote, significantly expands the federal responsibility for health care costs, end quote, the evening news programs on cbs and nbc failed to report the c.b.o.'s key finding, nor have they reported how many jobs will be lost under the president's health care plan. mr. speaker, with so much at stake, americans need the media to report all the facts on

health care. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> request permission to address the house one minute and revise and stepped my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. campbell: thank you, mr. speaker. you know, earlier this year, president obama told us that all this reckless spending he was doing was go to go create jobs. mr. speaker, where are the jobs? instead of jobs, we get a so-called health reform bill. and this provision of that bill tells americans that they will be prohibited from having their own insurance and will be forced into a government health plan run by something like the i.r.s. mr. speaker, this health plan is socialized medicine, pure and simple. and in addition to that, it will cost more. it will increase taxes on the wealthy and a whole lot of other people.

it will increase the deficit, lower quality. it doesn't cover everyone. and it is projected to lose another five million jobs of americans. mr. speaker, this is not reform. this is just nuts. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise snr mr. burgess: address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. without objection. mr. burgess: i received communication from a constituent at home who brought to my attention a political cartoon that ran in "chicago tribune" 75 years ago in 1934. it's often said that history doesn't repeat itself but if you listen closely enough it will rhyme and those who do not recall its history are doosmed to to repeat it.

he is a retired f.b.i. agent. change the names and the situation looks very familiar. the leader of community organizers in chicago would be pleased with the current situation. when you look at the caption, spend, spend, spend under the guise of recovery, bust to budget, blame the capitalists for failure, junk the constitution. mr. speaker, this was ap pro poe 75 years ago and it may be well this year. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? mr. hastings: i would ask the republicans what is their health care plan? shouldn't we do health care? what part of it would you not do is the question i ask. but i really rise, mr. speaker, to take cog nizzance of a very fine day yesterday of

bipartisanship. a former colleague of ours, ray lahood, came to south florida along with f.a.a. director to meet with several of us regarding radar in south florida. on the flight from us air here, the administrator and i heard a flight attendant do something nice. she complimented the 1949 booker t. washington class from miami who were enroute here to washington. it was a wonderful gesture and made for a wonderful day. my colleagues who continue to rant about us not having health care, i wonder what they would say if we do nothing. will health care stay the same? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? >> address the house for one

minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. inglis: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm not hear to ask the president to make good on his promise about jobs, because i don't believe government creates jobs. government doesn't create wealth. all it does is move wealth around. we need jobs, but i'm here to ask the president to make good on the idea of producing the right policies that would create jobs by creating wealth in the private sector. i would suggest to my colleagues that the way to do that is to have a low tax situation, a lighter touch on regulation and less litigation. it's really those three things. if you have low taxes, light touch regulation and less litigation, we will expand the american economy. we will create wealth. and we will create jobs. that's something that we could be doing here in this congress. than it's something we could

cooperate on getting done and serve the american people and deliver american solutions. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. moran: i for one believe the health care reform system must be reformed, i have said that and worked during that regard during my time in congress but i'm concerned about the plans for us to consider in this congress. the single-payer plan raises concerns with me on behalf of senior citizens across the country and especially those i represent in kansas. the plan that we are currently operating under, medicare provides wonderful services for senior citizens, but the reality is that plan is bankrupt. we will spend $38 trillion more than we have over the next 75 years. the plan is expected to be bankrupt by 2017. so the idea that we would expand

the plan when it already is in financial difficulty baffles my mind. the plan is to raise $820 billion in taxes and we still leave the national debt, increasing by $239 billion. this plan needs attention and need to make certain that what we do does not wreck the health care delivery plan we have in place for seniors today and especially in places like kansas where senior citizens are dominant, this plan does that. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida rise? the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. ros-lehtinen: mr. speaker, where are the jobs? i rise today to discuss the rising unemployment in my congressional district of south florida. last week, the bureau of labor statistics released data indicating that unemployment in miami-dade county was at nearly 11%. this represents a notable increase from 9.9% unemployment just last month.

mr. speaker, south floridians are hurting. in miami, workers in the food service and hotel industries have had their hours cut in half because of a reduction in tourism. these workers are working two, three jobs in order to pay the bills. in the florida keys, recreational fishermen are docking their boats permanently as the industry grapples with one of its slowest seasons in history. there is serious trouble in paradise as hard-working, small businesses and remain uncertain about the economic future. it is imperative that this congress gets serious about providing real solutions for our constituents. they cannot afford to wait, because they are looking for jobs. the ç -- the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore:

without objection, so ordered. mr. lucas: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. president and the democratic majority, where in the heck are the jobs? with the stimulus bill and more than $1 trillion spent and zero job growth, where are the jobs? with the national energy tax passed by this house, it levies billions of new energy tax on people costing the average american family $3,100 more a year to heat and cool their home and put gas in the tank of their car. where are the jobs? on health care, our democrat majority's $1.2 trillion has a one-size-fits-all government plan on most americans. their plan is to nationalize our health care system and create new mandates, government bureaucracy and inefficiency that will only serve to drive up cost of our health care system even more. wasteful government spending

and having devastating consequences on this country. it also could cost 4.7 million more jobs to hurt small business. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? mr. yarmuth: request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. yarmuth: when i was a young boy, a radio station went on the air in louisville, kentucky. they played one song over and over. it was called "purple people eater." i am reminded of that today as we heard speaker after speaker repeat the same tired republican talking points. what we haven't heard is one idea of how to fix our dysfunctional health care system which is threatening every business in this country, threatening our competitiveness and our long-term economic prospects. it's time that this congress and our colleagues from the other side focus on saving this country's health care system. we heard one gentleman from the other side saying we are facing $38 trillion in additional debt

in medicare. we're trying to make sure that that doesn't happen. our wish our colleagues on the other side would help us in that task. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from missouri rise? mrs. emerson: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mrs. emerson: missourians are dealing with job losses. job losses have hit us especially hard during a time of unprecedented economic challenges. constituents call my office every day and they're asking, what is congress doing for them, how are we helping the manufacturing worker who doesn't want to go to the unemployment office because he really just wants to go back to work? and i hear a lot of justifiable anger from the same people about congress' policies that are going to make it tougher for them to get back to work. cap and trade is the focus of their frustration and mine. today unemployment is still severe in southern missouri with a potential to go much higher, much higher if the cap

and trade bill becomes law. more than 3,000 more jobs could be lost in the eighth district in a single year, and the few new green jobs this bill would create won't be in our communities. mr. speaker, this bill will leave us with the legacy of energy cost increases that will kill generations of jobs in rural america and in southern missouri, like my constituents, i am ready and willing to get to work if you'll only give us the opportunity. good energy policy is good jobs policy. i hope we can reverse course on cap and trade so it doesn't destroy our rural economy, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> last night as the energy and commerce committee met to debate the new health care reform bill offered by the democratic party, as i look through the analysis by c.b.o. i discovered there was a reduction in medicare benefits

over the next 10 years of in excess of $450 billion. in adig to that -- in addition to that, there was a reduction in hospitals of $155 billion over the next 10 years. the part of it that bothered me most is that so many rural areas programs like medicare advantage, home health care, skilled nurses care was particularly hit by these reductions. in addition to that, this bill provides additional tax on employers, a tax on individuals that do not go out and buy health insurance once the mandate goes into effect and still the bill is not paid for. and as the c.b.o. director indicated, this bill will not save the taxpayer money. this will create taxpayer expenditures. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman

from indiana rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. souder: where are the jobs? last week the health care bill was passed through the education and labor committee, jammed through in an all-night session and supposedly it offered a public-private option. just a few minutes ago we finished an education and labor markup where we once had a public and private option in lending. 80% chose the option. we eliminated the private option, and the federal government's going to be a giant bank, one of the biggest banks in the world taking over all student lending. when we talk about the needs in health care, we need to address the problems that we're facing, the gaps in the health care system, how to make it more efficient. what we don't need is a government takeover of health care with no private options. we don't need higher taxes on the small businesses and the people in my district who are struggling with a mean of 15% unemployment in my eight

counties. we don't need additional job losses. and this bill unbelievably had a clause added that will add more jobs for acorn. when people in my district said they wanted more jobs, they didn't mean more jobs for acorn. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speaker, it's an outrage of how health care is being approached in this country. voters did vote for change, but apparently that's all they're going to have left in their pockets. i sat through a 17-hour markup on the ways and means committee last week and i didn't see one constructive process. i didn't see the voices of democrats and republicans heard on addressing the delivery system for medicare to re-engineer it. instead of reforming the private insurance industry, speaker pelosi's response to that and the democratic response to that is undercutting them with a

medicare-like system which will punish rural america. and there is no addressing of liability reform that punishes our doctors and health care providers with junk lawsuits. america demands real reform. we want real reform. slow this thing down and give a count to america for the kind of health care people need and want that's affordable and accessible and not a government-run plan. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. royce: the -- mr. bilbray: the greatest threat to the environment and the economy from the so-called cap and trade bill was the smoke coming out of the back room deals that were cut to create this monster that's being called tax and trade. frankly, i'll just tell you, the whole concept that when we had a chance to get government out of the way and build new zero emission generating facilities to be able to

provide clean energy for the economy and the environment. instead of that, this congress decided to drop the cap and tax, tax, tax. and anyone that's worked on air emissions issues will look at this bill in the future and say, how could somebody with a straight face go back to their district and say that this bill is going to clean up the environment and help the economy? it is going to continue the pattern of massive emissions while we get -- while we get the economy driven down. there is no cap in this bill. only taxes. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. kline: thank you, mr. speaker. people are asking, why are the jobs? -- where are the jobs? as my friend from indiana said a moment ago, we came out from amending the bill in the

education and labor committee where we wiped out the private sector in the student lending business. tens of thousands of jobs erased. as all of my colleagues know, this house, this congress passed a stimulus bill which was supposed to create jobs. instead we've been losing millions of jobs. i find it interesting that the republicans offered an alternative to that stimulus bill which would have cut taxes and created twice as many jobs. and now christina romer, the president's economic advisor, when she's been pressed on news interviews in may and again in july about what -- where are the jobs and why isn't the stimulus working, she said, well, the tax cuts in the stimulus bill are working. how ironic. we should have done it right the first time. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> i remember walking into my home one night in 1982. my father and mother were talking with each other with a

distressed look on their faces and my dad was telling my mother that he was losing his job. the factory where he expected to work his entire life was shutting down. this was 19 2 as the recession, the recession like we find ourselves in today, and the prescription were washington was to lower spending and to cut taxes. in the late 1980's my father decided to take advantage of the economy and create a plant that he used to work at. he decided to start a new plant. created over 500 jobs. because while washington's prescription was lowering taxes and lowering spending, the prescription today coming out of washington to try to get out of this recession is to raise regulation and to raise taxes. and, mr. speaker, i believe that's why we're lingering in this recession because people don't want to invest because they are concerned about what's happening here in washington, d.c. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized.

mr. platts: we need to hear to the principles of all physicians, first, do no harm. unfortunately, the legislation that came out of the house education and labor committee late last week does not adhere to this principle. c.b.o. tells us it will drive up the cost of health care in the united states. in fact, when it's fully implemented over $200 billion a year this plan will cost, it will not protect the right to keep the insurance coverage that you currently have if you like it. that was one of the underlying principles of the administration. this bill will not protect that right. it will drive up cost. it will take away freedom of choice of american citizens, and it's also going to have an impact on the ability to -- for small businesses to provide insurance because of the taxes included in this bill. it's going to cost people insurance because small businesses will not be able to continue to afford the 8% payroll tax as well as an increase on small businesses filing subchapter s. first, do no harm.

we knee to adhere to principle. unfortunately, this legislation does not do that. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i wasn't going to come down here, mr. speaker, but then i heard the distinguished democratic leader, mr. hoyer, chastise us for using one minutes. mr. hoyer, you know why we are using these one minutes. it's because you cut us out of the process. for the first time in history appropriation bills are not under an open rule. so you can understand why my district having almost 20% unemployment, some of the highest unemployment in the country, because this government fails to act to get water to the people to provide for the general welfare of the people of my district. this is why we come down here, mr. hoyer. so i would suggest that we probably won't do this again because you'll probably take

away this advantage that we have of using these one minutes to make our case before the american people. i assume we will have the last day we will have unlimited one minutes. but i can promise you if you go back to the open rules process on the appropriations bills we'll gladly not use these unlimited one minutes this way. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will kindly remind members their remarks in debate should be directed to the chair. for what purpose does the gentleman from nevada rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. heller: thank you very much, mr. speaker. in a recent study, nevada's economy is one of the most distressed in the nation. if you recall four months ago we passed a stimulus package and we were promised by this administration and the majority if we do this, if we pass this stimulus package that we'd only have % unemployment. it would never exceed 8% unemployment.

and we had to do it right now. we had to pass this piece of legislation. well, i'm here to tell you today that nevada's unemployment is at 12%, and that this administration says that the unemployment is even going to go higher. so the question is, the question is, what did the stimulus do for nevada? well, in las vegas, las vegas has received to date $4,833. so the question is, where's the money? $4,833 to nevada and to las vegas. las vegas's mayor said i bet more on a football game than what the city has received. i ask the speaker, where's the money and where are the jobs? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. broun: mr. speaker, i rise today because i want someone to

show me the jobs that we've been promised by the democrats. many counties in my district have unemployment rates of more than 13%. show me the jobs, mr. speaker. my colleagues on the democratic side of the aisle promised that their trillion dollar stimulus would immediately create jobs and unemployment would not rise above 8%. nothing could be further from the truth. but in june alone almost half to -- half a million jobs were lost driving unemployment to its highest level in 26 years. now after shoving a $646 billion energy tax down the throats of the american people, liberal leadership is now shoving a multimillion -- multitrillion dollar health experiment. according to the c.b.o., this will cost 750,000 more jobs and push 100 million americans off of their private health care plans. mr. speaker, i ask you to show

me the jobs and show me why all the american people should believe once again that a trillion dollar experiment will work. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. . the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings now resume on the questions previously postponed in the following order. h.con.res. 164, h.r. 2729, h.r. 1622 and h.r. 507. each by the yeas and nays. the first will be a 15-minute vote. the others will be five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion from the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott, to suspend the rules and agree to h.con.res. 164, on

which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 164, concurrent resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary of the foohe food a nutrition service of the department of agriculture. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and agree to concurrent resolution. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 422, nays are zero. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and without objection a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the

vote on the motion from the gentleman from new mexico, mr. lujan, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2729, as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2729, a bill to authorize the designation of national environmental research parks by the secretary of energy, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

i'm sure you'll all want to come here and say no, hoyer was wrong on the figures. under the economic program we proposed 216,000 new jobs every month on average. under your program, for the last eight years, under the bush administration, 4,240 per month. . that is a substantial difference under the economic program that you did not support in 1993, that we proposed and passed and president clinton signed. when you talk about jobs, you ought to talk about the experience you've had under your program and our program. you failed and we succeeded. as a matter of fact, in the last three months last year, last year of the bush administration, we lost three million jobs-plus.

during the last year of the clinton administration, we gained 1.9 million jobs. that's a five-million job turnaround by your economic program. keep talking. america knew the difference and made a decision and said what you had been doing is not what they wanted, so they changed in 2006. they changed the congress and in 2008, they changed the presidency. and let me tell you something, we have lost 200,000 less jobs per month than bush lost in his last three months in office over the last three months. is that where we want to be? it is not. but it is 200,000 better than your last three months in your administration. those are the facts.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 330, the nays are 96. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion from the gentleman from new mexico, mr. lujan to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1622 as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 112, h.r. 16 2, a bill to provide for a program of research, development, and

demonstration on natural gas vehicles. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill is amended? members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 393, the nays are 35. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the

vote on the motion of the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott to suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 507 as amended on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: house resolution 507, resolution supporting the goals of national dairy month. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution as amended? members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

e speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 428, nays are zero. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and without objection a motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will be in order. pursuant to house resolution 658, this time has been designated for the taking of the official photo of the house of representatives in session. the house will be in brief recess while the chamber is being prepared for the photo. as soon as these preparations are complete, the house will immediately resume its actual session for taking of the photo.

about five minutes after that, the house will proceed with the business of the house. for the information of the members, for the information of the members, when the chair says the house will be in order, we are ready to take our photo. and that will be in just a few minutes. the house will be in order. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess while the chamber is (

>> "washington journal" continues. host: senator joe barton of texas is the ranking republican in the energy committee. you said you were leading the charge against the health care bill and intent to kill it. guest: i don't want to kill health care reform, obviously. the bill currently being marked up in the energy and commerce committee is a bad bill. it is over 1000 pages long, it radically changes health care as we know it today. there is about 15% of the american population that doesn't have health care or not the kind of health care -- or health insurance, excuse me.

about 85% of the american people have health care insurance that they like. this kills that. within five years to eight years, over 100 million americans who are currently covered by health care plan that they like would lose it. when you have a 15% solution that creates an 85% problem, that is not a good bill. that is what this bill is. it is radically changing health- care delivery and health care insurance as we know it in america. host: what is the process that it would eventually destroy or kill private insurance? guest: there are employee or employer mandates, something you have to do. it is a federal requirement. the employer, unless they meet a very minimal small-business exemption, has to provide not just health care insurance, but

kind of a health-care package that today would be considered kind of a cadillac plan. if they don't, they are subject to an 8% per employee payroll tax every year. most small businesses, and maybe large businesses, are going to look at that mandate, look that they will have to provide -- covering all pre-existing conditions, mandates about the types of coverage and the level of coverage, and they will probably opt out of providing health care insurance for their employees. on the other side of the equation, the employee has a mandate that he or she has to have health insurance. and if they don't, they are subject to a 2% payroll penalty on an individual basis. so, you are kind of catching it coming and going. there are provisions in bill that create -- in the bill that

creates various new medical health review boards. and we offered an amendment last night from a congressman from georgia, that would say no federal official or employee may interfere with the practice of medicine. every democrat voted against that amendment. so, you are creating a system on one side where the government is going to tell the health care profession how to practice, or at least potentially they could. every time you give government officials power, they use it. on the other side, you are creating mandates that have to be met. health care insurance as we know it today in america, health care delivery, as we know it today in america, within five years to eight years of this bill's passing will be gone. it is just a fact. that is not republican rhetoric. host: in "the wall street

journal," 10 questions on the health-care overhaul. it asks which industries are most likely to use and which may gain. perhaps no industry stands to gain more our health insurers because americans will be required to require -- carry health insurance. pharmaceutical companies would sell more prescription drugs because more would have coverage. hospitals and doctors would not have provide as much free care. how big of a player is the health insurance industry and how much are they weighing in on this debate? guest: that is an interesting question. i think the honest answer is in terms of their impact in washington, the debate, it is 0. they are not being listened to. they have become come on the democratic side, one of the bogeymen of president obama and the democrats on the committees. and as much as i respect "the wall street journal," i would

take a little bit of issue with the author of that particular piece because who gains in terms of this plan for the obama proposal is the government-run health care option because it creates such a mandate, eggplant with all of these various things that have to be covered -- a plan with all of these various things that have been recovered, if you give the government plan, you might gain, but if you are a pvate unsure who doesn't manage the government plan, you are out of business. host: are guest is republican congressman joe barton. the phone numbers are -- you can also e-mail us to journal@c-span.org.

we have a comment from twitter -- mr. barton, as a fellow texan, would you agree we have no health care, but instead disease and injury management system? guest: if the doctor is talking about the status quo of the current system -- i am not sure exactly how to answer this question. i would say any american, or any person in the united states -- does not have to be american citizens -- if they need health care, they will get it in some way. it might not be the perfect delivery system where you go to your primary care doctor and then referred to a specialist or go to a hospital if it is a serious situation. but you will be cared for in an emergency room or clinic or in the normal private health care delivery system today. there are people who say what we have is a sick care system as opposed to a health care system, in a sense of the way the insurance policy practices are set up.

we don't do the full range of preventive wellness programs because traditional is -- traditionally some are considered discretionary and you have to be really sick or in bad shape before the insurance system kicks in. host: let us go to the phones. california, on the democrats' line. caller: what wanted to say, the republican past and $800 billion pharmaceutical bill -- passed $800 billion famous -- pharmaceutical bill, tax cuts for the rich, and have no plans themselves for reforming health care. and they ask, how we pay for this? i don't think any of the other things, including the iraq war,

have been paid for. i pay just as an individual between $2,500 up to $3,000 a year for basic health care coverage. i know i'm one of those people paying for everybody else. and i wanted to know from the congressmen, how do you changed that -- how you change that? i would like a government auction. what is republican response? guest: first, very polite caller and very good question. first thing is, republicans do have an alternative. we think we ought to have a refundable tax credits for individuals who make below certain income levels. we think there ought to be vouchers also, if you don't have an income, so that we give you the money and you go out and purchase in the private health care insurance market the health care plan that is best for you

and your family. we also believe that every american who can't get health insurance under the regular system that wants to get health insurance should be able to have every pre-existing condition covered, should be able to go into either a polling situation where you create these regional pools. the congressman from arizona has an amendment. perhaps have a co-op -- a democratic congressman from virginia floated the idea of some sort of national co-op where you could use these vouchers or these refundable tax credits to go out and purchase your own health insurance plan. i am going to offer an amendment sometime during the market this week, the energy and commerce committee, that would make it possible for every american in this country that wishes to have health insurance to go out and purchase that, and if you can't pay for because you don't have a job or are below certain income,

the government would pay for it. that is not having a p >> we'll leave this recorded vorings of "washington journal" as the house will begin their legislative business for today. 20 suspension bills. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman from california, mr. nunes, seek recognition? mr. nunes: pursuant to clause 2 of rule 9 -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. may we please have order in the house. the gentleman from california should be heard. the gentleman from california. mr. nunes: thank you, mr. speaker. pursuant to clause 2a1 of rule 9, i gave notice of my intent to raise a question of privilege os they have house. the form of the resolution is as follows. whereas on may 25, 2007, u.s.

district court judge oliver wanger issued a rules that directed the bureau of reclamation to remove water to protect a three-inch minnow. whereas in 2008, the u.s. official and wildlife service, based on that ruling, issued an opinion on the delta, which is traditionally delivered to cities in the san waugh key valley. whereas according to a university of california, davis study, revenue losses in the san joaquin valley for 2009 will be $2.2 billion and job losses at 80,000. whereas according to the bureau of u.s. labor statistic the unemployment rate in the san joaquin valley has reached the highest level in the nation. whereas unemployment is nearly 20% in the san joaquin valley and some cities have an

unemployment rate of 40%. whereas thousands of people who once relied on employment in the agricultural sector are now unemployed and are struggling to meet their most basic needs, including providing for their families. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. may we request that conversations with taken off the floor. the gentleman will proceed. mr. nunes: whereas on march 1, 2009, the "sacramento bee" reported thousands of people have been turned away from local food banks and supplies are not necessary to meet needs. whereas the fresno board of supervisors said the man-made drought created a crisis. whereas in 2009, the national marine fisheries service issued

a new opinion on the spring run chinook salmon and southern resident killer whales which further reduces water supplies in california. whereas on june 19, 2009, governor arnold schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency for fresno county, california and petitioned president barack obama to declare the county ofederal disaster area, whereas the sect re-- secretary of the interior, ken salazar, visitted fresno and held a town hall meeting in which hundreds of people expressed distress at the lack of action by the obama administration. whereas in march of 2009, -- whereas the "l.a. times" said during the meeting with ken salazar, they pledged to provide aid to starving families, a family member replied, we don't want welfare we want water.

whereas cbs-5 eyewitness news reported that hundreds of farmers protested outside the buildings in san francisco that house speaker pelosi's san francisco office. whereas cbs-5 plamed speaker pelosi and representative george miller for the water shortage in the san joaquin valley. whereas cbs-5 reported protesters were holding sign this is a red, congress created drought, unquote, and quote, new endangered species, the california farmer, unquote. whereas the "sacramento bee" reported that thousands of people in fresno california marched to demand an end to the man-made drought. whereas the democratic leadership held open the vote on house resolution 366 to

change the vote, whereas leaders were seen on the floor to pressure people to change their vote from aye to nee to defeat the nunes amendment. whereas a debate was held on the calvert amendment would deliver water to california. david obey said, quote, recognize there are certain earmarks, -- certain problems, your earmarks won't become law. whereas chairman obey violated a rule of the house in linking passage to earmark. whereas on july 19, 2009, the rule committees blocked an commement to the energy and water development appropriations act that would have restored water deliveries

to californians. whereas for two years the house of representatives has known about the manmade drought in california without taking legislative action to resolve the crisis. whereas the lack of action by the house of representatives demonstrated that fish are more important that families. whereas article 1, section 8 of the united states constitution enumerates that the congress shall have the power to provide for the general welfare of the united states. whereas the house of representatives has willfully and knowingly failed to provide for the general welfare of the san joaquin valley of the california, whereas it has subjected to the house to public ridicule and damaged the dignity and integrity of the house of representatives. now therefore be it resolved that the committee on natural resources is requested to discharge h.r. 305, the turn on the pumps act of 2009, for immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: under rule 9 a resolution offered from the floor by other than the majority leader or minority

leader as a question of the privilege os they have house has immediate precedence only at a time designated by the chair within two legislative days after the resolution is properly noticed. pending that designation, the form of the resolution noticed by the gentleman from california will appear in the record at this point. the chair will in the at this point determine whether the resolution constitutes a question of privilege that determination will be made at a time designated for consideration of the resolution. purr sunchte to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. recorded votes on postponed questions will be taken later. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2938 to extend the deadline for

commencement of construction of a hydroelectric plant. the speaker pro tempore: could we respectfully request that staff remove its conversations from the chamber. the gentleman from illinois. >> mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2938 to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric plant. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2938 a bill to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from illinois, mr. costello, and the from alabama mr. scalise, will each control 15 minutes. mr. costello: i thank the speaker and ask that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore:

without objection. mr. costello: h.r. 2938 would allow us to extend the deadline for commencement of a hydroelectric project in illinois. there's been interest in building a hydroelectric plant at this sinet the mississippi river, however it has not happened on this site as of this date. last october, brookfield power acquired the license to proceed with construction at the site. when brookfield applied for an extension of the construction deadline, the company was informed that because of the administrative extensions granted to the previous licensee, congressional action is needed to grant an extension. brookfield will lose this license at the end of this month, july, 2009. for that reason, brookfield and the city of walton, illinois, request to extend the deadline for six years. this is necessary to ensure that brookfield can bring renewable energy to illinois

and create green jobs. it will create 400,000ing me watt hours of electricity, the equivalent of 238 million barrels of oil. further, it will hire 125 workers over a three-year period and invest over $400 million to construct the plant. this bill is co-sponsored by my friend and colleague from illinois, congressman shimkus. both the majority and minority staff of the energy and commerce committee have reviewed and accepted the legislation. ferc has also revised -- reviewed the legislation and does not oppose it. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 2938 and i reserve they balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from louisiana. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 2938, a bill that extends the timeline to bring this hydroelectric pow for the illinois, this project, online, gives them another up to six years and ultimately this would

be the decision of the federal energy regulatory commission, but as they're going through the process right now of permitting and approval this provides them an additional six years to make sure the project has enough time to get approved and completed and bring this new power source online. i'd like to yield three minutes to my friend from oregon, mr. walden. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. walden: i thank my colleague from louisiana. i rise today also in support of this legislation, i think it's a good bill because i think hydroelectric power is a good thing for our country. when we're concerned about get regular newble energy online, -- renewable energy online, probably nothing better than hydropower for that unfortunately, in the cap and tax bill that was passed by this house over my objection and over the objection of the gentleman from illinois, there is a provision on page 19, line 12, sub3, that says the

hydroelectric -- electric project on the dam is limit sod that any elevation that would have occurreded in the absense of the hydroelectric dam is maintained. mr. chairman, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. could we remove conversations from the floor so the gentleman can be heard? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i share this language with you because the gentleman from illinois my friend, talk about the 404,000ing me watts, whatever it is, i didn't -- 404,000 meg waits, whatever it is, i didn't jot the number down, my concern is that hydropower is being added after this legislation is moving forward should the cap and tax bill become law that hydropower, according to this language, would not be considered as renewable energy

for purposes of illinois meeting the new federal standard on renewable energy. because in consultation with two civil engineers i've speaken with -- i've spoken with who operate hide roe projects, many of them, and large-scale hide roe projects, when i shared this with them about maintaining a surface elevation at any location and time they laughed. they said, you can't operate a hide roe system and not affect the -- a hydro system and not affect the water behind the dam in some way at some point system of to disqualify the new hide hydro like the gentleman from illinois is trying to get here, it makes no sense to me. either tie hie drow power is renewable or it's not. there's another provision that said that hydro that came online before 1988 is renewable, but before 1988 it's not. you've got water flowing down a river, multiple dams along the

way, it's the same water. it just depends on what year the dam was built whether or not that hydro-- hydro power is crerd newble, that doesn't make sense. nor to provisions in the -- do the provisions that say if woody biomass come off a stand, you can't count it, but if it came off a severely damaged tree, it is, but if it comes off private lynde, there's no restrictions if it's burned. i tell you that because america's forests are overstocked and stouget catastrophic fires. we could create real jobs -- mr. scalise: i yield another minute. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman is recognized 34r678 walden: i was out in four counties in my district. i think two, maybe three are at over 20% unemployment. they have 70%, 80%, 50% federal land. this is the great forests of our country left to burn up, the woody biomass could have been put into clean energy, there are firms willing to invest if they can get the supply. i share the gentleman's support of this legislation to create and move forward on the hydro project. it's unfortunate the cap and tax bill that passed the house welcomes -- becomes law it won't be considered renewable. i hope the senate can correct this problem. i yield become the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois. mr. costello: thank you. i concur with you. and i hope our friends in the

other body will address that issue so it is not a concern for the future. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois reserves. the gentleman from louisiana. mr. scalise: i'd like to yield three minutes to a co-sponsor of this bill, the gentleman from illinois, mr. shimkus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for three minutes. mr. shimkus: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. speaker. no one -- the lock dam was named after mel price who was given my name to west point. it's great affinity that i mention that. but now that sdribblet is ably -- district is ably represented by jerry costello. i want to thank him for having me on this re-authorization bill. the republicans have already talked about an all-of-the-above energy

strategy which talks about nuclear, wind, solar and hydroelectric and no one is more knowledgeable than the person who preceded think which is greg walden. if we want these programs, these licenses to become real projects and the whole credit issue then this has to qualify for renewable and that will help bring some dollars to help effect this instead of worrying about relicensing then we can get a bill. if we don't do this provide sess then we have to go -- process then we have to go through the whole paperwork procedure. i'm very happy to be here with my friend who again worked hard and diligently for southern illinois, and this is all part of that all-of-the-above energy strategy that will help us decrease our reliance on imported crude oil. so thank you for letting me join you in this resolution, and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from illinois. mr. costello: mr. speaker, i continue to reserve the balance

of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from louisiana. mr. scalise: mr. speaker, i'd yield three minutes to the gentleman from georgia, mr. broun. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for three minutes. mr. broun: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise really in amazement today to hear our colleagues on the other side talk about hydroelectric power being a renewable energy source because we've seen in multiple venues here in the house where democrats have denied that. mr. speaker, we have a tremendous need in this country for alternative sources of energy, renewable sources of energy. nuclear energy is one of those renewable sources of energy, or a source of energy is one that makes sense from the most environmental perspective as well as a cost perspective.

we have many members of the opposition on the other side that want to deny us going into a nuclear age. france gets over 80% of its electric power from nuclear sources. the united states should do the same thing. in my home state of georgia, the georgia power company for a long period of time now has been trying to get permitting for two new nuclear reactors at their plant vogal just south of my district, just south of augusta, georgia. they already have two. they want two more. but, mr. speaker, they've had a great deal of difficulty because the regulatory commission and various environmental groups have made it extremely difficult. they are not alone. all over this company there are electric power companies that want to put in electric power

plants that are nuclear fueled. and, mr. speaker, they have great difficulty doing so. we need to use our renewable resources, not only for hydroelectric power, but for nuclear power. we need to look to wind and solar. we need to look to biomass. we need to stop this idocy of this corn-based ethanol source of energy. mr. speaker, i'm from georgia and i love my corn bread and grits and it makes no sense me driving down the road burning up my food. we've tried that. it's driven up the price of corn for chicken producers that produce most of the chicken from the world, all over the world in my district. and in my friend, nathan deal's district from gainesville in the ninth and 10th

congressional district in georgia. mr. speaker, we have an energy policy that's broken. republicans have presented bill after bill that would solve the energy crisis, the american energy act is one. it's an all-of-the-above energy plan that would stimulate hydroelectric power, would stimulate nuclear power, would look to alternative sources of power. may i have one more minute? mr. scalise: i yield another minute to the gentleman from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: jazz 1. -- the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. broun: but our plan is not being heard on the floor of the house. why is the american people not being heard? it's because the leadership on the democratic side wants to stifle debate, wants to shut off any alternative ideas. they call the republicans the party of no, but the democratic

party has been the party of no. whereas the republican is part of k-n-o-w, know, because we know how to solve the energy crisis, we need to know how to solve the health care financing crisis, we know how to solve the economic crisis, but those ideas are not being heard. and, mr. speaker, it's time for the american people to wake up and demand that republicans are heard. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from illinois. mr. costello: mr. speaker, i'd ask my friend from louisiana if he has other speakers. mr. scalise: i'm prepared to close. mr. costello: i'll reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from louisiana. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of the legislation dealing with hydroelectric power. i think it's important as we're talking about energy that we really talk about the need to get a compre hencive national energy policy in our country -- comprehensive national energy

policy in our country. it's not just enough to look at any one significant source of power. we need to look at all of the resources in our land. in fact, the inscription by daniel webster right above the speaker's rostrum talks about the need to explore the resources of our land. unfortunately there are many federal laws and barriers this in place that prevent us -- barriers in place that prevent us from doing just that. it imposes more barriers in addition to imposing significant taxes onto the backs of american people in the form of higher utility rates and bureaucratic regulations that will run millions of jobs out of this country. that's not the right approach. what we need is a comprehensive energy policy, and i'm proud to be a co-sponsor with many of my other colleagues of the american energy act, a bill we filed earlier this year, to take a comprehensive look to the national energy policy. we explore more technologies for wind, for solar, for

hydroelectric, for nuclear power. but we use our natural resources like oil, natural gas to get to that bridge, to fund those other alternatives and use the things that we have here today to get us to those technologies that aren't yet readily available to power our homes or to run our cars but hopefully one day will through the technologies that we advance by utilizing the natural resources we have in our country to create jobs. and our bill would actually create jobs and generate billions of dollars to the federal government, not by raising taxes but by creating more economic opportunities by creating jobs, getting people back to work so they can contribute and pay into and pay down this debt as opposed to raising the debt running off jobs. and so i would hope we would support and get to a place where we can actually get an agreement in a bipartisan way to pass a bipartisan bill like the american energy act that actually takes a comprehensive approach to solving our national energy needs and reducing our dependence on

middle eastern oil rather than this cap and tax that would make countries like europe, the middle east, china more powerful and put america further at risk. and so we can get our strength and energy policy. we can get energy independence, but we need to have a bipartisan approach, not this cap and trade energy tax that literally would run millions of jobs out of our country. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois. mr. costello: thank you. let me thank the gentleman from louisiana and the minority for supporting this legislation. in particular, i'd like to thank my colleague from illinois, congressman shimkus, not only for his kind words but for co-sponsoring this legislation. and i urge passage of h.r. 2938. and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. all time has expired. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2938.

those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, and the bill is passed -- mr. broun: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? mr. broun: i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass resolution h.r. 69, recognizing the need to continue research into the causes, treatment, education and an eventual cure for diabetes, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 69, resolution recognizing the need to continue research into the causes, treatment, education,

and an eventual cure for diabetes. and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. baca, and the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. baca: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on this legislation and reserve extraneous material thereon. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. baca: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. baca: first, i'd like to thank majority leader hoyer, chairman waxman, ranking member burton and the health subcommittee pallone and, of course, my colleague from louisiana, a good baseball player, in support of this resolution. i also want to take the time to thank all colleagues on the house of representatives for their bipartisan support on this resolution. i rise today in strong support of house resolution 69, the latino diabetes awareness resolution. the resolution recognizes the need to continue research in

the causes, treatment, education and eventual cure for diabetes and commend those organizations who are increasing the awareness of diabetes, conducting research to help patients and families in the latino communities suffering from diabetes. it also cuggets the work of the latino diabetes association for its great effort in education, support and provide hope for individuals and families who suffer from diabetes. the resolution also supports the designation of july, 2009, as latino diabetes awareness month. it calls upon the people of the united states to observe the month with appropriate programs and activities. it is critical for long-term stability of any health care reform to plan to make sure that steps preventive of disease like diabetes and encourageed by congress. this prevention of diabetes will do a great deal in helping keep costs down as well as favoring the change of attitudes and behavior of diabetes patients and their

families, thereby improving the quality of life. we will take a few steps to achieve these goals by passing this resolution here today. diabetes is a critical disease of the pancreas and adversely effects the ability to produce and use insulin in the proper way. diabetes has no cure. treatment varies from patient to patient, and is quite often very painful. as some have side effects of treatment including weight gain, skin rash, itching, tiredness, swelling legs and ankles. the impact diabetes is not focused solely by patients, family members and immediate caretakers, also suffer greatly from the effects of diabetes and their loved ones. i say from this -- from this personal experience, la the latino communities -- in the latino communities, it can -- they can suffer from heart disease, renal