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we have not been swapping out gh-payg manufacturing jobs for w-paying service jobs. theconomy of today and tomorrow is primarily a service economy and information and technology economy. we need to prepare for the future. host: daniel griswold is with the cato institute. he earned his master's from the loon school of economics an is the author of "mad about trade." todd tucker is a graduate of george washington univerty, studied at cambridge in england and ishe author of a booklet the rise and fall of fast track trade economy." caller: i was just curious. i wonder if either of you have registered in but, "employment, interest, and money/" it is in reference to the need for the consumer. it is an allegory. everyone takes it into their head and leaves the country. henceforth nafta has looked as without a consumer and it is really causing a lot of damage. i'm nvous, and i will let it go at that. guest: i thinthe promise of good economic policy addresses the kind of concerns you're ising. does it help to boost purchasing power, real wages, produce equality? we have seen

and every election day, we see 1000 points of light fi --gh-- , and the registration process, and the only group of mentally competent adults in our country that cannot vote, especially in certain states even after they have paid their debt to society, and are now part of the taxpaying population, cannot express their voices for the ballot box, because of disenfranchisement walls that keep them -- laws that keep them unable to participate. we attempt to strengthen the relationship among organizations and democracy reform. i encourage all of you to consider that there is a great possibility of joining the many rivers -- the many streams, i should say, of separate movements and efforts to reform our democracy, to come together as a mighty river of change through a right to vote initiative, which can fix the problem of too many problems -- too many americans being a double to express their voices in our democracy. i will not be able to cover all of my point so i encourage you to go to iwant myrighttovote.org. as you go to different states, you will have different laws when it comes to wh

and in this era of gh and frkly in this er of the highest debtver this country has seen, weave anbligation atif wre going to spd taxpars' dolls, it done in an effeve way and hows results i reserve. speaker pro tempore: e ntlemafrom michi mr. levin: two mites tor. blumenauer of oregon. thspeaker pro tempore: the geman is recognifor two minutes. mrblenauer: thank you. is leglation is persal for me. we've watched o cntry come back from the brink in the fall of 28 in my state of oregon, lped byecery act fus of aut $6 billion. weave en ae to sbilize and make some progress. is it enough? absolutely not. but we areaking -- iave had a steady paradof pple coming to my office thanking me for the investment that wama i terms of infstctur in terms of health care, in terms of making sure that we didn't have layoffs of public emoyees. nowe have a provisiohe that an oppo to focus small biness. it is a package, as the cirman ieces here. wo p itironic that our friends artelling us it'not enough. these are sll pieces, yet they were ng on e other hand, the legislatn we had that c.b.o. has scored over one mil

we are taking areas that are gh costhat have basically been discriminedgainst in the past from being able to participate in the g.s.e. or f.h.a. loans. this is a good amou. i ask an aye vote and yield ba. the chair: the gentleman from california yields back the balance of his time. the questi is now on the amendment ofred by the gentleman om new york. so many as an favor say ay those opposed, no. in t opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. thamendment is agreed to. is now in order to consider amendment number 9 printed in house report 111-503. for whaturpose does the gentman from ohio seek recognition? . mr. turner: i ha an amendment in the at the desk. e chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment number eight in house report 111-503, offered by mr. turner of ohio. the chair: t gentleman from ohio, mr. turner, and a mber opposed each will contl five minute the gentleman from ohio. mr. tuner: i have an amendment that caps the authority for the federal housing administration at $20,000. government program ensure -- insure --nsure mortgage on a home worth three qu