providing jobs, but i want to tell you government jobs don't provide the viable solution to help get the economy back on its feet. according to a may 25, 2010 article in "usa today," paychecks from private business shrank to their smallest share of prble income in u.s. history during the first quarter of this year. at the same time, government provided benefits, social security, unemployment insurance, food stamps, a other programs rose to a record high during the first three months of 2010. . these records reflect the long-term trepped accelerated by the recession and the federal stimulus program to counteract the downturn. the result is a major shift in the source of personal income from private wages to government programs. the american people know we don't need more government programs and more government spending, we need to spur on the private economy and this rule, this bill, will not do that.

i urge my colleagues to vote no on the rule and no on the underlying bill and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i yield myself 30 seconds to quote from the "dallas morning news" for my colleague, mr. sessions. texas employees expanded nonforeign payrolls in april, that's the state's fourth straight month of job gains. the state has gained 91,600 jobs the first four months of the year. houston business journal this morning, as the u.s. economy expanded for their third consecutive quarter, texas posted some of the strongest numbers in the country. unemployment remained at 8.2%, the texas has the lowest rate among large states and existing home sales in the state -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired.

ms. slaughter: i yield myself another 10 seconds. existing home sales in the state grew in the first quarter by 16 compared to the same time one year ago and i would like to put these into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i'd like to respond back to the fact that we are doing well in texas. better -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas -- the gentleman from texas has been recognized. the gentleman from texas has been recognized. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, i reserve my time while they figure it out. the speaker pro tempore: how much time -- the gentlewoman is

recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentlelady and acknowledge that i am from texas and in addition to the good news of which we are still working to improve the conditions of texans and this bill will be a cause in texas. 290,000 jobs have been created in the month of april over the united states because of this democratic leadership had the courage to vote for the american recovery and reinvestment act and the stimulus package that has generated the opportunity for job creation. my good friend and colleague indicated, what is the point? i'll tell you what the point is. the point is that this bill saves taxpayer dollars and it helps one of the basic infrastructures of job creation, small businesses. and through the program that we're now extending, we're eliminating fees for loan packages, we will see increased

opportunities for our small businesses to get what they need. the capital to hire people and to keep their businesses and their doors open. $26 billion in loans have already gone out to our small businesses across america, impacting the numbers, madam chair, that you heard or read in "the houston business journal" where the small businesses is one of the basic infrastructures of our community. their doors are open, they're securing loans and they're hiring people. what is the point? the point is that we have provisions dealing with community college and career training, an idea that i had that individuals could be getting their unemployment insurance but be trained for new jobs. this is in this provision based upon utilizing trade provision dollars. what is the point? summer jobs, 375,000 summer jobs only costing $10 billion -- $1 billion over a 10-year period. paid for. the highest unemployment among our youth 16 to 19 and among

minority youth it is even higher. the congressional black caucus worked extensively to ensure that we wod have summer jobs money. i have lived through the era of the bush administration -- can i get 30 more seconds or a minute? ms. slaughter: i yield 30 seconds. ms. jackson lee: i lived through the bush administration that had no summer jobs, no concern about our young people and i tell you, it was a crying shame. the doctor fix, my doctors in houston, the texas medical center, those who have worked very hard to supply or provide patient services to our seniors, we're providing them with a $2.2 -- 2.2% increase, then it goes up to current levels. closing foreign loopholes is saving taxpayers' money. that is the point and of course recognizing that we're creating jobs, jobs, jobs. you know what the point is? we have the courage to make a difference for america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, i'll

reserve my time. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for three minutes. mr. levin: i ask unanimous consent to advise and extent -- extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. levin: i'll be speaking at greater lengths for only a few minutes. when the rule passes. i want to say just a few things about what this bill is all about. the basic bill has been here for more than a week and so anyone who says they don't know what's in it has failed to read it.

it says and it means jobs and jobs and jobs. there are provisions for business, there are provisions for local communities in terms of infrastructure. we're talking about supporting millions of jobs in this country . and we'll get to that. and i think your discomfort is that this indeed is a jobs bill. and it will create more jobs and the path hats been started some month -- has been started some months ago. contrary to the path under the bush administration when jobs were lost. now they're being gained and

this bill will help gain them further. secondly, the gentleman from california talked about the unemployment rate in california. this bill extends unemployment compensation through the end of november of this year. so, when he has a chance to help the hundreds of thousands of unemployed people who are looking for work in california and those of you on the minority side who also face unemployment and who have tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people who are unemployed, how are you going to vote? are you going to turn your backs on the unemployed who are looking for work? we'll have to see. and then there's some reference to the tax provisions.

as i'll explain, there are numerous tax provisions to help small business in this bill. numerous provisions. the r&d tax credit, the biodiesel tax credit which many want, the provision for real estate improvements, to maintain the 15-year depreciation which helps to stimulate jobs. jobs for service industries overseas which they want and allow manufturers to be able to use their a.m.t. this is paid for, unlike the years i sat on the ways and means committee under the republicans when there was never anything paid for. i ask for one additional minute.

ms. slaughter: i yield the gentleman one additional minute. or two if he needs it. mr. levin: thank you. i'll take two and be done. so, the complaint is now we're closing loopholes. we're closing provisions worked out with the administration that asks for a much larger package, that will make sure that the foreign tax credit is not abused, so that jobs are shipped overseas. so instead, jobs are created in the united states of america. so this is about a jobs bill, a jobs bill to create jobs in the united states of america. and to help those who can't find them get some help. and we'll talk about the physician fixes or the effort to

treat it. it's not really a fix. it's to provide reimbursement to physicians so they can provide care for their patients. and so you say the only 19 months when you were in power, that was the most you did and usually there was much less of, you would vote against that? we'll see. and there's a provision here relating to veterans and i close with reference to this, in the military officers association of america -- have sent this letter, strong support for h.r. 4213, the military officers association of america is also grateful that 4213 includes authority to implement the administration's proposal to phase out the disability offset to military retired pay for

service members forced into premature medical retirement as a result of service -- i ask for an additional 30 seconds. ms. slaughter: i yield 30 seconds. mr. levin: as a result of service cause disabilitied -- disabilities. it is apparently inequitable that current law forces these members to fund their own v.a. disability compensation by for fitting -- forfeiting most or all of their military retired pay. h.r. 4213 properly acknowledges that such members should be vested for retired pay earned by service, independent of any service cause disability. the test will come in a few hours whether you stand -- where you stand on jobs and where you stand for the veterans of this country. mr. sessions: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman

from north carolina, dr. foxx. the speaker pro tempore: and before the gentlewoman uses her time, let the chair simply remind members that they should address their remarks to the chair. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank the gentleman from texas for yielding again. i had to come back after i heard our colleague just speaking because i think that it is time that we create a new dictionary that explains the language being used in washington. as my colleague from texas pointed out earlier, our colleagues across the aisle, mr. speaker, constantly bash corporations. but we prefer to call them employers. our colleagues across the aisle talk about revenue all the time but revenue in washington means taxes on american workers. but the word, the phrase that really got my attention this

morning was the comment that my colleague said, we paid for these. ladies and gentlemen, the congress has no money other than what it confiscate -- confiscates from american taxpayers. i am really getting tired of our colleagues across the aisle pretending that we in congress somehow or another use largess that comes from heaven to do things from the -- for the american people. they do their best to get the american people to think of dependency on the federal government. that's the wrong way to go. they aren't paying for anything. you, the american people, are paying for every one of their ridiculous wasteful projects and it's time we stop it. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to address their remarks to the chair, not other

members and not the television public. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. andrews. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's recognized -- recognized for two minutes. . mr. andrews: i thank the gentlelady from north carolina through the chair maybe instead of a dictionary we should have a math book or history book brought out. because there is some historical context, recent historical context for this discussion. we were told in january of 2009 with respect to the recovery act that was on the house floor, that, quote, it's clear that it doesn't create the jobs or preserve the jobs that need to happen. that was said by our friend, the minority leader of the republicans, mr. boehner, but it's clear that the recovery bill doesn't create the jobs or preserve the jobs that need to happen.

now, in the three months were in the context of that remark, for example in march of 2009, the economy lost 753,000 jobs. in april of 2009 it lost 528,000 jobs. and we brought to this floor a bill that put construction workers back to work building transportation projects and gave people a tax credit if they bought a home for their down payment, sent more people to colleges and universities on pell grants, cut taxes for small businesses and families across the country. what happened? well, in march of this year, the economy added 2,000 jobs. in april of this year the economy added another 290,000 jobs. so the other side said in good faith, in january of 2009, these things would not work. they were wrong.

they haven't worked as quickly as we want. they haven't worked as much as we want, but the tired philosophy that says that inactionnd inattention will fix the problem has failed. a philosophy that says that giving american entrepreneurs, american taxpayers, american construction workers the chances will and does. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: thank you, mr. speaker. in fact the gentleman's correct. there were jobs that were added. they were government jobs. mr. andrews: would the gentleman yield? mr. sessions: i appreciate the gentleman. you had your time. there are government jobs because of the census. that's why we saw an upparticular -- uptick. let's go back to texas, i know there's been a lot said about texas, unemployment jumped from 6.8% in april, 2009, to 8.1% in april, 2010. that's an additional 188,600

people unemployed. i appreciate you-all trying to take credit for all this great robust economic boom that's going on in this country. the fact of the matter is it's not working that way. mr. speaker, i'd like to ask unanimous consent to insert a letter dated may 24, 2010, from i.b.m. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. sessions: and this letter, and i'm going to read just the last paragraph because it shows the misnomer of my democrat friends' argument about how great this bill is. a jobs bill. and it says this. despite the one-year renewal of the r&d tax credit which we and other technology firms have long supported, the late insertion of large new permanent tax increases together with hundreds of billions of dollars in new

deficit spending that has not been offset lends i.b.m. to strongly oppose this legislation. hundreds of billions of dollars in new deficit spending. this reminds me a lot of the firefighter who goes out and sets a fire and then shows up to put it out trying to get credit , when in fact, that firefighter is anarsonnist. -- is an arsonnist. i.b.m. gets it and they understand. hundreds of billions of dollars of new deficit spending that has not been offset. i reserve the balance of my time. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield a minute to mr. andrews of new jersey to refute the notion that all new hires in

the united states are census takers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. andrews: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i would ask my friend from texas, he made a statement i believe that most of the jobs created were census jobs. could the gentleman tell us jobs were census agency jobs in the last two months? i yield to him to answer the question. mr. sessions: i thank the gentleman for asking. i have seen a report and we received information in the rules committee there would be an expectation of 500,000 census jobs across the country. mr. andrews: reclaiming my time. the gentleman said most of the jobs created in the last two months were census jobs. how many were created in the last two months that are census jobs, i would yield? mr. sessions: i thank the overwhelming context i had was that the jobs being created are in government. mr. andrews: reclaiming my time.

mr. sessions: to say they are all census jobs -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reclaimed his time. mr. andrews: reclaiming my time. the gentleman's statement is wrong. a strong minority of the jobs created in the last two months have been -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. andrews: the gentleman is wrong. the speaker pro tempore: who yields time? mr. sessions: i appreciate the gentleman extending that time to me. thank you. i reserve the balance of my time. ms. slaughter: i yield 30 seconds to the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: our colleague on the floor just used the terminology confiscated, and i certainly want to respect her use of a word in the dictionary, but i would say that to the men and women of the united states military which we are providing funding through the revenue that we collect, that money is not

being confiscated. to those disabled veterans who are getting a tax benefit, we are not complicating money, we are giving them dollars. and to those who are on the louisiana coast who will get a benefit from the increase in the oil trust fund to help them clean up the disaster in louisiana, we are not taking their money, we are helping america. that's what this vote is all about. they don't want to help america. we do. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: thank you, mr. speaker. we reserve our time. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, may i inquire from my colleague how many speakers he has left? mr. sessions: i appreciate the gentlewoman asking. at this time i do not have any additional speakers left. ms. slaughter: are you prepared to close? mr. sessions: i would be. ms. slaughter: i would be the last speaker on this side so i yield to the gentleman from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has three minutes remaining. mr. session: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate that. mr. speaker, today we begin this

rule by talking about that we had received, the republicans had received a copy of the rule and the bill at 9:06. we have talked about how the senate has left town and that we are doing this bill today to no avail because it expires when we'll all be gone. next week. you got doctors who will be without being properly reimbursed. i'm sorry, that big cut occurred from this democrat majority. and now we are trying to show up and show how we got to help physicians. once again it reminds me of that firefighter who sets his own fire. themocrat majority cut the doctors.

now we are hearing that the doctors won't see medicare patients and now we show up to save the doctors. mr. speaker, the bottom line to this whole thing is, is that massive new tax increases are in this bill. while at the same time somebody is trying to take credit for all these millions of new jobs that will be created. yet when asked, the chairman of the committee, had no evidence to support that. it was just an opinion. that's exactly the same kind of opinion that we saw from the prior chairman of the ways and means committee who when asked about the health care bill, even though he knew it would diminish jobs because of the guess at this mat of c.b.o. of some five million jobs, to push this as a jobs bill, push health care jobs bill and we are doing it again. the u.s. chambers says the

changes to the tax rate, and investment partnerships, and others will result in negative consequences for capital formation, innovative in real estate, energy investment, and jobs in america. the bottom line is is that this democratic majority has three big political items. not just tax and spending, but the three largest political items will net lose 10 million american jobs as decided by the congressional budget office. this democrat majority is insistant on killing jobs in america. they are insistant on taxing and spending. they are for the diminishment of the investor and they are going to kill the goose that lays the golden egg and i think it's a big mistake to try and show up and say those darn republicans won't go along with us. they won't vote for extension of

unemployment. i'll tell you what the republican party stabs for -- stands for is jobs. investment and the opportunity to have more jobs in this country. and i thank you, mr. speaker, for being here today. and we are going to end our debate today. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from new york has 4 1/4 minutes remaining. ms. slaughter: thank you, mr. speaker. in a moment i will be offering an amendment to this rule. i want to briefly explain the amendment. it is very simple. it strikes two sections from the house amendment printed rules committee report. it strikes section 511 the cobra extension, and number two, it strikesection 516, the state medicaid assistance or s map. it also takes a change in the care and interest provision making it effective on december 31, 2010 instead of the day of enactment. finally, the amendment divides the question adoption of the house amendment as a two vote.

one vote will be on section 523 which is the s.g.r., the doc fix, the other vote will be on the remaining portions of the house amendment. that package contains provisions to extend american recovery and reinvestment act jobs programs. provides tax relief to working families. extends business tax credits. provides pension relief. extends unemployment insurance. tanf, and flood insurance. provides relief for disaster areas, including relief for agricultureure -- agriculture disaster areas. it provides domestic energy tax provisions closes tax loopholes, and hopefully prevents outsourcing. i hope that members will vote in favor of the amendment as well as in favor of the rule and the previous question. mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by ms. slaughter of new york. strike all after the resolving

clause and insert the following. that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to take from the speaker's table the bill h.r. 4213, to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes, with the senate amendment thereto and to consider in the house without intervention of any point of order a motion offered by the chair of the committee on ways and means or his designee that the house concur in the senate amendment with the amendment printed in part a of the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution as modified by the amendment printed in part b of the report of the committee on rules. and the further amendment printed in section 2. the senate amendment and the motion shall be considered as read. the motion shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on ways and means. the previous question shall be

considered as orred on the motion to final adoption without intervening motion. the question of adoption of the motion shall be divided for a separate vote on the matter proposed to be inserted as section 523. section 2, the further amendment referred to in the first section is as follows. one, strike section 511 of the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment printed in part a of the report of the committee on rules as modified by the amendment printed in part b of the report of the committee on rules. two, strike section 516 of the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment printed in part a of the report of the committee on rules as modified by the amendment printed in part b of the report of the committee on rules. three, section 412-f-1 of the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment printed in part a of the report of the committee on rules, strike the date of the enactment of this act and insert

december 31, 2010. four, in section 412-f-2 of the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment prainted in part a of the report of the committee on rules, strike the date of the enactment of this act and insert december 31, 2010. . five, in section 412-f-3 in the matter to be inserted in part a of the report on the committee on rules, strike the date of the enactment of this act and insert december 31, 2010. six, in section 412-f-4 of the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment printed in part a of the report of the committee on rules, strike the date of the enactment of this act and insert december 31, 2010. seven, in section 412-f of the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment printed in part a of the report of the committee on rules, strike paragraph 5.

eight, section 523 of the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment printed in part a of the report of the committee on rules as modified by the amendment printed in part b of the report of the committee on rules is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection, b, statutory pay-go, the budgetary effects of this act for the purpose of complying with the statutory pay-as-you-go act of 2010 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled budgetary effects of pay-go legislation for this act. jointly submitted for printing in the congressional record by the chairman of the house and senate budget committees, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage and the house acting first on this conference report where amendment between the houses. section 3, house resolution 1392 is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. i move the previous question on the amendment and on the resolution and urge a yes vote on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on ordering the previous question on the amendment. the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the previous question is ordered. mr. sessions: mr. speaker. for that i ask 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, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on questions previously postponed. votes will be taken in the following order. agreeing to the speaker's

approval of the journal -- i'll do it over. agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal, suspending the rules and adopting house resolution 1391, ordering the previous question on house resolution 1403, and on the amendments thereto, agreeing to the amendments to house resolution 1403 and adopting the house resolution 1403. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the question of agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal and 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

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the revenues that that newspaper and many in your town believe you deserve in terms of the oil drilling? guest: it is beyond bizarre. we had a district attorney as far south as you could go, and i

think it was harry truman -- i could be corrected there -- who said to him, we will give you a certain percentage of your oil because we started the offshore drilling and heaid, no, we would more, and truman said, guess what, you will t less. today we get less than 10% of every thing we send -- wheeling, colorado, utah, new mexico, texas -- 50% of all of the drilling on all of their federal lands, we get less than 10%. so, we get punished for something that happened 75 years ago. host: is this an opportunity for louisiana to get money that many feel you deserve? guest: yes. if america ever wakes up and gives it to us -- i tell you the truth, i got my doubts. when you talk to congressmen and

senators who are not from here and you say, where do you get off giving us all of the risk? gov. schwarzenegger does not with the black goo we stop on his clothes, robert kennedy, jr., this not once even windmills' off the pristine coastline of hyannis port, senator bill nelson of flida does not want the black goopy stuff on his speeches, but we get the risk and we give you your life style. because if you don't have our 30% of oil, i tell ou, you are cutting off the lights. and that is not a crazy radio talk-show guy talking, but that is pure facts. host: if you live in texas or louisiana or mississippi or alabama or in the pensacola area, along the gulf coast region, we have a line set aside. we especially want to hear from you. garland robinette from wwl will

be with us until 8:30 eastern time. we continue to monitor the scenes from bp. when you look at the scenes, what do you see? guest: devastation of culture for us. i did 20 years of tv anchoring starting in the 1970's and i ran into a phd in it jollity and petrochemicals and hydrocarbons -- phd in geology and petrochemicals. he said to me, what do you think about the loss in the wetlands? i said, was the wetland? it was a swamp to me. he took me back in the office and showed me u2 photographs from the spy planes that showed

me the disintegration of the gulf coast. i went back. i was horrified and i said, wait until everybody hears about this. every year, starting in 1970 to 1986 -- i traveled the world, went to virtually every continent and covered wetlands and how to manage and what to do with it, telling people that it is going away and once it goes away we lose virtually all seafood, are cajun culture, everything that south louisiana is known for. by 1986 the manager of the tv station said, we cannot say -- received one call, one letter, anything, and people think we are not. we used to take film and shoot the city from a high rise and we would the water up to the roofs and telling people if the wetlands the way, new orleans would drown. a lot -- i was considered global do not and a crazy man. it all came to pass.

and ironically what i have been predicting for years about the wetlands is coming true now because of the oil and receive the world horrified. we have known for a long time, the oil is eating it up. and incidentally, this is what none of you believe. let me take california, florida, it anywhere in the united states and let me put a sinkhole in a football field anywhere in you will track -- attract the media. let me do two, national media. 10, worldwide media. we have won a football field that disappears every 30 minutes and it is your energy, and you are oblivious, uneducated or more -- we don't care. my point to the rest of the united state if you don't want the black to be stuff on your beach, give it to us. we've got all of the risk.

with 30% of the energy, we would be one of the richest states in the country and you would not hear from us. we could only take care of ourselves. it's going to hear sarah palin and others -- host: when you hear sarah palin and others saying drill, they drill. guest: so ironic, another way, another place, the american people are not educated. liberal, conservative -- they stay with it regardless of the evidence. the fact of the matter is, i have done five years of alternative energy. i was talking about hybrid car is one year after katrina and aggravating the heck out of my audience. i drive a prius and my wife drives a lexus hybrid. we have done $50,000 worth of conservation in our house. we are putting solar on the roof and it does not amount to a hill of beans. alternative energy is 3% of the energy in this country.

if barack obama puts billions into it, he will raise it may be to 10%. that is still 90% of coal and oil. if you decide you don't want to drill anymore because of the black boobies stuff, you better go get educating -- blacks goopy stuff, but you better get educated about the products and what to do, start eliminating their use. small things like refrigerators, cars, phones. you name it. they are either petroleum or coal energy products that you love but you don't want the product that gives them to you. it is either a product of ignorance or denial. host: garland robinette, a native of louisiana, radio talk- show host, former television reporter and anchor in new orleans. angela from new orleans. democrats line. caller: angelo.

host: sorry about that. caller: you do us proud. the only thing left -- i grew up fishing, back in st. bernard. i tell you, i see the oil in th grass and i want to cry. it is more than a sad. it upsets me big time. the drug use -- dredges are here. all of those islands they built, although dhabi and all that, do know they make that d redge in louisiana? and we could not get the berms.

keep up the good wk. you do good. guest: i hate to tell you -- i think we have all the proof of the world that we are not in america, not in south louisiana. we really are not. you would not sit and let half a state with hundreds of years of the most unique culture -- sorry, the united states, we have stuff you neverreamed of having and never have, it is just where we live -- we can't be a part of the united states because you couldn't give us no attempt in helping ourselves after katrina -- don't get me wrong, a lot of it came down here and we are forever grateful and talk about all the time -- but still, we are treated in particular by the administrations, political administrations, i call the ants -- t republic

demodon't and republican'ts. weast to be part of america, we real did. we have all these politicians to come down here for photo ops but the bottom line is, if this is the bottom line, come to think of it. america that is watching right w -- trust me on this -- these have been two gigantic catastrophes in the state. you tell me, the united states of america's ability to handl catastrophe. for get louisiana. forget us. you look at what this country can do when it comes to catastrophe. what happens when somebody walks across our border with a dirty bomb and makes the chicago board of trade uninhabitable for

1000 years? one man with a backpack. c4, radioactive waste. what happens if you really think this country has the capability of taking care of it? you got to be kidding me. the corps of engineers -- it is a joke. the coast guard has failed us tremendously, and on and on and on. host: how would you respond to gary duncan who has this comment -- guest: where is he from? host: i don't know. it is a twitter comments. guest: he is watching right now. quit being a hypocrite. the 30% that we take the risk for -- we pay for the cuts in the canals, we pay for the education of the oil people.

dino most oil people live elsewhere and helicopter in? if you really think we are the winders, give us 50% of our royalties' just like the rest of america, and you will ever hear from us again. . . you are either ignorant or you so blockhead and, you will not admit to it.

host: in joining us on line, garland robinette. guest: i have to tell you, i am not going to say what you want to hear. we asked them to cut those canals in the 1950's and 1960's. this state had no idea thatsalt water would come in and killed a marshal. now we know. but evidence of the schizorenia of the country is , if it did is so bad, let us fill them up and stop the oil companies from doing this. i have to get myself on, i have to give up my microwave. i thought you were going to do

another figure. the media and the world wide web the media and the world wide web is going crazy about what this stuff is do we to porpoises and turtles. it is not above louisiana, it is about the visuals. we have over 8000 square miles of deadzone. the reason is because eryone send their stuff south. your sewage, nitrate. you cannot see it, but underneath there, it is dead. and there are no mammals swimming around. there is no bacteria eating the droplets. it is dead.

we have asked for tears, please help us, and do not kill the gulf. you are uneducated. you get upset over the visuals but you do not read the facts. host: garland robinette can be heard every day from 10:00 until 1:00 central time. keith, go ahead. a you with us? we are going to go to robert in oklahoma. caller: can you hear me? i have two questions. could there be any connection between the cap and trade bill and this oil spill? do you think bp is going to pay

everything that they 0panowe? host: let me begin with the second question because on some morning shows, bp officials say that they have spent about $930 million responding to the oil spill. guest: i am sure the exxon may have said the same thing about prince william sound. my numbers may be skewed. the initial injury decided that those people should get $500 billion. the supreme court gave them half a billion dollars. within the last year or two, they have gotten $15,000 apiece. to your second question, i have no faith that bp will make the

lives which they destroyed right. host: matt in san antonio. caller: i want to bring up something that i think needs to be talked about more. i saw a report and they had a much larger spill like this in the ocean. they had supertankers and surrounded it and kept it from that area. that is something the president could have done a month ago. do what ever you have to do to keep this from getting to the shores. there needs to be more discussion on that. i do not think it is too late to do that right now. guest: it was not the indian ocean, it was the persian gulf. it is the largest oil spill ever.

it went on for nine months in 1979. the two american maintenae and liability guys that lived in saudi arabia and came up with the idea of pertankers, ordered in and executed it. then picked up water from the then picked up water from the top and from the de. the water was so pure after come in the past rte a supertanker in went back into the persian ocean. the former head called in to my show to say that this works. we have something called the loop, where supertankers come to unload, not far from the horizon platform. platform.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 414, the nays are skeerow.

-- zero.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 418, the nays are zero. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the question to house resolution 1403 and on the resolution on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house calendar mber

200, house resolution 1403, resolution providing for consideration of the senate amendment to the bill h.r. 4213, to amend the internal revenue code of 1986, to extend certain expiring provisions and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on ordering the previous question. 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 pitical or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] >> there will be several amendments to this about per adobe a 19-month medicare fix. that would give blue dogs a chance to register their displeasure while supporting the

doc fix which they voted to exempt from the paygo this year. the senate has essentially left for memorial day recess. foac ask, don't tell" law. that would allow military commanders to repeal the law and allow gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military for the first time. the house vote on that was 234- 194. opposed to the amendment were 168 republicans and 26 democrats. more debate on amendments to the defense authorization bill later today in the house.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 235. the nays are 182. the previous question is ordered on the am -- amendment and on the resolution.

the question is on the adoption of the amendment. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. >> mr. speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number havi arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. 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 211.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 214.

the nays are 205. the motion is adopted.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 215. the nays are 206. the amendment's adopted. the question is on the duping of the resolution as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes have it. the resolution -- >> mr. sessions: on that i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. 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 217.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 22 1, the nays are 199. the resolution adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> address the house, i send to

the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 14 -- the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. members will please clear the well. the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1415, resolution electing minority members to certain standing committees, resolved that the following members be and are hereby elected to the following standing committee. committee on armed services, mr. djou, committee on the budget, mr. djou. >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be considered as read. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. conyers: mr. speaker, pursuant to house -- mr. levin: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 140 3, i call up the bill with the senate amendment thereto and have a motion at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill, designate the senate amendment and designate the motion. the clerk: h.r. 4213, an act to amend the internal reven knew code of 1986 -- revenue code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and for other purposes. senate amendment, motion to concur in the senate amendment with an amdment authored by mr. levin of michigan. the speaker pro tempore: the house amendment to the senate amendment to the bill h.r. 4213 contains an emergency designation for the purposes of paying as you go principles

under clause 10 print c of rule 21 and emergency designation pursuant to section 4-g-1. accordingly the chair must put the question of consideration under clause 10-c-3 of section 21 of statutory pay-as-you-go act of 2010. the question is, will the house now consider the motion to concur in the senate amendment with an amendment. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the question of consideration is decided in the affirmative. pursuant to house resolution 1403, the amendment printed in part a of house report 111-497 is modified by the amendment printed in part b of the report

and by the amendment printed in section 2 house resolution 1403 shall be considered as read. the motion shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking members of the committee on ways and means. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. mr. levin: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself four minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's recognized. mr. levin: we'll be voting on two amendments. i want to comment -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. members in the back of the chamber will please clear the area. there's still too many conversations on the democratic side of the chamber.

the gentleman may proceed. mr. levin: thank you, mr. speaker. we'll be voting on two amendments -- amendments. i want to comment first on that relating to jobs. it is major legislation. includes are billions for financing infrastructure, build america bonds and here's what one school district said, i read it because it applies to school districts, to communities, to people throughout this country. the build america bonds have been used in virtually every state, probably in most counties. here's what one superintendent said, i quote, build america bonds proved to be a brass tax approach. to address critical needs in our

school district, such as new school buses, roof replacements and technology upgrades. relief provided by b.a.b.'s allowed to us ensure taxpayers a lower interest rate while at the same time -- the speaker pro tempore: the chair's understanding the gentleman is yielding -- mr. levin: four minutes. the speaker pro tempore: four minutes. mr. levin: while at the same time putting people to work, end of quote. there's also authority for other important bonds. there are tax incentives in this bill for business relating to jobs. the r&d tax credit, the buy all diesel -- biodiesel tax credit. there's a provision, it's an incentive for retailers to invest in their real estate, infrastructure building, jobs and also provisions to help u.s. companies compete overseas, not

taking their jobs overseas. and allowing manufacturers to use a.m.t. tax credits, otherwise unused for investment in the united states of america and for jobs in the united states of america. s.b.a. loans to small businesses, jobs, summer jobs programs, jobs, overall more than $26 billion here for job creation as well as for individual tax relief. and we essentially pay for this bill with a provision where you invest your own money, you get a capital gains. if you manage other people's money, ordinary income, and we phase it in so that there will be a period of time for this to occur, as well as closing loopholes in the use of foreign credits so companies don't shift their jobs overseas.

in the second part or another part of this amendment relates to unemployment insurance. i will say this very, very briefly. those who vote no are essentially going to say to millions of workers in this country, your benefits will not be available even though you're looking for work. the second amendment relates to s.d.r. and this relates not only to physicians, most importantly to the families that they treat. if we don't act, there will be a 21% cut in reimbursement for physicians and also for military families. now this is provided by statutory pay-go. so, colleagues, the choice is clear. this is about american jobs. this is for unemployment for those looking for work who can't

find it. and it's for physicians to avoid a 21% cut and this therefore is not only about physicians but their patients under medicare. we must act, we must move on this now. the senate will then have to move quickly when they return. and we must stand on the side of supporting american jobs and preventing outsourcing of those jobs. i yield back the balance of my time. and i reserve the balance of my time. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. camp: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. camp: let's be clear about what we are doing here today. that is absolutely nothing. this bill is going nowhere. it will not be signed into law. and it will be totally rewritten in the senate. majority leader reid made that perfectly clear on the floor of the senate last night.

so if you want to lk a $54.2 billion deficit increasing, tax hiking, job killing plank, vote yes. if not, vote no. let's also be clear. this bill has nothing to do with jobs. in fact, virtually every business group is opposed to this package. the chamber of commerce, home builders, associated general contractors, the national federation of independent businesses, the national association of manufacturers, and the list goes on and on. employers across the country say this bill will hurt our economic recovery. with employment stuck at nearly 10%, this is the last bill this house should be passing. and here we are addressing yet another fundamental flaw in the democrats' health care overhall. had the democrats not hidden the true cost of that law, we would not be here today voting on

another so-called doc fix. a fix that expands the deficit by $22st9 billion. kicks the can 19 months down the road. has doctors facing a 33% cut in 2012, and will force us to spend billions more. we could have paid for a much better package like the ones the republicans offered on the house floor last fall by simply standing up to the trial lawyers and passing commonsense lawsuit reform. let's also be honest about the real deficit impact because it is much, much more than the $54.2 billion we have before us. every member of this house knows we will be back voting again to increase the deficit in order to again extend these programs and to extend cobra and fmap subsidies, both of which were deleted from the bill early this morning. whether you eat the cookie in one bite or several little

bites, it has the same number of calories. we owe it to ourselves and the american people to be honest about just how much deficit spending we are being asked to swallow. given that this bill adds $54.2 billion to the deficit but is somehow pay-go client, i think we can officially declare dead the myth that pay-go will instill fiscal discipline. so just what are we getting for this deficit spending? not jobs. and not tax cuts. there's no net tax relief before us today. in fact, the democrats are imposing permanent tax increases at the worst possible time to pay for temporary extensions of current law. there's a $17.7 billion tax on carried interest, including real estate partnerships and venture capital firms that would discourage the entrepreneurial risk taking that is crucial to economic growth and job

creation. the proposed tax on small business income is perhaps even more troubling. president obama himself has -- claims that 70% of new jobs come from small businesses. yet the bill would increase taxes on certain small businesses by subjecting to employment taxes the business profits as opposed to wages. the bill also includes more than a half dozen complex changes to our international tax rules. these new changes collectively raise close to $15 billion, but have not been reviewed by the ways and means committee. given the desperate shape of our economy and the need to remain competitive with other countries, we should not be rushing forward with massive tax increases without knowing their exact impact. i urge my colleagues to vote no on increasing the deficit by over $50 billion and to vote no on raising taxing permanently when unemployment is stuck at nearly 10%. and i reserve the balance of my time.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: it's my privilege to yield two minutes to the distinguished chairman of the energy and commerce committee, mr. waxman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. waxman: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. waxman: i want to urge my colleagues to vote for the part of this legislation that would update the s.g.r., which is the payment for physicians under the medicare program. it's absolutely critical to do this if we are going to keep doctors in medicare and keep the promise to medicare beneficiaries that they will have access to physician services. this provision will provide a moderate increase in physician fees, 2.2%, for the rest of this year. another is% -- 1% next year, and if we don't act doctors' fees will be cut by 21% from where they are today. this would be unconscionable.

the truth is we should be doing a lot more than this. we should have had a permanent fix of the s.g.r. issue. we need to assure stability for the medicare patients and their doctors. after we pass this we'll go back and address that issue, but it's important that we adopt the s.g.r. part. finally, i want to express my deep regret we are not including two provisions that are essential to the fiscal security of those hardest hit by the recession. an extension of cobra coverage and a six-month extension of the medicaid matching increase to help states cope with the effects of this recession. failing to do this will cost jobs and hurt vulnerable people. i hope this is not our final action on this subject. at least let's do what we can today. support the physician payment improvement and support the bill.

yield back the balance of my time. mr. camp: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i yield three minutes to the gentleman from indiana. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. pence: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pence: i thank the gentleman for yielding and for his outstanding leadership. this is a challenging time in the life of this country. families are hurting. businesses in the city and on the farm are struggling. it's the worst recession in the last 25 years. and from washington, d.c., failed economic policies. so what do you do after your big government stimulus bill is a failure? apparently the answer in this congress is pass another one. really. seriously. about a year and a half ago with the support of this

administration, democrats in congress passed a trillion dollar stimulus bill. unemployment was at 7.5%. we were told we had to borrow a trillion dollars from future generations of americans for this liberal wish list of spending priorities or unemployment would go over 8%. unemployment now as we all know is hovering at a painful 10%. but after the stimulus bill was passed and failed, we came to march of this year and democrats' answer was pass another stimulus bill. bill on the same failed economic policies. the hire act, $17.6 billion. and now after a stimulus bill and after son of stimulus bill we are now considering grandson of stimulus. and the american people are getting tired of it. democrats literally want us to take the same failed economic policies of this administration, of the last year and a half, and spend another $102 billion.

this grandson of stimulus is another last-minute patched up together hodgepodge effort to say they are working on jobs that will tax $54 billion on to our deficit and increase taxes by more than $47 billion. they throw on $23 billion in there for a doc fix with no offsets. this is what democrats actually kept out of the recent health care legislation to keep it under its so-called trillion dollar number. it really doesn't fix anything. as the ranking member of the committee just said, we have temporary extensions paid for with permanent tax increase. the american people are catching on. this is what happens when the democrat majority has no budget and no plan and no vision to get america working again. we have seen this movie before. stimulus fails. son of stimulus fails. and now as we all prepare to leave the congress this weekend

and remember those who fell depending our freedom at home and abroad, grandson of stimulus is on the floor. look, it's time for some new ideas here on the floor. i say to my colleagues, men and women that i respect all, who have all earned the right to be here, why don't we try something completely different? how about fiscal discipline in washington, d.c., right now, and how about let's do what j.f.k. did? let's do what ronald reagan did? congressional record -- across-the-board tax relief for working families, small businesses, and family farms. get government out under control. get the government out of the way. this economy will come roaring back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: it's now my privilege to yield two minutes to the chairman of the transportation and infrastructure committee, this is about infrastructure and transportation, jim oberstar, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. oberstar: thank you, mr. chairman.

i strongly support this legislation extending build america bonds and distribution of highway funding. build america bonds allow tax able bond access for state and local governments, create new types of investors and attract them to infrastructure from pension funds and tax exempt organizations. this bill also provides $521 million in highway funding for highway transit for more equitable distribution of federal funding than was under -- adopted under the senate language in the hire act. the senate revisions earmark funding under two major discretionary programs, projects of national, regional significance in the national quarter program for a small select group of states. under our distribution we

revised the -- and make equitable the senate revisions which skewed the highway formula. under this provision in this bill, every state receives its fair share, apportionment share of the fund available under these programs. 37 states will receive more highway and transit funding through this modification which will produce thousands of jobs across all these states. 18,000 jobs. and then contrast the gentleman who just recently before me said, oh, the stimulus hasn't produced jobs. every month our committee has held a hearing. i have chaired 19 hearings. every month to hold states accountable for the jobs produced under this -- under our stimulus program. one million 300,000 jobs.

1,262 bridges repaired, replaced, or rebuilt, 10,000 transit buses acquired by local transit agencies, $409 million in taxes paid by workers on job sites. that is a success. that is putting america back to work. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. camp: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to the distinguished member of the ways and means committee, the gentleman from california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. herger: mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this extenders bill. there's no dispute that items such as unemployment insurance, medicare physician payment, and r&d tax credit need to be addressed. however, the legislation before us exemplifies an odd view of fiscal responsibility. we don't have to pay for new spending, but every time we

temporarily extend existing tax cuts, we have to permanently increase our taxes. despite the majority's pay-as-you-go rhetoric, this bill adds $54 billion to our out-of-control budget deficit. it also imposes a number of new taxes that have not been examined by the tax writing ways and means committee. these include an $11 billion payroll tax hike on small businesses, as well as the carried interest tax increases that threaten to devastate the commercial real estate and venture capital industries, both of which are vital to my state of california. the majority would like to characterize this as a jobs bill. yet the truth is that virtually all the policies in this bill were already in place throughout 2009. the same year our economy lost

three million jobs. this is not a jobs bill. it's just another extension of the tax too much, spend too much, borrow too much philosophy that we have come to expect from this democratic majority. i urge defeat of this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: it's now my privilege indeed to yield two minutes to the very distinguished gentleman from new york, charles rangel. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. rangel: one would say it's only democrats that have economic problems that we're facing. it's almost embarrassing to listen to the minority talk about the deaf sis and not even explain how we got into this

deficit. i want to congratulate the chairman of our committee as well as our leader. it's very, very difficult for this congress and this country to move forward the way that we should and ease the pain of the fiscal crisis that was created by the previous administration when you're acting alone. it would just seem to me that republicans have to learn ho understand that people have lost their jobs, people need health care, people who really lost their homes are not democrats and republicans. they are americans. and i think that we should get fed up just with placing blame. i don't remember the last time i mentioned ford and cheney, because this is not going to help us in terms of where we're going. if you're talking about health care, the republicans say no. if you're talking about education, republicans say no. if you're talking about easing the pain of those people that lost their jobs, their dignity, their ability to put foot on the

table -- food on the table, we have to find some way to work together so the answers we give is to give some comfort to people, to be able to bring jobs back to the united states of america and to make certain that when we have inequities in our tax system, that we move forward and not say we're increasing taxes, but trying to make the tax system fairer. so somewhere along the line, people are going to go ahead fed up with the blame game. we're trying to move forward on this bill here to create the jobs to ease the pains of those who haven't got the jobs, to bring some type of equity to our tax system. just saying no is not going to work forever. it does not have a political base, and the time is not too late for us to take a look and ask whether or not our governors really appreciate the fact that we're ignoring the burden will help them in providing health care. veto for this bill.

it's the best we can do at this point in time. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to the distinguished member of the ways and means committee, the gentleman from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. sadly, this isn't a jobs bill, this is pork barrel spending wrapped in tax increases and dipped in debt to china. and the way it treats our local doctors like beggars is just shameful. continuing to tax and spend like we're grease is not the answer to getting people back to work or tackling this growing and dangerous debt, especially when you have tax increases that kill jobs for our small businesses, for our real estate, for our u.s. companies trying to compete overseas. mr. brady: this is alarming. sometime this weekend, america's debt will reach $13 trillion for the first time in our history.

$13 trillion. so who's responsible for running up all this debt? a new report by the joint economic committee shows that since 1946, congressional democrats have added twice as much to america's debt than republicans. they like to blame bush or reagan or anyone else for the staggering debt, but they are squarely to blame for generating 2/3 of the federal debt that american families must now repay to higher taxes or slower economy. and they're just getting started. our national debt is 83% of our economy. it's whopingly huge. it's going to grow to over 100% under the obama budget. unless we stop congressional democrats and president obama from spending us even deeper into a whole, future generations of americans will be dragging and anchored debt that will drown their dreams and cripple our nation's prosperity. we can start today by preventing another $54 billion of spending

we can never hope to repay, that our children can never hope to repay, $54 billion, larger than our agencies of treasury, commerce, and social security combined. the new debt, new tax increases, job killing provisions. let's stop e madness. let's say no to this bill. and yes to real jobs. i yield back. mr. levin: mr. speaker, i now yield two minutes to the gentleman from maryland, a member of the ways and means committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this bill supports the efforts of american entrepreneurs and american businesses to create jobs here at home and at the same time, closes down perverse tax loopholes that encourages bill corporations to ship american jobs overseas. mr. van hollen: on the plus side, it invests and encourages investment in research and development by businesses right

here at home, provisions that our colleagues have supported in the past. it invests in the very successful build america bonds initiative that has driven new investment in roads and bridges and essential infrastructure here at home. and it pays for all these investments by eliminating a number of loopholes in the tax code, including a very awful loophole that encourages big corporations to export not american products, but to export american jobs. very simply, mr. speaker, creative corporate tax lawyers have devised a way to have american taxpayers, our constituents, foot the bill for the taxes that their corporations pay to foreign governments for their overseas operations. think about that. we don't pay for the taxes that american corporations have to pay for jobs here at home and earnings here at home, and yet

our constituents are footing the bill for taxes they pay to foreign governments for jobs created overseas. that creates a terrible incentive, a terrible incentive for big american corporations to move jobs and corporations away from the united states. we understand why they want to protect those loopholes uck but it is a lousy deal for american workers and american taxpayers. the choice we face here is very clear. a vote against this bill is a vote against investing in jobs in america, and in favor of protecting loopholes to offshore american jobs. i urge my colleagues to support this bill, to support america's small businesses and america's jobs. thank you, mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a list of all the american businesses that oppose this bill because it will cost us american jobs. the speaker pro tempore: without

objection, so ordered. >> with that, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. >> i thank my friend for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this deficit extendor bill. this bill reflects the american people's rejection of the even more expensive bill democrat leaders wanted to pass this week, but couldn't. so now they're searching for an exit strategy, and mostly someone else to blame for their inability to govern. let us be clear. this charade is an effort to entice republicans into the feeding and unpaid for bill. mr. linder: the senate is gone, the door's closed. nothing is going to come to this bill irrespective of who votes for or against it. the authors think this bill is about jobs. the urban institute calls it hideously mislabeled. from a taxpayer perspective,

this is not about jobs. it's about more government spending, more debt, more taxes. that means fewer private sector jobs. this bill is also an admission that the trillion-dollar 2009 stimulus plan has failed. we were told if we pass that plan, unemployment would be 7.4% and falling not 9% and not rising. now our colleagues want to extend unemployment benefits for another six months. why just through november and why not through december as originally intended? well, we need to get through the next election cycle. not one penny of the $40 billion that will cost is paid for. instead, our colleagues simply declared this eighth extension of unemployment insurance an emergency and add it to our $13 trillion debt. but can an eighth bill doing

anything still be called an emergency? this bill perpetuates a record of 99 weeks of unemployment befts, which encourages benefit collection over work. as the detroit news recently put it, even in michigan, job applicants are rejecting work offers so they can continue collects unemployment benefits. stop the madness. defeat this bill and then let's really promote jobs by relieving job creating businesses and workers of higher government spending, borrowing, and taxes, instead of adding to those burdens. mr. speaker, i yield back. mr. levin: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks, and include extraneous material. now it is my privilege to yield two minutes to another distinguished member of our

committee, mr. mcdermott of washington. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, you've just heard the republicans say to unemployed workers whose benefits are expiring, we don't care. the $40 billion -- the biggest part of the unpaid part of this bill is for unemployment benefits to the $1.2 million people who are going to expire by the end of june. now, you just heard a member of the other side say we don't care what happens to them. well, they also don't care about the small businesses, because unemployment benefits, for those of you who have never been unemployed. when you get that check, you have no money. you take it out and spend it. you pay for rent, you go to stores and buy things. all those store owners, nobody's

coming in to buy because nobody has any money. if you think starving the children of unemployed people by saying we're not going to give you money to go to the store and get food for your kids is going to somehow make them go out and find work in a time when we have six people looking for every job in this country, you simply don't understand the human condition. now, the "wall street journal" can't understand -- they said we can't understand why unemployment benefits has anything to do with jobs. if you don't have money in people's pocket while they're looking for a job, there are even more businesses collapsing. you go through strip malls all over this country where little businesses have closed because nobody has any money to buy anything. and there is no reason for us to be inhumane. if we can spend billions and billions of dollars in a war in

iraq, worrying about their bridges and all their infrastructure, and we can't worry about people in ohio and pennsylvania and michigan and new york and california, there's something really wrong in this body. unemployment insurance is the essence of being human and being american. >> at this time, mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the distinguished member of the ways and means committee, the gentleman from nevada. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise today in strong opposition to h.r. 4213, a misguided bill masquerading as tax relief. instead of creating jobs, this bill will cost jobs. instead of providing much-needed certainty, this bill merely kicks the can down the road. instead of helping our economy recover, this bill will more

likely delay it. in fact, this bill has more than $100 billion of deficit spending, coupled with nearly $50 billion in tax increase. mr. heller: we should not do either. yes, this bill does have a few good things that i can support, largely on the doctors formula, geothermal energy, and even unemployment programs. but there is a better way. i introduced a bill today to provide a short-term extension of unemployment insurance, s.g.r., cobra, flood insurance, and s.b.a. loan programs. this is routinely extended by this congress in a bipartisan fashion. my bill is completely paid for with unused stimulus funds. the majority has passed health care takeover, cap and trade, cap and tax schemes, so called stimulus bill, and now this. h.r. 4213 contains air drop tax increases, accounting gimmicks, and a hodgepodge of propped up

stimulus programs that show the american people that once again we are governed by a bunch of back room deals and not a government guided by ideals. when a bill has to be rigged together that is bad for builders, bad for investors, bad for seniors, bad for real estate, bad for energy, bad for contractors, bad for innovators, bad for financial interest, bad for small businesses, bad for the high-tech industry, bad for entrepreneurs, and bad for worldwide american companies, in short, bad for taxpayers, and job creators, then it's a bad bill. . mr. speaker, i urge a no vote and yield back. mr. levin: now i yield one minute to the distinguished chairman of the education and labor committee, mr. miller of california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. miller: i thank the gentleman for yielding. a year and a half ago this country was suffering from a recession created by years of

extreme economic and fiscal policies under the previous administration and financial scandals of wall street. we were losing 800,000 jobs a month being lost when president obama was sworn into office. thanks to the recovery act we are now seeing positive job gains. over the last three months we have added an average of 187,000 jobs. people still are not able to find jobs in sufficient numbers. people are still losing their health care as they lose their job. people are losing their homes because of the extended time they are spending -- as unemployed americans. and we have got to help these people of the the idea somehow that we can now wind this down, and people really are now looking for work. in all of our communities when jobs are advertised, 10 times, 20 times the number of people of the number of jobs show up seeking jobs, seeking that opportunity to help their families. and we have got to be able to respond to that. and that's what this legislation does. and as the economists have told us, it's one of the best things

we can do for main street because unfortunately these people need to spend this money needly whether it's on groceries or clothing or rent or utilities to try to deep their -- keep their families together. we've got to pass this legislation. mr. camp: i yield two minutes to a distinguished member of the ways and means committee, the gentleman from illinois. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, this bill comes in at a svelte $54 billion of a budget bust. i found it ironic that the chairman of the committee and the former chairman of the committee have talked about this in the context of job creation, even mr. ven from maryland said it was -- mr. van hollen from maryland said it was going to be supported by entrepreneurs. let's look carefully and quickly. what the job creators are saying about this bill. the united states chamber of commerce says it will hinder job creation.

the business round table says it takes us two steps backwards in terms of job creating. the national association of manufacturing says it will threaten job creation, u.s. competitiveness, and overall economic growth. i.b.m. says these tax increases will completely overwhelm any positive economic impact of the r&d tax credit. and the technology leaders of our nation, that is the silicon valley leadership group, says these offsets are going to be done at the ex-- expense of u.s. job creation. look, this is a cascading disappointment. this is a majority that has become absolutely blind to the realities of the stimulus. with all due respect to the one of the chairmen of the committees that spoke a couple minutes ago, having a straight face and arguing that the stimulus has been a success is not persuasive in my district. my district was promised,

unemployment was going to peak if we spent $1 trillion at 8%. illinois is now at 11.5%. the delta therefore is a difference of 199,000 jobs for the state of illinois. this needs to go back to the drawing board. this bill needs to be defeated and pulled out of the record and let's get about the business of serious job creation and not just falling headlong into an orthodoxy that's a complete failure. i yield back. mr. levin: i now yield two minutes to another distinguished member of the ways and means committee, mr. lewis of georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of this jobs bill. we are making progress, but there's still far too many people who want to work but cannot find a job. we must not stop and we will not stop until each and every person

has a good job. but until that time comes we must help and take care of our brothers and sisters that lost their jobs through no fault of their own. this bill extends emergency assistance to unemployed americans. it also provides funds to help states create jobs and assist struggling families. every day individuals call my office, they want to work. many have years of experience and never in a million years thought they would have to rely on these programs to get by and make ends meet. we have a responsibility and a moral obligation to help our friends and neighbors during these hard times. this is our duty. if we are honest with ourselves we all know this bill is not enough, but we must take this

step. we cannot wait a moment longer. i urge all of my colleagues to put politics aside and do what is right and support this necessary legislation. mr. camp: i yield myself 15 seconds. my friends on the other side have essentially claimed that republicans don't care about unemployed americans. nothing could be further from the truth. we believe these programs must be extended. but we also believe they must be paid for as legislation introduced by mr. heller of nevada does and which i am a co-sponsor on. now i'd like to yield two minutes to a distinguished gentleman from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> as a member of the house budget committee i'm a little bit like the maytag repairman. we are the loneliest people in town. we have nothing to do. because, mr. speaker, there is

no budget. mr. hensarling: the democrats refuse to bring a budget and for the first time in the history of the house of representatives, there will be no budget. because the democrats will no limit on what they can spend. no speed bump on the way to national bankruptcy. today is no different. they spend even more money on the so-called extendsers bill. according to the congressional budget office, the only thing that gets extended is the deficit. $25 billion of deficit extension in the first year. $54 billion of deficit extension over the next 10. mr. speaker, how much longer can we borrow 43 cents on the dollar from the chinese and send the bill to our children and our grandchildren? my colleagues on the other side of the aisle say, well, this bill is under pay-go, we are going to save money. pay-go works, why has the deficit increased tenfold under

their watch? pay-go remains a cruel hoax. let me mention three loopholes in this bill. well, $39.5 billion as spending is designated as an emergency. well, that falls outside of pay-go. $21.9 billion of medicare spending, the so-called doc fix, comes under something called directed scoring. it magically has no cost. then we have the double accounting, $11.8 billion, in new taxes to be used first off as the cost and then on the new oil spill fund. mr. speaker, my friends on the other side of the aisle are using accounting gimmicks that would make bernie madoff blush. is it any wonder that the national press reported that our national debt is now $13 trillion, the highest ever in american history? you cannot spend, borrow, and bail out your way to economic prosperity. mr. levin: i now yield two minutes to another distinguished

member of our committee, mr. neal of massachusetts. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. neal: i thank the gentleman for acknowledging me. i stand in support of this legislation and i had not intended to offer any rancor or offer any response to the other side. but when i heard the rhetoric of the last couple speakers i must tell you it kind of goes like this. the people that set the fire are now the ones calling the fire department. what they inherited when bill clinton walked out the door was a $5.7 trillion surplus. when they talk about fictitious theology, how about tax cuts paying for themselves? that's why we find ourselves where we do. until mr. camp qualified the remarks of mr. heller, not one

republican speaker mentioned unemployment benefits. that's what this is about at this moment. there are 435 of us here and all 435 would have done this differently, myself included. however that's not the option as you address unemployment benefits which begin to expire next week. that's the cornerstone of this undertaking. one of my papers opined this morning that the cost of human inaction is intolerable. thousands of working families will lose their benefits if we don't undertake this action. job creating incentives in this legislation? i know, i helped to author them and write them. the build america bonds campaign, any member of this house can go back home with a sense of pride and satisfaction as they witness the implementation of the build america bond initiative. this bill protects private activity bonds from the onerous alternative minimum tax, lowering cost for state and local governments that use the bonds for airports, school

loans, and other essential needs. take this to an advertisement in your local paper where it says relief from alternative minimum tax, and take it to the airport that's being expanded. they have utilized that opportunity. new markets tax credits? i have been in the middle of it and we protect them from a.m.t. to promote investment in low-income neighborhoods. that's what this legislation is about today. mr. camp: i yield two minutes, mr. speaker, to the gentleman from texas, dr. burgess. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. burgess: i thank the gentleman for yielding. let's talk just a little bit about fires and who set them and when they were set. i rise today to talk about the so-called doc fix that's contained within the bill, but i think a little history ask in order. quoting from a paper from december, 2006, originally medicare was to be reimbursed under the customary prevailing rate. in 1989 in the omnibus budget

reconciliation act, sound familiar? they enacted what was called the relative value payment system, that was supposed to hold down payments. and in between we had something called the medicare economic index that based dr. pay on the cost of living adjustment. none of these things satisfied congress in holding down cost, so in 1992, remember george bush was not president in 19 -- george w. bush was not president in 1992 although we like to blame things on the previous administration, a democrat, the congress was controlled by democrats, and they acted b.p.s. which was the forerunner of today's s.g.r. this is not a problem that began the last administration. this is a problem set in motion by administrative pricing when medicare was enacted in 1965. here's the deal. we are going to pass this thing today, and i appreciate the fact we separated the doc fix from the other parts of the legislation. but it is not going to benefit america's doctors because the senate went home.

if we really wanted to help american doctors we would have done it in the weeks we gave ourselves in april when we passed the last extension, but we didn't. we were in recess all day wednesday. the senate has gone home. june first, doctors debt get their pay cut. we'll hold their checks. do you know what happens when you hold the check? that doctor doesn't have a paycheck at the end of the month. their margins are so tight. here's the real legislative malpractice that occurred here two months ago when we passed the health care bill. here's the clinton medicare economist, said the health care legislation $500 billion cuts to hospitalses, insurances, other medicare providers should have been earmarked to deal with the doctor fees first. mr. camp: i yield an additional minute. mr. burgess: to deal with the doctor fees first. that money in the health care bill, that was cut from medicare, should have dealt with the doctor fee first and anything else left over should have gone to pay for the other programs that they wanted to buy. quoting from her, they should

have used the medicare dollars to fix this. it's irresponsible of the health care law that left such a major issue unresolved. well, at the same time claiming, claiming to reduce the federal deficit. continuing to, quote, i think we should put a crowbar in the wallet. look, here's the problem. we passed a bill. we cut a half trillion dollars from medicare, and we didn't fix the fundamental probm that is preventing our medicare patients from having care. you want access to an insurance policy, fine, i'd always remember have access to a doctor. i yield back the balance of my time. mr. levin: i now yield two minutes to another distinguished member of our ways and means committee, mr. blumenauer of oregon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you. i appreciate the gentleman's courtesy. we are watching the harsh reality of governing without any meaningful republican participation. it would have been an opportunity as we were moving forward if we were actually

legislating and people were part of the party to be able to have zeroed in some of these things. i personally am absolutely committed to deal with the s.g.r. problem. this is a step forward to dealing with it. it's not as good as what we passed earlier in the house, but it's interesting our friends just took a hike, decided to be negative. one of the best examples is their hypocrisy or willful ignorance as it comes to the stimulus. i talked to hundreds of people who were here in town and i'm sure some of them made it to republican offices in the construction industry who were thankful for the investment of the economic recovery package that kept people working in construction. not just the thanks from teachers, firefighters, energy industry benefited from the jobs that create result interested that, but they heard that particularly from infrastructure if they cared to listen. i find a certain amount of

disingenuous argument here when people are talking, we can't use emergency funding to help unemployed people in america. it should instead be funded by raising taxes or cutting programs. these are the same people that funded billions of dollars, hundreds of billions of dollars year after year after year in emergency spending for the war in iraq. . which was absolutely predictable, foreseeable, but when it comes to americans unemployed, well all of a sudden then we want to be more stringent. last but not least, i appreciate what is done with the committee in terms of infrastructure. the build america bonds, lifting the caps on sewer and water financing that will put people to work. is this a perft bill? no. but i think it's an important step forward. it keeps the principles moving and it ignores the hypocrisy we're hearing on the other side of the aisle. i strongly urge a yes vote.

mr. camp: mr. speaker, how much time is remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 7 1/4 minutes. the other the gentleman from michigan has 10 minutes. mr. camp: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert in the record a letter to the speaker of the house by 12 physicians oh,s representing 155,000 physicians opposing this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. camp: and i yield one minute to the distinguished the gentleman from nebraska. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you. this bill has short-term extensions and permanent tax hikes. and still, over time, put $54 billion on to our national debt. now, there's some of these extensions that we would also forward if they were offset, but adding to the national debt is the wrong way and harmful way. mr. terry: this is not a time to raise taxes on investment and bisms that's a sure way to kill jobs.

for example, one of the provisions, higher taxes by carried interest on carried interest, means less dollars in the real estate investment develop. in omaha alone, developers and contractors have gone bankrupt. jobs are stalled or killed because of lack of capital, and this will make it worse. more taxes equals less capital eke walls more jobs lost. this is a job killing bill, and i'm going to vote against it. mr. levin: mr. speaker, i now yield one minute to another distinguished member of our committee, the gentlewoman from nevada. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. nevada is hurting. the people i remit in southern nevada is hurting. this bill extends the unemployment benefits for the 14.2% of my fellow americans who find themselves unemployed so they can pay their bills and feed their children.

it's not their fault that they're unemployed. i support this bill because teachers i represent are going to get a tax credit for the school supplies they purchased, because they will be able to continue to deduct our sales tax from our federal income tax. ms. berkley: because there's money in here so we can provide summer jobs for high school students. small businesses will receive tax incentives to preserve their jobs. restaurants and retail stores can improve their businesses and expand by the r & d tax credit. major job creating infrastructure products, like the expansion of the airplane, and all of those great downtown building and transportation products are going to continue because of the bonds and the recovery zone bond program. and finally, the extension of medicare reimbursement to america's doctors for 19 months. it's necessary, it's not permanent. it's going to help them care for their patients.

i yield back the balance of my time. mr. camp: at this time, i reserve. mr. levin: mr. speaker, i now yield one minute to another member of our committee, a distinguished member indeed, mr. davis of illinois. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of this jobs bill. because this legislation will provide summer jobs for hundreds of thousands of young people, keep unemployment checks coming, opportunity for us to more adequately compensate our doctors. doctors are an integral part of health care delivery. there ought not be any reason for senioritizens not to get the services that they need because we're not paying our doctors. this is a jobs-creating, services-providing bill. i strongly support it, urge its passage, and i yield back the balance of my time.

mr. levin: mr. speaker, if you would tell us how much time there is on all sides. the speaker pro tempore: the majority side has eight minutes remaining. the minority side has 6 1/4. mr. levin: i would now like to ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a letter from the aarp in support of the s.d.r. provision for physicians and medicare and their patients. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. levin: i now yield two minutes to the very distinguished gentlelady from california, barbara lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is rised for two minutes. ms. lee: i thank the gentleman for yielding, but also for his deep commitment to create jobs.

for months the congressional black caucus, which i am proud to chair, has been laser focused on turning this economic disaster inherited from the bush administration around. our focus has been jobs, jobs, jobs, and making sure that the chronically unemployed are included in our efforts. we have worked with president obama and speaker pelosi, house and senate leadership, committee chairs, and our coalition partners to develop a legislative strategy to address the needs of millions of americans who are struggling in this tough economic environment. i am proud to say that this bill provides one billion for summer youth jobs and an additional $2.5 billion to extend emergency funding for the temporary assistance for needy families program. i want to thank speaker pelosi and chairman levin. i want to also thank mr. rangel and owny and miller for working with us to include these provisions. this also includes unemployment insurance, which really is a

lifeline for folks struggling to keep their heads above water. just plain surviving, mind you, in both democratic and republicans' districts. our actions today will make a huge difference for millions of americans and help put people to work and close off tax high school loopholes that subsidize companies which ship american jobs overseas. and we will finally pay the debt owed by our government to black farmer and native americans. but we still have a lot to do. we have to create direct jobs for people, which will help turn the economy around and help tackle the deficit. i'll cast my vote today. this lifeline on behalf of all of those individuals who simply refuse to do so. i urge my colleagues to do the morally correct thing and vote yes. people want to work. this bill puts people back to work. it helps them survive until they find a job. and this is the patriotic thing to do.

mr. camp: i still reserve, mr. speaker. mr. levin: i now -- i now yield one minute to the gentlelady from new york chair, mrs. maloney. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is rised for one minute. mrs. maloney: thank you. mr. speaker, i rise in support. a new report from the joint economic committee shows that extending unemployment benefits is not only the moral right thing to do.

it is fiscally responsible. the report focuses on unemployed disabled workers. by the end of 2010, the j.e.c. estimates that 290,000 unemployed disabled workers will exhaust their unemployment benefits. without extension of their unemployment benefits, the j.e.c. estimates that 2/3 of these workers will leave the labor force and move on to social security disability insurance. shifting these workers from the labor force and on to the ssdi roll, the cost of inaction is a $24.2 billion lifetime cost. by contrast, keeping these workers attached to the labor force by extending unemployment insurance benefits and cobra premium subsidies is $721 million in 2010. the j.e.c. analysis concludes that the federal government can save $23.5 billion by extending unemployment benefits and

avoiding a lifetime of ssdi for currently unemployed workers. i urge a yes vote. mr. levin: mr. speaker, i now yield one minute to the gentlelady from illinois, jan schakowsky. the speaker pro tempore: gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. schakowsky: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i'm a strong supporter of stabilizing medicare physicians' payment permanently. short-term fixes create uncertainty for physicians and patients. but if we don't act now, on june 1, our doctors are going to see their dicare payments cut by over 20%. i am simply not willing to allow that to happen, which is why i am voting yes. this bill will ensure doctors that see medicare patients over the next 19 months, that they'll receive fair payment. it will ensure that senior citizens and persons with disabilities havaccess to their doctors. and it gives us time to

permanently fix the flawed formula. it's not a perfect solution, but it is essentially for the health and well-being of seniors and disabled persons on medicare. i urge a yes vote. and i yield back. thank you. mr. levin: how much time on each side? the speaker pro tempore: i would inform both sides that the minority has 6 1/4 minutes remaining and the majority has four minutes. mr. levin: i reserve the balance of my time. mr. camp: mr. speaker, is the speaker the last remaining speaker on the other side? mr. levin: no. we're waiting for mr. hoyer, who is on his way, and then the

speaker will close. you have one -- mr. camp: we'll have one mr. levin: he's going to close for you? mr. camp: i'm sorry, i couldn't hear that. mr. levin: you have one speaker left? mr. camp: one speaker left. thank you, we'll reserve. mr. levin: and i slowly reserve the balance of my time. it is now my more than distinct privilege -- i repeat that, more than my distinct privilege, to yield one minute to the speaker of the united states house of representatives, nancy pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the distinguished speaker is recognized for one minute. the speaker: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the distinguished chairman for his recognition,

and also for the excellent job he has done to bring this bill to the floor today. the american jobs and closing tax loopholes act. mr. speaker, it is our responsibility here, almost an ethical one really, to create jobs for the american people. equally important is to reduce the deficit. so many of the pieces of legislation that we bring to the floor must strive to do both to strike that balance. i congratulate the chairman on this important legislation, because it does both. creates jobs and helps to reduce the deficit. if i had four words to describe the bill, it would be the same four words. it's a four-letter word. i prepare you for that. jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs. it's about jobs. it's about summer jobs for young people. it's about the build america bonds jobs and infrastructure sector. it's about jobs that are

produced by our investments and research and development tax credits in the legislation to have research into higher skilled jobs and bring us to a different place technologically, and that's very important. it's about jobs. it's about helping people who have lost their jobs with absolutely no fault of their own, and that's important to them individually, but it's also important that unemployment insurance is the fastest way to inject demand into the economy, thereby creating jobs immediately. . these and other ways we are creating jobs. and we are doing so in a way that will create jobs, create a revenue stream which will help to reduce the deficit. the rest of th bill is all paid for and fiscally sound way and i congratulate the distinguished chairman levin for making that so.

i'm particularly pleased about a benefit for our veterans as we go into veterans day. other members have mentioned the s.g.r., how important it is to have that provision in this legislation. i, myself, wish it were permanent. it's 19 months we have to move to giving more certainty to our physicians and to our seniors. this is about our seniors and their ability to keep the doctors that they have if they so wish. and under this legislation they will do so. but as i close i just want to make note that as we gather here on memorial day weekend, as we go forward, there is a very important provision in this bill that i hope all members will take home and convey with our gratitude to our men and women in uniform. and that is the issue of concurrent receipt. we call it the veterans disability tax repeal, its technical term is concurrent

receipt. if you are a veteran and if you are disabled, you will recognize this term. and in this legislation there is funding and it's paid for. there is funding to cover the concurrent receipt to repeal of it for the next -- to address it in a positive way for the next two years. so it's about young people an summer jobs, it's about building the infrastructure of america, investing in research and development for the high technologies that will make us competitive and keep us number one. if it's about helping those through no fault of their own have lost their jobs but recognizing that investment injects demand into the economy and creates job, this is a bill that does just that in a fiscally sound way while honoring our veterans on this memorial day. i thank the gentleman for this very important legislation and urge my colleagues to give a big strong aye vote to the american jobs and closing tax loophole

act. it's named that for one very important reason. in this legislation which is job creating, it closes the loophole which has allowed businesses to shift jobs overseas. can you believe that we have a tax policy that enables offshoring? one thing to say about this bill to your constituents, you can say that today you voted to close the loophole to ship u.s. jobs overseas and giving businesses a tax break to do so. it's not right. it will be corrected today. thank you, mr. levin. urge my colleagues to vote aye. mr. camp: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman is recognized. mr. camp: this legislation before us raises the deficit by $54 billion. it is not the fiscally responsible legislation that some claim it to be. i would ask unanimous consent to insert in the record the analysis by the congressional budget office that shows that the deficit increases by $54.2 billion under this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. camp: so the result is piling even more on an unsustainable level of debt the country is carrying already. this legislation imposes permanent tax increases to pay for temporary extensions of tax relief. meaning there is actually no net tax relief overall. and the real problem with that is for six months of a provision like the research and development tax credit, there's permanent tax increases throughout the economy that will be there forever. so while in another six months

we'll be back trying to find a way to extend the research and development tax credit, there will be yet more permanent tax increases, making it very difficult for our economy to recover. and particularly given the nature of those tax increases, hitting particularly hard on small business, the engines of economic growth and job creation, even as the president has said nearly 70% of new jobs come from small businesses. but it is unprecedented to tack certain small businesses in the way this bill is doing, by going after, taking unemployment taxes and applying it to their profit. and this comes at the worst possible time. when so many small businesses across america are struggling and trying to make that decision, do they buy that piece of equipment, do they stay in business at all? do they hire that extra person? and putting a layer of tax increases over them at this time is particularly onerous. this legislation double counts

oil spill excise tax revenue. so this is not the fiscally responsible bill some would claim. while it quadruples the excise tax, to fund the oil spill trust fund, counts this twice because while it's intended to reserve for the trust fund, and used to mitigate oil spills, it shouldn't be counted as contributingo general deficit reduction as this legislation does. there's irresponsible health spending. also increases the deficit. if the so-called health care overhall and reform had actually done its job, we wouldn't be here with a major medicare problem. the physician payment formula. because it was so important to make that bill look less expensive, the physician payment formula which was actually the fix was a part of that legislation, was takeon out and therefore we are back again trying to find a way to address

that issue. i think that's why so many physicians groups have come forward representing more than 155,000 doctors across america saying this is not the way to do it. this is not the legislation. they are compelled to not support this legislation because it doesn't really do anything to fix the physician payment formula for medicare physicians, which is so important for our seniors all across america. i would say this is a flawed process, and flawed processes lead to flawed legislation. much of this bill, unprecedented changes in tax law with regard to partnerships that help build shopping centers and apartment buildings all across our country. significant changes in the way partnership income is treated. significant changes in the way investment income is treated in terms of real estate partnerships. no hearings on this legislation before the ways and means committee. no markup of the legislation.

it's airdropped into the bill and comes directly to the floor. and that's why you see so many business groups come forward, so many employer representative organizations come forward and say they have to oppose this bill, even recognizing the needs in america on unemployment and other issues. they have to oppose this legislation because of the way it's crafted and the way it's put together. had we had an opportunity to debate this in committee, had we had an opportunity to actually hear from the job providers and job creators, i think we would have come up with a different result. i think we would have been able to fine-tune this legislation. we would have been able to come up with a way to address these pressing needs that americans are facing. so i say when all is said and done, when you come to the conclusion, this bill, even though it's been split up and we are going to have two votes instead of one, both these bills are unacceptable because they raise the deficit, because they add new tax burdens in a recession, and make it much more difficult for our economy to

recover so that the engine of economic growth, small business and investment, the private sector can actually have its way and begin to create the kind of economic growth and job creation that america so needs. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: how much time do we have? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has three minutes remaining. mr. levin: i yield myself 30 seconds and then the balance of the time to the majority leader. in a word the minority objects when we pay for jobs bills. after years of their creating deficits. they object when there is an emergency under statutory pay-go, and we provide for unemployment comp. so in a word or few words, they

project nothing either constructive or positive. so we end on both a construckive and positive note by yielding the balance of our time to our distinguished majority leader. the speaker pro tempore: majority leader is recognized. mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: i thank the chairman for yielding. i want to thank chairman levin. chairman levin has worked along with his staff, staff director, and other members of an extraordinary staff around the clock. and i'm sure with mr. camp would say his republican staff has worked around the clock, too. we thank them for all the work they do. and i thank mr. levin for his leadership, his focus, and his tenaciousness to bringing us to this point. let me make a couple of observations before i speak

pointedly about the bill. first of all, ladies and gentlemen of this house, the public understands that there is no bipartisanship in this house. all republicans are going to vote against this bill, my presumption is, maybe i'm wrong, i hope i'm wrong, my presume is they'll vote to a person against this bill. they have voted almost to a person against every bill we have passed over the last 16 months to try to bring this economy back from the extraordinarily deep recession, the deepest we have had in 75 years, resulting from the economic policies that they put in place when they were exclusively in control. yet they come to the floor and talk about deficits. democrats, of course, when we controlled the presidency, created one of the highest surpluses and indeed the only administration to have a surplus after eight years, the clinton administration.

republicans will say yes, but for six of those years we controlled the congress and my response is, yes. and for 12 of the years you controlled the congress and six of those under republican president, george bush. unfortunately every year that i have been here serving with a republican president, every year without exception we have had large deficits. every year. however under bill clinton we had the only four surplus years that i have been here. we had four surplus years as a result of an economic program that was adopted. again it was adopted exclusively by democrats. no republican voted for that in 1993. either in the house or in the senate. so we created surpluses. we got the economy moving. and then my friend on the other side talks about jobs. hearings about job creation.

frankly the worst period of job creation in the last 30 years was the eight years of the bush administration. without exception. the worst. stark example, clinton administration, 216,000 jobs created per month. the bush administration, 11,000 jobs per month. that's 205,000 jobs per month, over two million per year. that is why, of course, because of that disastrous economic performance, we fell into this extraordinary ditch that we tried to pull ourselves out of, and we are coming out of it. that's the good news, mr. and mrs. america. my colleagues, we are coming out of it. it's slow. it's not as fast as we'd like but it's successful. i'll give you an interesting fact, over the last four months

of our economic program, the recovery act and other jobs bills that we passed, we have created 573,000 jobs in the last four months. all positive months. if the next 2/3 of the year replicate that production, we will create more jobs this year after this deepest recession any of us in this chamber have experienced, ever, in our lifetimes. we will create more jobs this year if we replicate the first third of the year than the bush administration created in its eight years. hear that statistic. check me if i'm wrong. about 1.7 million jobs versus a little over a million jobs over the 96 months were created during the bush administration. so when we talk about jobs and deficits, i think we have some credibility. we have some credibility because we created surpluses. the only four years of surplus,

again, under the clinton administration, that we have had. in my 30 years in congress. and in terms of jobs, bill clinton created 21 million private sector jobs during the