policies. they will continue to deny coverage. they will continue to make sure that those 23-year-old children that have graduated from college will no longer be able to be on their parent's policies. this repeal is perhaps the worst thing you can do to americans in their health care. and besides that, you will significantly increase the deficit by $230 billion. . i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record the figures from today's jobs report showing that since the enactment of health reform in march, 2010, the which has created 11.1 million private sector jobs. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. slaughter: i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. thompson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: madam speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this rule that we are taking up today instead of focusing on jobs. the new majority in the house

ran on the platform of fiscal responsibility. this bill flies in the face of that promise by adding $230 billion in the short run and over $1 trillion in the long run to our deficit. as important, under repeal the medicare trust fund will become insolvent by 2017. that's just six years away. pushing medicare over the cliff by passing this repeal breaks the sacred trust with our nation's seniors to help provide health care coverage in retirement after a lifetime of working and paying taxes. that's why i went to rules committee last night with two colleagues and offered and amendment to guarantee that repeal will not go forward unless it's certified that that repeal will not shorten the life of the medicare trust fund. sadly, the rules committee didn't allow us to help protech america's seniors, they didn't allow that amendment.

we will not be able to vote for that amendment on the floor. and i urge a no vote on this rule. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: may i inquire, first how much time is remaining on each side, and of my colleague how many more speakers she has. the speaker pro tempore: 7 1/2 for california. 5 1/2 for the gentlelady from new york. mr. dreier: madam speaker, then in light of that i'm very happy to yield one minute to a physician, another hardworking member of this freshman class, the gentlewoman from new york, ms. hayworth. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york is recognized for one minute. ms. hayworth: madam speaker, as a physician i understand the profound importance of the goals of the health care bill passed last year. to assure that all americans have affordable, portable health insurance, providing access to good medical care.

i also understand that -- the disruptions this law is already causing to our economy, the predictable side effects of legislative bad medicine, and the reason we must repeal and replace it. the bill we will be considering is in no way nearly imbolic. it represents the true will of the american people. the majority of whom have stated time after time to this day that they reject this law. the house's vote to repeal is the first step towards assuring that all americans will have the quality, choice, and innovation in health care. that they expect and deserve. we need to proceed expeditiously . according to the rule on which we vote today, with the understanding that we are taking meaningful and crucial action. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: thank you, madam speaker, i yield one minute to

the gentleman from organizeon, mr. defazio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon is recognized for one minute. mr. defazio: previous speaker's right. this is not symbolic, it's real. in fact, the republicans are going to allow the return of the worst abuses of the health insurance industry. pre-existing condition exclusions. taking away your policy when you get sick. lifetime and annual caps. throwing your kids off your policies. the republican repeal of this bill would enable all those things for their very, very generous benefactors in the insurance industry. i haven't had a single constituent and i know you haven't, begged you to bring back these abuses. is that what you are doing? is that what they want? you could take steps right now, in fact, to rein in this industry, and 400 people in this house voted for it last year. let's take away their unfair exemption from antitrust law so

they can't collude to drive up prices, they can't collude to take away your insurance, they can't collude to that throw your kids off and all the other anti-competitive things an industry does. i offered that amendment to rules last night. the republicans, despite the chairman of the committee and others having voted for it last year, would not allow it. this is an insurance industry bill plain and simple. 7 the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: at this time i'm happy to yield one minute to another hardworking physician, a member of this new freshman class, the gentleman from south pittsburgh, tennessee, dr. desjarlais. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized for one minute. mr. desjarlais: madam speaker, today i rise to support the rule and to support the repeal of the obama health care law. as a physician who has practiced medicine in rural tennessee under the onerous tenn care law, i know parent that this law does

not work. it restricts access to health care. it increases the cost, and it does not deliver on the promises the minority made when they passed the law. the american people have had their say. they do not want this bill. they want it repealed and they want to see health care reform that will increase access and lower costs. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield back. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. green. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. green: thank you, madam speaker. i thank my colleague from the rules committee for allowing me to speak. i ask unanimous consent to place my full statement in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. green: i rise in strong opposition to this rule on h.r. 2, patient's rights repeal. just yesterday the congressional budget office said that this repeal would cost $230 billion

in additional federal debt. it's amazing this is our first major piece of legislation and the republicans are already adding to the national debt. the issue facing our country is jobs. instead of repealing health care, we should be bringing up a jobs bill like the china currency reform. where is that bill on the floor with the new majority? let me tell you what this bill will do. at least in texas we will see tragedy happen. 161,000 young adults will lose their insurance coverage through their parents' health care plan. that's only in texas. 2.8 million texans who have medicare coverage will be forced to pay co-pays now for preventive surgeries, like mammogram services. medicare will no longer pay for the annual visit of nearly 2.8 million texans and many more americans for medicare. 128,682 texans on medicare will receive higher prescription costs if this bill is repealed. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: madam speaker, could i inquire again of my friend how many more speakers she has remaining at this point? ms. slaughter: i have four. mr. dreier: i think with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from maryland, mr. cummings. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for one minute. mr. cummings: thank you very much, madam speaker. i rise in opposition to this rule. despite ardent promises from republicans that all bills would be considered under regular order, this resolution has neither been debated nor voted on by a single committee of jurisdiction. additionally, the recently passed republican rules package requires that all legislation be fully paid for and yet the republican leadership has already publicly declared that they have no intention of paying for what is estimated to be a $230 billion increase in the

deficit that the repeal of health reform would create by 2021. according to the congressional budget office. worse than the republicans' already broken promises are what this rule and the underlying resolution would do to children, seniors, and all americans suffering from illnesses. i strongly oppose this rule and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: madam speaker, at this time i'm happy to yield one minute to another great new member. the gentlelady from 340 -- missouri, miss archer. --miss archer. miss archer: i can testify as a person newly elected and been on the campaign trail for a while in the fourth district we have small businesses that are not hiring and not expanding because of the health care bill. we have got to repeal this so

that we can create more jobs. i'm a small business owner myself and i can tell you since this has passed that health insurance premiums have voted -- skyrocketed. the anticipation of the mandate will be forced on them. if we want to get serious about creating jobs, we need to start by repealing this. this is also a bill to rein in the run away spending. that is devastating our country and it's mortgaging our children's future. as a another that's important to me. this bill put another $1.2 trillion of debt on our country. we cannot afford that. and lastly, this is a freedom bill. the people in my district do not want the government telling them they have to buy a private product and then mandating what is in that product. that is unconstitutional. by passing this last year, you have taken away my freedom, the freedom of the people of the fourth district, and the people of this country. we deserve better. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york.

ms. slaughter: let me inquire of my colleague how many speakers he has left. mr. dreier: madam speaker, let me just say to my friend from rochester that i will be the final speaker. ms. slaughter: you're ready to close. mr. dreier: i'm ready to close. ms. slaughter: thank you. mr. dreier: how many more speakers does the gentlewoman have? ms. slaughter: two left. i would like to yield one of those minutes to ms. sutton from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from ohio is recognized for one minute. ms. sutton: thank you, madam speaker the issue facing this country is jobs. instead of rushing to the aid of the insurance industry to reinstate their right to engage in egregious discriminatory practices of discriminating against adults and children based on pre-existing conditions, instead of allowing the doughnut hole to continue to bear down on our seniors, we

should be passing real jobs legislation. urgently we should be bringing up jobs bills that will make a real difference like putting an end to china's currency manipulation. we have heard the numbers, 2.4 million jobs lost across the country. 92,000 jobs lost in ohio. and 5,700 jobs have been lost in my congressional district due to china's deliberate and abusive trade policies. we can do something about this issue today and we should. it makes a real difference. i hope that our friends across the aisle will stand with american businesses and american workers and put an end to the abusive practice of china's currency manipulation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: i'll continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i yield for a unanimous consent request, the gentleman, mr. butterfield, from north carolina. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. butterfield: i thank the gentlelady.

i ask unanimous consent that my statement be included in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. andrews. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. mr. andrews: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. andrews: thank you, madam speaker. there are 15 million americans unemployed this morning. they do not want us to play politics with health care, they want to us work together to create jobs. there is a job killer loose in america. the job killer is unfair trade practices that force the outsourcing of our jobs. there is a proposal that has broad agreement between republicans and democrats to bring fair trade back to america. if we defeat the previous question, we will move to amend the rule to make in order the currency reform for fair trade act which simply says this. as the chinese have been slamming the door shut on our

workers and products, we have been opening our shelves in american department stores. no more of that. no more outsourcing of jobs. no more unfair trade practices. a fair and level playing field for american workers. let's work together to create jobs and stop the politics and the waste of time of health care. vote no on the previous question. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: i'll continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman continues to reserve the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i would like to pause for unanimous consent request for mr. engel, the gentleman from new york. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. engel: i rise in opposition to this amendment. it seems that the openness of the new majority promised us lasted half a day. and changed the order remain the

same. i urge my colleagues to vote no. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, if we are able to beat the previous question, i will move to amend the rule to make in order a bill, h.r. 2378, from the last congress, the currency reform for fair trade act, which invokes our anti-dumping laws and provides relief for american workers and companies injured by unfair exchange rate policies. . i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record the text of the currency reform for the fair trade act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. slaughter: and i yield to the gentleman from new york for a parliamentary inquiry. >> madam speaker, i have a parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry. mr. weiner: what is the current whole number of the members of the house? the speaker pro tempore: the whole number of the house is 435. mr. weiner: madam speaker, further parliamentary inquiry.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will state. mr. weiner: can the speaker state that all have been sworn as under the constitution? the speaker pro tempore: the speaker, it's her belief that all have been sworn. mr. weiner: thank you. ms. slaughter: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: madam speaker, i yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. dreier: thank you, madam speaker. this is the first act of the 112th congress and i am particularly gratified that we had six new members of this 87-member republican class participate in this debate. because, madam speaker, they have come here with a very, very strong, powerful message from the american people. that message is that we have to make sure that we create jobs and get our economy back on track.

even though we've goten this positive news of the reduction of the unemployment rate from 9.8% to 9.3% this morning, tragically last month only 105,000 new jobs were created. that's not enough to sustain our economy. you have to create at least 150,000 just to be treading water. and so we know that the american people are continuing to suffer. and the message that has come from the american people through these 87 new members is that we have to have a laser-like focus on creating jobs, getting our economy back on track and reduce the size and scope and reach of the federal government. my friend, mr. pence and i, had an exchange which we said only in washington, d.c., can a $2.7 trillion increase, saying that cutting that, eliminating that, scrapping that will in fact

cost money. it's absolutely crazy, but that's what they're arguing, and through their sleight of hand with the congressional budget office they are continuing to claim that somehow it will save money. madam speaker, we are doing what we told the american people we would do. it's very simple. beginning last year we said we would have a very clean, up or down vote, an up or down vote should we maintain this $2.7 trillion expansion with government mandates and increased taxes or should we repeal it, and that's what we're going to be voting on after the three-deleover next week. and, madam speaker, are we in fact committing ourselves to doing everything that we possibly can to ensure that every single american has access to quality, affordable health care and health insurance?

and that's what the resolution i introduced, h.res. 9, will do. it will direct the six committees of jurisdiction to begin immediately working on ways in which we can drive the cost of health insurance down. i personally believe that we need to allow for the purchase of insurance across state lines which is now forbidden under the karen ferguson act. i believe we -- the karon-ferguson act. i believe we need to have lower rates. we need to have pooling for pre-existing conditions. we need to expand medical savings accounts and, yes, madam speaker, the fifth thing we need to do is to have meaningful lawsuit abuse reform so that resources can go towards doctors and not trial lawyers. and, madam speaker, these are the kinds of things that these new members are telling us need to be done and that's exactly what passage of this rule will

make happen. madam speaker, let me say i urge support of this rule and i urge support of the underlying legislation, and once again, with zeal, enthusiasm and gratitude, i move the previous in fact, we think it creates jobs but in any event, i thank the gentleman for announcing the schedule. i want to say we're disappointed however, as he was in -- when he was in my position, that we are -- that we don't have a committee process for this very important piece of legislation. i think it's important from your perspective and it's important from our perspective, though we may have different perspectives on whether it should pass or fail. but it is an important piece of

legislation. there was no committee process. no hearings. no opportunity for the public to be heard on the bill. no opportunity for the members to testify. with respect to that bill. no witnesses were heard. anfurtrmore, under the rule, of course, we have been given no opportunity to amend. the ntleman, when he was in my position, would repeatedly indicate how disappointed he was that there were no amendments allowed on certain bills. i want to reiterate that concern and given the lack of amendments, i want to clarify what he believes will be the finishing of votes on wednesday. i understand debate will begin on tuesday. is that -- and conclude on

wednesday? mr. cantor: i ask the gentleman to repeat the question. mr. hoyer: what time do you expect to conclude business on wednesday? mr. cantor: i would say to the gentleman, madam speaker, that it is our intention toonclude by 7:00 p.m. on wednesday. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for that response. in light of the fact that you have made -- your side has made a pledge to allow ample time for members to read and consider, and notwithstanding that they've already not pursued that as vigorously as i think you would have hoped and perhaps we would have hoped as well, in the 112th congress, i was wondering if the gentleman can enlighten us on what he expects to consider the rest of january after next week so members might have opportunities to anticipate issues that you're going to be

bringing forward. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman, madam speaker. as to the inquiry about openness and the ability for members to have time to read the bills, as well as for the public to realize its right to know, we on our side believe in making sure there is that adequate time anwe posted on monday legislation coming to the floor for this week and next. so i would say to the gentleman from maryland, madam speaker, that it is our intention to continue to uphold our commitment to the three-day rule, allow for the public's right to know as well as members themselves to understand what it is we're voting for. as to the gentleman's comments regarding the up or down vote on obamacare repeal, if the gentleman has looked at the postings online, he'll know that the repeal resolution is a

page and a half. this is a repeal of a bill that was the subject of significant legislative time and other over the course of the last two years. it is clear that the public has litigated and in essence has decided its position on that bill given the results of november's election. and it's -- it comes down to whether you're for obamacare or against it. that's what the vote is. again a page and a half. that'shat the bill i so we have committed to continuing in the vein of an open process when it comes to trying to get iright as far as replacing the health care status quo. and we have committed and the speaker has committed to making sure that our committees will go through regular order, members of the minority and

majority will have ample time to engage in par -- engage and participate in the discussions around what type of health care americans deserve and what type of health care they want. which is how we will proceed when it comes to the so-called eplacement resolution and its implementation. i would also point out to the gentleman from maryland that the rules committee has accepted the amendment proposed by the gentleman from utah as far as a suggestion that he had regarding the s.g.r. formula and the reimbursements for physicians under the medicare program. again, we are trying to work in a fashion that open, that is as inclusive as we can, as the speaker said in his remarks, th speaker says we had, and

was correct when he said we had no open rules under the last congress. we intend for that not to be the case here. i know that the gentleman joins me in the desire for us to be able to work together and we believe that that will provide the best way forward for that. as to the gentleman's question about the remainder of january, madam speaker, we intend to focus on the theme of this congress, which is cut and grow. we're going to be talking about ways to cut spending, we are going to live up to our commitment to bring a spending cut bill to the floor each and every week, mam speaker, we also intend to focus on what it is that is impeding job growth in the economy and will be asking our committees to begin focusg on regulations that are being promulgated and pursued throughout the administration and its agencies

that are precluding job growth. it is our hope, though, madam speaker, that these committees, our committees, will be fully organized by the end of the month so we can begin a process of regular order and i yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his comments. obviously the health care bill he seeks, he and his party se to repeal had probably more consideration, more open debate, more transparency, more amendments, more hearings, than almost any bill that i have considered as a member of this congress over the last three decades. full and open consideration. amendments offered from both sides in committee on very ample basis. but i am glad to hear that you agree that there have been ample debate time for that. there has not been any debate

time in committees or amendments on the repeal of at law. i certainly am hopeful the gentleman does not mean to say that if the majority party concludes that the american public have already decided an issue, that there won't be, therefore, that will be the exception to the rule that you have put forth in terms of full and ample notice, debate, amendment process and transparency. i would certainly hope that that would not be the case. i don't expect it to be the case and i hope it won't be let me say in addition, that i'm very pleased that the majority party allowed in order the amendment by mr. matheson. as you know, we tried to have a permanent fix to the reimbursement of doctors who took medicare patients, unfortunately, the minority

party in the senate which had the opportunity to do that precluded us from accomplishing that objective. so i'm pleased that that needs to be done. we need to have a stable funding expectation by doctors when they provide services to medicare patients, to senior, as we want them to do and we want them to continue to do. i'm pleased you athrude amendment. i would hope that members on your side would be supporting that amendment as we will on this side. let me ask you now, mr. majority leader, i am very concerned, i expressed this on the floor, your rules in my view, provide for some $5 trillion to be incurred in additional deficits. . they allow that because you have exempted almost all of the possible reductions in revenues,

tax cuts, reductions in revenues, notwithstanding no reduction in spending. well, if you reduce revenues and you don't reduce spending, commensutely, inevitably, you will create a large deficit which inevitably wille paid by future generations. that's been the experience that, again, i have had when we had significant tax cuts in the 1980's. and last decade, the decade of 2000, 2001, 2003 where we created very large deficits. my presumption is you will be finding a commensurate reduction s in spending to your tax cuts that you want to continue. if you don't do that, deficits will inevitably follow.

the majority party has not done that in years past. is it your expectation that that will occur in the future? but the question i want to ask you as well is that you have provided in your rules essentially ignoring c.b.o. scores. the nonpartisan congressional budget office which serves us has issued a preliminary score for the republican patients' bill of rights, they believe it will increase the deficit by $230 billion in the first 10 years by repeal and $1.2 trillion in the second 10 years. my question is havi deemed in the rule today a provision alwing the chair of the budget committee, mr. ryan, to ignore the c.b.o. score, will the majority continue to ignore c.b.o. scores on legislation for the rest of congress or will we be fiscally responsible n. my view,nd adhere to --

responsible, in my view, and adhere to the advice and counsel we receive from c.b.o. i yield. mr. cantor: madam speaker, i respond to his first question by saying that washington doesn't have a revenue problem it has a spending problem. and we believe that it is better to allow folks to keep pore of -- more of their hard-earned money so we can see a return to growth in our economy and that we are dedicated to making sure we deal with the spending problem here in washington. as i said before to the gentleman, we are intending and will bring to the floor each and every week a bill that cuts spending. we are very focused as you know in bringing spending down to 2008 levels to make sure that we are abiding by our commitment to live according to the same rules that everyone else does while businesses and families are living within their means,

tightening their belts, there is no reason in the world why washington can't as well. i'm sure the gentleman agrees with me on that. as for the issues surrounding the c.b.o., the issue that we have and dispute we have is not with the congressional budget office. c.b.o. scores what's put in front of them. the reality is the obamacare bill relied on smoke and mirrors and budgetary shell games in order to present the picture that it presents or allegation to represent. -- alleges to represent. madam speaker, there is nothing that has changed about the flawed assumptions underlying the old score of the obamacare bill, only the dates have changed. this is the same gimmicks, producing more false deficit reduction, and in fact real spending increases. in fact, as the gentleman knows, madam speaker, the medicare's chief actuary says that the

obamacare bill represents a maze of mandates, tax hikes, and subsidies that will push costs up. the bottom line, madam speaker, is we need to stop arguing about inside baseball budget gimmicks. there is no question that a new open-ended entitlement program will grow unsustainably fast, will drive costs up, and could potentially bankrupt this federal government as well as our states. so with that, madam speaker, i yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. i want to say to my friend, the continuing rhetoric is washington doesn't have a revenue problem it has a spending problem. americans in every family that i know understand that their revenues directly impact on their spending and vice versa.

and if they don't, they have a real problem. they don't have enough revenue to meet their expenditures, they have a problem. and if their spending exceeds their revenue they have a problem. i tell my friend, i understand what you're saying and i have heard this rhetoric all of my career here in the congress. tell my friend that when president reagan was psident we never overrode a presidential veto of an appropriation bill because it spent too much. he veeyoted it spent too much, never had a veto overwritten. nevertheless we curred an additional $1.5 trillion in deficits. under preident bush, george h.w. bush, we didn't override any veto of his and we incurred an additional trillion dollars. that was $2.5 trillion plus.

under the clinton administration , of course, economic program as you and i both know that your party universally opposed, we had a surplus. the only president in your lifetime and i think in mine, which is substantially longer, that's had four years of surplus. now, i know you say, response that mr. dreier gave to me is that well, yes, we took over the congress in 1995. that's correct. and of course not only did you take over the congress in 1995 but in 2000 you took over the presidency as well and controlled the house and the senate and the presidency. and during that period of time we didn't pass any appropriation bills on our side. you were in full charge during the bush administration, first six years, and $3.5 trillion of deficit spending was incurred making a total of over $5

trillion of deficit spending during the time that your party took the position that we didn't have a revenue problem we had a spending problem. well, it ended up beg a $5 trillion deficit problem adding to the deficit for our children. and for my grandchildren and for my great granddaughter. i'm concerned about that. and that is why i'm so concerned about statutory pay-go. sticking with c.b.o. scores, and accommodating our spending and revenue. they are both related, obviously, and to ignore that -- eliminating revenue without eliminating spending dsn't cause deficits i think is to ignore reality. i'm sorry, i hope my friend would talk to mr. ryan, the

budget committee, and bring us legislation which would, in fact, do what you and i want to do. that is eliminate the deficit. if we got two messages during this past election, in my view, itas, a, focus on creating jobs. we got to get to work. americans are hurting. we had some good job numbers this month. we have created over $1.3 million jobs th past year as opposed to losing almost four million jobs in the last year of the bush administration. that's progress. but as i have said so often, it's not success. success will be when every american who wants a job learn to work, can -- wiling to work, can fine a job that can support him or her and their families. but we need to not pretend that revenues and spending are not inextricably related. if we give up revenues before we

do the difficult thing, the tough thing, the adult thing, as mr. boehner said, and cut the spending, then cut the revenues if americans are buying it, then we ought to be paying for it and t passing along the bill to our grandchildren. i would hope the gentleman would pursue that. if the gentleman wants to respond to that, i'll say something about health care, briefly. mr. cantor: madam speaker, the gentleman and i have gone through these discussions the last few years and when we get to discussing the past, i normally posit a quote from winston churchill when he said if we open a karl between the past and present we shall find we have lost the future. and what my response is, madam speaker, we are looking to see that we do take the tough steps and cut spending. i'm hopeful with all the renewed thusiasm that all of us have gained after the election

towards fiscal sanity that the gentleman and his caucus can join us and vote with us in terms of the spending cuts that we'll be bringing tthe floor every week. the gentleman speaks about revenues. and absolutely as an ongoing concern this government has to be concerned with that. but we first and foremost must understand that i think both of us realize, madam speaker, that in order to have revenues, we've got to have a growing economy. so there is a balance. and that is where i perhaps our two visions diverge. it is my hope that we can work together by putting priorities in place, cutting spending, growing the economy. that's the formula by which we will be operating. i'm hopeful we can operate on those formulas and that formula together. i yield back. mr. hoyer: i appreciate the gentleman's comment and simply in closing, madam speaker, let me saythis.

i hope we can cooperate, but we do have a divergence as my friend pointed out. that's the nature of what the house of representatives does, debates differentiate points of view. frankly, my experience as i have said is that when we diverged in a point of view in 1993, when my republican friends took the position that accommodating revenues to spending would, in fact, from their perspective, be a job killer,they talk a lot about job killing legislation. they all voted against that legislation in 1993. and in fact some of my colleagues on my side of the aisle lost their election because of voting for that piece of legislation. in fact, however, it helped create the most robust economy anybody in this chamber has

experienced in their lifetime. it created over 22 million jobs as opposed to losing eight million jobs in the last administration under president bush so that there was a substantial difference which you can see, touch, and feel. and read about and know about. so i tell my friend, yes, there's a difference of opinion, but there is no difference of opinion on what happened. and when winston churchill, you quoted before, and of whom i'm a great fan, one of the things that winston churchill was most known for was trying to remind his british friends, don't forget what dictators and despots do. remember, and i make no aspersions, i want to make that clear, i'm simply saying he believed rongly in learning from the past.

and not continuing to make mistakes and not continue to do what failed in years before. so i agree with the gentleman. looking at the past is for instruction on how to make the future better and to create those jobs that both he and i want to create. and america is certainly lookokk >> tuesday and wednesday the house takes up the repeal of the health care law. watch the debate and final vote on c-span and go to c-span.org to read the bill online and continue on c-span's twitter and facebook pages. >> next president obama talks about the economy and announces new members of his economic team, and live at 7:00 a.m., your calls and comments on "washington journal." now president obama introduces

foreign new members of his economic team and notes that the economy has created jobs for 12 months straight for the first time since 2006. the new appointees include gene sperling, he will move from the treasury department. this is at a windows manufacturing plant and took place a few hours after the latest government squobs report which showed a decline from .8% to 9.4%. this is 20 minutes. >> have a seattle. it is wonderful to be with all of you.

i want to make a couple quick acknowledgements. ben cardin in the house. where is ben? right here? [applause] mr. baker is here. i want to thank rick of the c.e.o. and owner of thompson creek manufacturing and all the employees here at thompson. thank you so much for your hospitality and the great work that you're doing. yea!! [applause] and i want to acknowledge the family and guests of those standing behind me today. it is wonderful to be here at thompson creek. and i want to thank rick for showing me how you manufacture more efficient windows at this factory. this, as he explained to me, is

a family business. rick was just 13 when his father, fred, opened the company. and back then his family lived above the store, and rick started out sweeping the floors. three decades later thompson creek has expanded and has already outgrown this 80,000 square-foot facility and i bet sometimes rick still feels like he's living at the plant. [laughter] >> that's what happens when you're in charge. but building this business has been an extraordinary accomplishment for the family. and it speaks not only to him. it also speaks to all the employees here today. the hard-working men and women who make this company work. and it speaks to the promise of america. the idea that if you've got a

dream, and you're willing to work hard, then you can succeed. that promise is at the heart of who we are as a people. and it's at the heart of our economic might. it's what helps give an entrepreneur the courage to start a business or company the confidence to expand. it's what leads to new products and new ideas. and technologies that have not made us only the world's largest but most innovate economy in the world. making it possible for businesses to succeed is how we ensure our economy succeeds and our people succeed. it's how we create jobs. that's what's guided my administration for the past two years. government can't guarantee thompson creek or any business will be successful. but government can knock down

barriers like a lack of affordable credit or high costs for investment. or high cost for hiring. we can do something about that. government can remove obstacles in your path. and that's why we cut taxes for small businesses over the last two years. for example, would a tax break for hiring unemployed workers, thompson creek was able to grow its workforce from 200 employees to nearly 300 employees in one year and took advantage of the tax credits that we put into place. we also passed a tax credit for products like energy-saving windows. and that led to a 55% boost in the sales that the plant. un, rick was telling me that when that credit got into place the marketing arm of thompson creek got busy, and that's exactly what we intended.

that's exactly what we wanted to see is explaining to the american people, you can save money on your energy bill. this is a smart thing to do. take advantage of it. so incentives like these are helping companies across america. and the jobs numbers released this morning reflect that growth. the economy added more than 100,000 jobs last month. and the unemployment rate fell sharply. we know these numbers can bounce around from month-to-month. but the trend is clear. we saw 12 straight months of private secter growth. that's the first time it's been true since 2006. the economy added 1.3 million jobs last year. and each quarter was stronger than the previous quarter, which means that the pace of hiring is beginning to pick up. we're also seeing more

optimistic economic forecasts for the year ahead. in part due to the package of tax cuts i signed last month. including a payroll tax cut for workers and one to encourage innovation and hiring. and i fought for that package, because even though our economy is recovering. we've still got a lot to do. this was a brutal recession that we went through. the worst in our lifetime. it left a lot of destruction in its wake. more than 8 million jobs were lost -- more than eight million jobs were lost. so even though we created a lot of jobs, you've still got a bunch of folks out there looking and struggling. we've got a big hole we're digging ourselves out of. so our mission has to be to accelerate hiring and growth. and that depends on making our economy more competitive so

that we're fostering new jobs in new industries and training workers to fill them. it depends on keeping up the fight for every job and every business and every opportunity to spur growth. and so standing with me here today are men and women who will help america fulfill this mission. and let me just introduce each of them. we're joined, first of all, by gene sperling, who i've appointed director of the national economic council. give gene a big round of applause. [applause] well, gene has been an extraordinary asset to me and that administration over the past two years. he's been working with me. he led our efforts to pass the small business jobs bill to help companies all across america. he also helped negotiate the tax compromise that we passed

at the end of this year. he's a public serven't who has devoted his life to making this economy work and work specifically for middle class families. one of the reasons i selected gene is he's done this before. this is his second tour of duty heading up the n.e.c., and in his tenure in the clinton administration in the 90's he helped contribute policy that turned deficits to surpluses and a time of prosperity and progress for american families in a sustained way. few people bring the level of intelligence and sheer work ethic that gene brings to every assignment he's ever taken and few do so with such decency and integrity. so gene, we are lucky to have you back at the n.e.c. and we know you will do a terrific job. partly why i know that is because he's going to have

jason perman working with him. he will be principal deputy at the n.e.c. give jason a big round of applause. [applause] over the past two years i've relied on jason's advice and expertise on a range of economic issues from helping design the emergency steps we took to prevent our economy from sinking into a second depression to most recently working with gene and the economic team to pass the tax cut compromise, and i'm confident he will dovent do terrific work in this -- he will continue to do terrific work in this capacity. also an advisor and friend since my first days as a presidential candidate. heather higen balm is currently the deputy director where she's been the point person in education as we've pursued some

of the most noast reform ins decades, i am now proud to appoint heather. she understands the ledger in the lives of real people. as we make cuts that are necessary to reign in the deficit. i want to make sure i've got heather there so that we are meeting our fundamental obligations to our people and our economy as well. so give heather a big round of applause. thank you. [applause] and finally i'm nominating katherine abraham to the council of economic advisors. [applause] go ahead. [applause] katherine brings a wealth of experience as an economist. as an commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics during the clinton administration. i am confident she is going to provide the kind of unbiased

unvarnished advice that will help us craft the best policies that will help us strengthen this economy in the years to come. now part of our mission, part of this team's mission in the months ahead will be to maximize the steps we've taken to spur the economy. and one of the post important is allowing businesses to immediately deduct the entire cost of certain investments like the new equipment that i was taking a look at. this is a policy i fought for over the past two years. we were able to pass it finally as part of the tax cut compromise. it is going to make a real difference for our economy. so talking to rick, i know thompson creek is planning to take full advantage of this tax break. and that's going to help thompson creek renovate, expand and add another 100 new employees right here.

[applause] and that's worth applauding. that's good! [applause] so you have companies like this all other the country, and the treasury department estimates that will accelerate $150 billion in tax cuts for 2 million businesses over the next two years. so i wavet to urge all bunessesith capital needs to take advantage of this temporary expensing provision, because we expect it to lower the average cost of investment by more than 75% for companies like thompson creek. it is a powerful, new incentive for business. it is a great opportunity for companies to grow and add jobs. now is the time to act. companies who are listening out there. if you are planning or thinking about making investments some time in the future, make those investments now, and you're going to save money.

and that will help us grow the economy. it will help you grow your business. over all the decline in the unemployment rate is positive news, but it only underscores us not letting up on our efforts. so i'm looking forward to working with heather and gene and katherine and jason and everybody at the white house. we have one focus. and that is making sure that we are duplicating the success of places like thompson creek all over the country. we want businesses to grow. we want this economy to grow, and we wavet to put everybody back to work. -- and we want to put everybody back to work. we will not rest until we have fully recovered from this recession and reached that brighter day. thank you very much, everybody. [applause]