the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. the gentleman from georgia's time has expired. regular order will be had on the house floor. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. camp: i yield a minute to the distinguished gentleman from georgia, mr. kingston. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. kingston: i thank the gentleman. the president of the united states has said it would be inexcusable not to extend the payroll tax cut for one year. ms. pelosi, mr. hoyer have said the same thing, as have dozens of other leading democrats. i agree with them and so does a bipartisan majority of the house who last week voted to extend the tax cut for one year. now, why do we support it for one year? because two months only gives uncertainty to this fragile economy. uncertainty, families can't plan, businesses can't plan and jobs can't be created. so why do the democrats want the

two months? sadly, because like they're democrat colleagues in the senate, they want to go home. but you know what? there's a 200-year-old mechanism for ironing out senate and house agreements. it's called a conference committee. now, your leader has decided not to point -- appoint this committee. you want to compromise, that's what this vote is all about. we want to compromise. we know we can't get everything we want. but unlike the senate we're not saying it's our way or the highway. we're saying compromise. vote yes on this vote and let's compromise and let's get this done. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, is recognized. mr. levin: i now yield one minute to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. harky -- mr. marky. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for one minute. mr. markey: mr. speaker, tax cuts delayed are tax cuts denied. last year just before the holidays, the house republicans extended the bush tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires,

no strings attached. and this year republicans won't even allow a vote to extend middle class tax cuts. republicans want to procrastinate, democrats want to legislate. when it comes to millionaires, the republicans are santa claus. for the middle class, they're the griverage. this isn't -- grinch. this isn't mission impossible, mr. speaker. we don't need tomorrow cruise to save seniors, the middle class -- tom cruise to save seniors, the middle class and the unemployment. we just need to pass the senate compromise right now. but not allowing -- by not allowing an up or down vote on this compromise, the republicans are raising a curtain on their real priorities. millionaires and billionaires. americans don't need any more meetsings or debate, they just need us to make sure their taxes do not go up on new year's day. today we can protect the middle class. the seniors and the unemployment

by passing this bipartisan compromise right now. do it now. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, is recognized. mr. camp: i yield one minute to the distinguished chairman of the select revenue committee, the gentleman from ohio, mr. tiberi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for one minute. mr. tiberi: mr. speaker, this debate is in many ways surreal. i lived in civic -- civics 101 that the house is a co-equal branch to the senate. members of the other side say, well, this is a compromise. it's a compromise in the senate. not the house. the house has spoken. the senate says, my way or the highway. now, i understand that that's how it's kind of become around here and i know there are friends on the other side of the aisle who are upset with the senate when they've done it on other bills, when they were in the majority. this is enough. the american people deserve better. we need to get back to regular order. we need to compromise between the house-passed bill and the senate-passed bill. that's the way the founding fathers wanted it.

compromise between the house, the senate, not between the senate and the senate. for two months, for the american people. that's outrageous. they deserve a year. a full year to have a payroll tax holiday. not two months. come on, ladies and gentlemen. let's send the senate a message. come back to washington, do your work, give the american people a year, not two months. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. mr. levin: how much time is there left, please? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, has three minutes. the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, has 1 1/2 minutes. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. mr. levin: mr. camp, are you going to close? i yield myself the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. levin: you know, i remember when i was doing arguments

before a court and a judge would ask me a very salient question that would get to the heart of the matter. and that's where we are today. there's this question to the republican majority. if you're so sure of your arguments, why not allow a vote on the senate bill? otherwise everything you've said is a smoke screen. it's because you're afraid you'd lose it. or you don't want some people voting no on the record. that's really what this is about . and there's a second question. if you believe in bipartisanship , why not allow a vote on a bipartisan bill in the senate? i quoted three senators and

three more now have spoken out, senators snow, wicker and grassley. senator grassley says, if it doesn't pass the house today there's a chance the payroll tax holiday will be lost. and senator wicker says, i'm surprised the house isn't willing to take a two-month time-out to do something more lasting. so, i think the answer is, again, you're talking about bipartisanship -- your talk about bipartisanship is totally shallow. the previous speaker said, the senate said it's my way or the highway. no, that isn't accurate. the speaker of the house said to the senate, get on the road and pass a bill and never said, don't do it.

he said, do it. , no the problem is that many people -- no, the problem is that many people in the house didn't want to extend the payroll tax in the first place. and you sent over a bill that deleted 40 weeks of unemployment insurance for the millions who are looking for work and can't find a job. so, today we have no choice. but to vote no and insist that this obligation be met in this house of representatives, vote, vote, vote on the bill that the senate passed. . and your denial of allowing us a vote is a denial to the people of this country who are uninsured as of december 1 for unemployment. who need medicare care, and

also those who need the continuation of the payroll tax cut. that's what all of this is about. and anything else is a pure smokescreen that all the american people will see through. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, is recognized. mr. camp: mr. speaker, i yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. camp: what we are voting on today is to disagree with what the senate did to our bill. we are voting to disagree to the senate amendment. once that's adopted, the house message on this bill goes back to the senate and the senate then has -- is the only body in possession of the bill and we cannot move forward to resolve the differences between the house and the senate until speaker -- until leader reid and representative pelosi appoint conferees. so we are voting to disagree with the senate. let me just say two months isn't long enough. you have heard a lot of people

talk today in this debate. it's embarrassing that we are doing tax policy for two months, but it's not just house republicans who think we need a longer term extension, it's supporters including many of our nation's democratic governors. i received a letter that i ask unanimous consent to put into the record, actually went to our leaders, last week for 16 of the nation's governors, democratic governors after we approved 3630, they called for a swift passage of a one-year extension. not two months. one year. that's what the house bill does. what's more that's what the senate bill specifically rejects. i urge that we vote to disagree with the senate amendments and let's get on to a conference. let's resolve this this year so we can make certainty in our code, certainty for all of those people who are out of work, and certainty for those seniors who are -- who need to >> a couple of live events to

till about on c-span. the carnegie endowment for issue national peace host a forum on the global economic outlook at 10:00 a.m. eastern. then at 2:00 p.m., republican presidential candidate newt gingrich will be endorsed by the new hampshire speaker of the house at a meeting in manchester. the house then voted 229-193 to reject the senate bill that would extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits for two months. republican leaders urged president obama to call the senate back to session to go to conference with the house. the president made an unannounced stop in the white house briefing room. >> good afternoon, everybody.

it is no secret that there hasn't been an abundance of partisanship in washington this year. and that's why what happened on saturday was such a big deal. nearly the entire senate -- including almost all of the republicans -- voted to prevent 160 million working americans from receiving a tax increase on january 1st. nearly the entire senate voted to make sure that nearly 2.5 million americans who are out there looking for a job don't lose their unemployment insurance in the first two months of next year. and just about everybody -- democrats and republicans -- committed to making sure that early next year we find a way to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance through the end of 2012. but now, even though republicans and democrats in the senate were willing to compromise for the good of the country, a faction of republicans in the house are refusing to even vote on the senate bill -- a bill that cuts taxes for 160 million americans. and because of their refusal to cooperate, all those americans could face a tax hike in just 11 days, and millions of

americans who are out there looking for work could find their unemployment insurance expired. now, let's be clear -- right now, the bipartisan compromise that was reached on saturday is the only viable way to prevent a tax hike on january 1st. it's the only one. all of the leaders in congress -- democrats and republicans -- say they are committed to making sure we extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance for the entire year. and by the way, this is something i called for months ago. the issue is, is that the republican and democratic leaders of the senate worked on a one-year deal, made good progress, but determined that they needed more time to reach an agreement. and that's why they passed an insurance policy -- to make sure that taxes don't go up on january 1st.

in fact, the house republicans say they don't dispute the need for a payroll tax cut. what they're really trying to do, what they're holding out for, is to wring concessions from democrats on issues that have nothing to do with the payroll tax cut -- issues where the parties fundamentally disagree. so a one-year deal is not the issue. we can and we will come to that agreement, as long as it's focused on the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance and not focused on extraneous issues. the issue right now is this -- the clock is ticking. time is running out. and if the house republicans refuse to vote for the senate bill, or even allow it to come up for a vote, taxes will go up in 11 days. i saw today that one of the house republicans referred to

what they're doing as, "high- stakes poker." he's right about the stakes, but this is not poker, this is not a game -- this shouldn't be politics as usual. right now, the recovery is fragile, but it is moving in the right direction. our failure to do this could have effects not just on families but on the economy as a whole. it's not a game for the average family, who doesn't have an extra 1,000 bucks to lose. it's not a game for somebody who's out there looking for work right now, and might lose his house if unemployment insurance doesn't come through. it's not a game for the millions of americans who will take a hit when the entire economy grows more slowly because these proposals aren't extended. i just got back from a ceremony at andrews air force base, where we received the flag and the colors that our troops fought under in iraq, and i met with some of the last men and women to return home from that

war. and these americans, and all americans who serve, are the embodiment of courage and selflessness and patriotism, and when they fight together, and sometimes die together, they don't know and they certainly don't care who's a democrat and who's a republican and how somebody is doing in the polls and how this might play in the spin room. they work as a team, and they do their job. and they do it for something bigger than themselves. the people in this town need to learn something from them. we have more important things to worry about than politics right now. we have more important things to worry about than saving face, or figuring out internal caucus politics. we have people who are counting on us to make their lives just a little bit easier, to build an economy where hard work pays off and responsibility is rewarded.

and we owe it to them to come together right now and do the right thing. that's what the senate did. democrats and republicans in the senate said, we're going to put our fights on other issues aside and go ahead and do what's right on something we all agree to. let's go ahead and do it. we'll have time later for the politics. we'll have time later to have fights around a whole bunch of other issues. right now, though, we know this is good for the economy -- and they went ahead and did the right thing. i need the speaker and house republicans to do the same -- put politics aside, put aside issues where there are fundamental disagreements, and come together on something we agree on. and let's not play

brinksmanship. the american people are weary of it. they're tired of it. they expect better. i'm calling on the speaker and the house republican leadership to bring up the senate bill for a vote. give the american people the assurance they need in this holiday season. thank you. >> have you tried the three c- span radio afpak? >> the c-span staff is fast to use in visual appealing. great app. it is also free. as an application, it took me 10 seconds to learn to use. >> gets streaming audio of c- span radio as well as all three c-span television networks,

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on the economy and entitlement reform. w j" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. it focuses on north korea, the role of religion and politics, and how campaigns contract boaters' online. a couple of live events to tell you about today here on c-span. the carnegie endowment for international peace post a farm on the global economic outlook at 10:00 a.m. eastern. then at 2:00 p.m., republican presidential candidate newt gingrich will be endorsed by the new hampshire speaker of the house at a briefing in manchester. >> with the iowa caucuses and new hampshire primaries next month, the contenders looks back at 40 men who ran for president and lost, but have a long-lasting impact on american politics. here is our lineup. tonight, william jennings bryan, thursday, eugene debs, friday, charles evans hughes, chief justice of the united states. on saturday, house smith

followed by a businessman and mineral rigid member of the liberal wing of the gop, window we -- wendell willkie. >> republican presidential candidate mitt romney last night delivered what his campaign called a major policy speech on economic policy in entitlement reform. he spoke in the southern new hampshire at the town hall in bedford.

♪ i was born free ♪ [applause] >> thank you. hi there. thank you guys. >> wow. it is great. i see so many people and the audience i know. is there anybody here voting for mitt? i would guess almost everybody. that is what happens when you have done this twice. we are happy to be in new hampshire during a bus tour. we will go up and down the state and get everybody excited about what is to happen in the next couple of weeks. we have been working hard and we are here to earn it now. [applause] i know this guy pretty well. i have been married to him for 42 years. we are the proud parents of five wonderful sons and 16 grandchildren. he stood by me in my darkest

hour. i cannot wait to see him do what needs to be done in this country. i think we all recognize that america needs to turn around and he is the guy that will do it. i am delighted to introduce to you the next president of united states. >> thank you so much for being here this evening. i appreciate your coming out on a cold winter night. it seems like finally the beginning of winter in new hampshire. they will finally begin making snow at the ski resorts and get people from massachusetts to come to the slopes in new hampshire. i appreciate your willingness to spend some time with me this evening. there are a few things i want to say tonight. i want to talk about the choice that america is presented in the election of 2012.

i want to have you give some thought to it. we will get a chance to talk more about it as the campaign goes on. six months ago, as you know, i launched my campaign for the presidency not terribly far from here on a perfect day. a beautiful, new hampshire summer day. i spoke about america in peril under a president who disappointed even his own supporters and was clearly failing. since then, the unemployment rate has remained stubbornly high. more americans have lost their homes and more americans have slipped from the middle class into a world of poverty they never imagined they would see. our soldiers returned from war unable to find a decent job. over the last six months, i have traveled up and down new hampshire and across the country. i have listened to anxious voices in town meetings, visit with students who are frightened by the magnitude of their college loans. even more frightened by the lack of jobs. from breakthroughs to back --

from break rooms to backe offices, i have heard stories of the great obama recession. families getting by on less. long planned retirements replaced by two jobs at minimum wage. it is a long litany. dreams deferred. economic stress that quickly becomes family stress. i have heard stories that break my heart. let me tell you what i rarely heard -- hopelessness. even in these very difficult times, the worst economy since the great depression, i have found americans refusing to believe that these troubled days are our destiny. sometimes with pride, often with anger, i have heard time and again a constant refrain. this is not the america we love. this is not the america we deserve. this is the america of yesterday and we will not allow it to become the america of tomorrow. [applause]

we are americans and we will not surrender our dreams to the failures of this president. we are bigger than the misguided policies and weak leadership of one man. america is bigger than the failures of barack obama. [applause] this america long unemployment lines and small dreams is not the america you and i love. it is not a live free or die america. these troubled years are president obama's legacy but they are not our future. this is an election not to replace our president but to save a vision of america. it is a choice between two very different destinies. four years ago, many americans trusted barack obama when he trusted to bring americans together.

now we have learned of his idea of bringing us together is not to lift us up, but to use the invisible boone of government to -- invisible but of government to -- boot of government to bring us all down. i have a vision of a different america, and america not united by our limits, but by our ambitions, our hopes, our shared dreams. i am tired of a president who wakes up every day, looks across america, and is proud to announce, "it could be worse." [laughter] it could be worse? is that what it means to be an american? it could be worse? of course not. if i'm president, i will wake up every day and remind americans that not only must we be better, but also that we can do better. i believe in americans. president obama bossi will -- post that he will -- boasts

that he will fundamentally transform america. i want to restore america to our founding principles. i believe that our founding principles are what made america the greatest nation in the history of the earth. among those four principles is what the founders called the pursuit of happiness. we call that opportunity. the freedom to choose our course in life. that principle is the foundation of a society that is based on ability, not a birthright. in a merit-based society, people achieve their dreams through hard work and education, risk-taking, and a little luck. an opportunity society produces pioneers and inventors, it inspires its citizens to build and create. these people exert effort and create risks. when they do so, they employ and left others and create prosperity. their success does not like -- make others poorer. it makes all of us better off. present policies america -- president obama looks at

differently. he believes in an entitlement society. once we thought that entitlement that americans were entitled to the privilege of being able to succeed in the greatest nations in the world. americans fought and died to protect that entitlement. today, the new entitlement battlefield is over the size of the check you can get from washington. president obama has reversed john kennedy's call for sacrifice. he would have them ask, what can the country do for you? just a couple of weeks ago, in kansas, president obama lectured us about teddy roosevelt's philosophy of government. he failed to mention the key difference between teddy roosevelt and himself. roosevelt believed the government should level the playing field to create equal opportunities. president obama believes the government should level the playing field to create equal outcomes. in an entitlement society, everyone should receive the same reward regardless of education, effort, and willingness to take risks.

that which is earned by some is redistributed to others. the only people who truly enjoyed real rewards are those who get to do the redistributing, the government. the truth is that everyone may get the same rewards in act and the system, but virtually everyone will be worse off. president obama's and thomas aside would demand a massive -- entitlement society would demand a massive growth to government. to preserve opportunity, we have to shrink government, not grow it. last night, i laid out as does every solution to the spending crisis. including a need to reform fundamentally medicare for the coming generations. i am pleased to see that paul ryan got together with the democratic senator from oregon ron wyden and pushed a similar reform package that i hope will save this very important and critical program. this is more than a spending crisis that we face. even if we could afford the ever-expanding payment of its side -- of an entitlement society, it is a fundamental corruption of the american

spirit. the battle we face today is more than a fight over our budget. it is a battle for america's soul. we cannot begin to answer the question of who should be our next question -- who should be our next president until we ask ourselves who we are as americans and what kind of america do we want for our children. my answers to those questions are different than the current president of the united states. president obama hazmat the last -- has spent the last 35 months building a government so large that feeding it would consume a greater and greater share of our paychecks. does anybody believe that they're better off than they were four years ago? >> no. >> he pushed through obama care. it is an entitlement program that we did not want and cannot afford. instead of fostering competition and choice, he is cultivating government defense -- government dependent writ he talks about a country where everyone plays by the same

rules. when it comes to his favorite trend, he makes sure the rules do not apply. he has given his supporters waivers exempting them from obama care. his nlrb approves businesses when they do not have union demands. in the industry, he has picked the winners, who, by the way, turn out to be the losers, like solyndra. that is of the government worse. -- that is how an entitlement society works, by the way. those who make the rules get to take care of their friends. while the rest of us stand still, they make sure their friends get ahead. the result of the approach of president obama is a staggering list of failures. it took 18 tax increases just to get obama care off the ground. our latest welfare is going to be $10.30 trillion. that is $72,000 a household. i will take a different path.

first, i will reveal obama care. -- igor p. o. obamacare. -- i will repeal obamacare. [applause] you have heard me say this before. on the first day as president, i will issue waivers for obama care to all 50 states and i will strengthen medicare by empowering the next generation of seniors to choose the solutions that are right for them. i will send medicaid back to the states because the states know how to serve their own citizens. my administration will create an environment where the private sector can thrive and where american businesses can reach their full potential. i would reduce federal regulation, open up new markets to our goods, and fully exploit our energy resources. i would cut taxes, cap spending, and finally, finally get america on track to balance our budget. [applause]

this time next year, all of the yard signs will have come down, hopefully. [laughter] town hall meetings will be a local budgets, not about the defense budget or medicare. it will be safe to watch television again. [laughter] at least for a little while. americans will have made their choice. the path i lay out is not one paved with ever-increasing government checks and cradle- to-grave assurances that the government will always be the solution. is this -- if this election is a bidding war for who can promise more bet -- who can promise more benefits, that is not a battle i will join. this will be a campaign about the soul of america, about american greatness. i am confident that americans will not settle for an excuse like this. it could be worse. i am confident that americans will refuse to be brought on by cheap promises that turns into

never-ending that for our -- never-ending debt for our children and grandchildren. this is a time when we look beyond who we are today and asked who will become tomorrow. -- who will we become tomorrow. not far from here, an idea called america was born. it came when a peaceful people realize they cannot continue on -- realized they could not continue on the same path. those farmers and merchants, aristocrats, blacksmiths, they put aside their fears to take up arms against the greatest power in the world. there was not a single rational reason to believe they could succeed. but they believe in god and they believe in themselves. they believed that the guiding force in their lives should not be feared but rather a strong belief that life without freedom is a slow death. and a conviction that they could build a better world. that world is america. here in new hampshire, in iowa, south carolina, florida, michigan, across the country. the beginning of a democratic

process that those early patriots risked all to secure for us. this is the moment when we reject failure and commit to make the disappointments of the past few years only a detour, not a destiny. we believe in americans. we believe america can do better because we believe in america. tonight, i ask each of you to recognize how special this to be in america. remember what was like to be hopeful and excited about the future, not to drag each new headline. -- not to dread each new headline. when you spend more time looking for a house to buy than searching for a new job. when you spend more time thinking about a vacation with your family than how to make it to the end of the next paycheck to. that america is still out there. an america where you weren't afraid to look at your retirement savings or the price at the pump. an america where you never had to hear a president apologizing for america. i say, let's fight for america.

the america that brings out the best in each of us, the challenges to be better and bigger than ourselves. this election, let's fight with the america -- let's fight for the america we love because we believe in america. thank you so much. it is great to be with you tonight. [applause] thank you, guys. thank you. ♪ i was born free ♪ >> thank you for that. that was a generous response and i appreciate it. i wanted to get a chance to talk to you about the choice we face. i think our president is

turning us into a european-style nation. i want us to hold true to the principles that i think made our nation what it is. that is what this campaign is about, whether we are one to make this and an opportunity -- remained an merit society and an opportunity society or become an entitlement society. i fear for america to take that course and i think we will reject it. i appreciate you being here. there are some who came along way. judd and kathy gregg, a great american patriot, thank you for being here tonight. [applause] executive council member ray, how many years have you been on the executive council? 10 years, that is yeoman's service. we appreciate you. balancing budgets in new hampshire and setting examples for those around you.

thank you. [applause] we do not have a long time to go. it is getting close now. i think christmas is coming soon, right? [laughter] i wish you a merry christmas, happy new year, happy hanukkah, and all the great holidays their celebrated. primaries are coming out really soon. i would like to win. [applause] and so i -- there are a lot of good people running for president on our side of the aisle. i think anyone of them would be better than the current president. i think i am in the best position to post up against the president, who has had no experience in the private sector and does not know how the economy works. i do and that is one reason i'm in this race. but i need your help. we have a few advertisements up. we're going to keep doing that. people are going to hear our message. you guys need to get out and ask a friend or to to make sure and vote on primary day.

we cannot do that all by ourselves, even with all of our volunteers. we need you to hit your phones and get friends to vote on primary day. it is not that far away. get your phone warm up for this because this some real work. you may need to do a couple of door-knocking sessions as well. we will be out on the trail. you will see us on the bus. we will go all over the state in the next couple of weeks. we want to win in new hampshire and you are on to help us send a message. [applause] thank you, guys. thank you so much. ♪ i was born free ♪

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>> great to see you. nice talk. >> thank you very much. appreciate you being here. thanks for being here. you are very kind. here you go. goodlatte to you. -- good luck to you. nice to see you. i appreciate you being here. what get that camera. are you going to make that work? they know how. >> thank you. >> good to see you.

>> can i get a picture? >> sure you can. do you have a camera? i would be happy to. thank you. great to see you. thank you. i appreciate you being here tonight. how are you doing? thank you for coming back. >> we have been making signs. >> that is very impressive. thank you for help. good to see you. that is great.

thanks a lot. you're very kind. >> could i get a picture of real quick? >> sure you can. but that that camera, while. -- look at that camera, wow. come on over here and we will get a picture. are you mom? >> i am. >> good to see you. is this your brother? thank you for coming tonight. thanks for coming by. how are you? good to see you. i appreciate your help tonight. how are you? we were together last week in madison at a lumberyard.

give him my best. >> we are going to do it this time. >> we are going to get there. that is wonderful. thank you. >> you are going to get my vote. >> that is good. i am happy to see that. good to see you. we will see if this works or not. watch this. he knows how to work almost all of these things. there we go. thank you.

you were the mayor of woodson? >> note. i am a builder. >> you are a builder. i see. in bedford, wonderful. good to see you. is he doing okay? >> no. >> is up in business. i want to make things better. there we go. one more.

they go for $10 less if they are signed. how're you doing? did you get it? i was not even looking. look at that. thank you. good to see you. i appreciate your help tonight. are you with him? >> yes, i am with him. we are from l.a. thank you. >> thank you. i appreciate you being here. >> i am here with my son. >> are you guys all together, i presume? >> we are. >> stay right there. it is easier for me that it is for you guys.

platts thank you. >> thank you. good to see you. platts i live right here in bedford. >> do you have work here now? they brought a lot of operations up here. >> 5000 down in merrimack. >> we cannot get the economy back until we get a family. we have more boys at home. let's watch out, your next one is also a boy. >> i know. [laughter] >> i have some questions on the energy side. i support all kinds of energy, from splitting atoms to others. -- splitting wood. in particular, this relates to -- i give the example of the

prisoners -- why could we not put them to work to split wood and we could give it to be balloon need a heating source? -- to people that need a heating source? as well as things like not giving prisoners a huge hotel complex and saving money in that regard. >> i appreciate your ideas. i will consider all good ideas. >> could i get a picture with you for my son? he went to bu. >> is he there now? >> he just graduated. >> has been able to find work? >> yes, he has. >> that is good to hear. thank you, good luck to you. are you looking for picture? >> i am about to vote in my first presidential election.

>> that is great. >> i am very excited about it. thank you. >> i hope i can count on your vote. >> i am from bedford. it is great to be here. >> nice to meet you. are you working or going to school? >> i am going to school down at georgia tech. >> home for the holidays then? >> yes. thank you. >> there is an old friend. good to see you. thank you so much. you are very kind. let's let's take a picture! >> thank you. you are kind to be here. thanks so much. great to see you. >> can you do me a favor?

win. i am serious. when my kids get our age and say to me, what did you do, i know you can do it as a businessman. i don't want them straddled with the debt. i have faith in you and i know that you can do it. can i give you attend? >> absolutely. >> if you could use it, that would be great. having married a federal holiday. -- had been married federal holiday. -- have a merry federal holiday. >> you are very kind. thank you. nice to meet you. >> we of several kids in the military. what can he say to us? >> and the troops will be out by 2013. the question is, how quickly can

the combat -- can they come back? how quickly can we transition the afghan troops? it is something i will look at very carefully. i will take input from the commanders in the field and make my own decisions as to how many can be brought home and how soon. i want to bring them home as soon as possible. our plan is to make sure we can transition the afghan military. thank you. appreciate your service in your family service. how are you? >> is so good to meet you. we need this so badly. we need a great leader in the white house. >> thank you so much. thank you for being here and helping out. the you want me to sign that for you? absolutely. >> thank you so much. >> thank you.

take care. how are you doing? great to see you. nice to see you. thanks for helping out tonight. how are you? >> how are you? >> i am terrific. >> i just want to wish you luck. my first time voting and i am so excited. >> where are you from? >> natural. -- nashville. >> the one to sign anything >> what is your name? >> meghan. thank you so much. nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. take care. >> i am from new hampshire and i'm going to give these books to my customers. it has been really good. i am happy -- it has been a lot

better. people are traveling more. >> where the parents normally take you? in to logan? have>> logan and manchester. >> where is your home base? >> nashua. good luck to you. >> thank you. how are you? good to meet you. did you know that young lady before? >> she is my girlfriend. >> that is what i figured. >> it is my second time voting and i'm very much looking forward to voting for you. >> i appreciate your help. goodlatte to you. -- good luck to you. look at that.

is that what you wanted? merry christmas to you. >> item and glad i had the opportunity to come here and hear you speak. >> i appreciate your help. i need you to vote. a few times -- no, just once. [laughter] thank you. >> could i get a few pictures? >> you bet. michigan -- go wolverines! >> i heard we might have the pleasure of your opportunity -- the pleasure of your company at the boys and girls clubs in manchester. >> i hope so. i do not know the schedule yet. the talk to the leaders there?

>> i am the director of a private school. i hope we get a chance to have our students get to meet you. that would be terrific. >> is a private school and they come in from time to time at the boys and girls club and help out in various service projects? or just use the club? >> some of them do. but for the most part, we just use the club facilities because they are vague and all that. we created a partnership where we held at risk and disadvantaged kids. one, in particular, was living out of a car and we help him graduate last year. i was hoping you could come take a look at it. i know your people are looking at it. >> did you go to school and michigan? >> yester. we went to where your dad was the governor.

>> thank you. i appreciate your help. >> i am looking forward to seeing you again. >> thank you for coming tonight. very kind. we will keep on battling, no pressure about that. these people behind me. how are you? you get credit if i get two but it's. -- two votes. great to see you. you are very kind. >> he is my friend was not so sure about you until i got him out here. >> you are getting credit if i get two votes. >> you are a leader. >> thank you. are you going to school here, working here? >> in maine. >> back for the holidays? >> yes. >> wonderful. are you in high school or college?

>> high school. >> what grade are you? >> i'm a freshman. >> that is terrific. i was that work -- i wish i were that age again, don't you? thank you for coming by tonight. you are very kind. it is good to see you. it's been a long time. don't worry about it. you're very kind, thank you. that will happen from time to time. hi, how are you? merry christmas to you. how are you doing? >> by rooting for you. >> what are those things up there? it looks like a fuzzy

caterpillar. thank you very good to see you. bye-bye. thanks for your help tonight. >> good luck to you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> hear what the candidates are saying from the campaign trail of the newly designed c-span website for campaign 2012. >> so i say if you cannot live with a nuclear wrong, and i cannot, then you have to say what to do, and i say all options are on the table. >> if we took that oath of office seriously in washington, we would get rid of 80% of the

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