mr. clyburn. speaker clyburn: i thank the gentlelady for yielding me this time and thank her for her tremendous leadership on this and many other areas that come before this congress. i want to get a few moments to talk about an issue that's very, very important to a significant number of citizens in our great country. the warden school of business recently held a conference named in honor of whitney young , a leader and friend in the struggle for social justice, equality, and civil rights. whitney young is probably known best for growing and transforming the urban league from a sleepy little organization into one of the country's biggest and most aggressive crusaders for social justice. what he is less known for is for his call, for a domestic marshall plan, a program to eradicate poverty and provisions in the united states similar to the marshall plan that was introduced to reconstruct europe in world war ii. i'd like to use that call for a domestic marshall plan as a jumping off point for my rem

mr. clyburn: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. andrews. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for three minutes. 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. i thank my leader from south carolina. the prior gentleman who spoke is right, americans are asking where are the jobs? and the majority is saying, we'll get to that later. this week the first thing that they did was to try to rush to the floor without hearings or consideration an extension of the patriot act, which is a very serious and profound issue for the country, and it didn't work. then they brought to the floor a bill that was supposed to recover money from the united nations which we are all for, but the congressional budget office says it wouldn't actually save any money, the new york state police commissioner said, it would be harmful to his effo

mr. jim clyburn of south carolina. >> thank you, mr. witt, not a leader. i think all of us remember during our lame-duck session last -- three months ago, we heard some chanting from the other side, where are the jobs? for six weeks it's been anything but jobs. rolling back women's rights, repealing consumer protection, making it harder for unions to go to school. talent in the budget on the backs of working families pensions and young people. and now, they are putting social security payments and services ever is. the social security administration is responsible for processing benefit applications, issuing checks for recipients in sending new social security cards to children. a warning to its employees on thursday that it had to furlough workers if the proposed cuts to this budget are enacted into law. in the gop's soviet pending deal, republicans are proposing social security administrative funding by more than 9% from 11.8 billion in 2010 to 10.7 billion this year. in addition, the republican proposal provides for $1.7 billion last social security nee

mr. clyburn: thank you very much. mr. chairman, this is a very important amendment, and i call it the 10-20-30 amendment. it deals with what we call persistent poverty counters, those in america who experience a poverty rate for 20% for the last 30 years. my amendment required that at least 10% of the funds in certain accounts be directed to counties with 20% or more of their citizens have languished below the federal poverty level for the past 30 years. . mr. chairman, approximately 15% of all counties in america qualify as persistent poverty counties. these counties are diverse and are spread across the country. including communities in kentucky and west virginia, native american communities in south dakota and alaska, latino communities in arizona and new mexico, african-american communities in north and south carolina. they are urban communities in philadelphia, new york, baltimore and st. louis. democrats represent 149 of these counties with a total population of 8.7 million. republicans represent 311 of these counti

mr. clyburn, and thank you for raising what was said today. i just want to quote something that he said. mark zandi is a chief economist at moody's anly thic said today, and i'm quoting, significant government spending restraint is vital. but given the still halting economic recovery, it would be counterproductive for that restraint to begin until the economy is creating enough jobs to bring down the very high unemployment rate. mrs. christensen: end of quote. at this point i'd like to ask unanimous consent to enter into the record the statement of congresswoman eddie bernice johnson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's request will be covered by general leave. mrs. christensen: thank you. and it's my privilege to yield to the immediate past president of the congressional black caucus, who led us with great distinction, congresswoman barbara lee of california. ms. lee: thank you very much. let me thank the gentlelady for yielding. but also thank you and your staff for coordinating not only this special order but each special order, each a

mr. clyburn: i would like to yield to close on our side to mr. carnahan, i'd like to yield him the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri is recognized for the remaining balance of time which is 4 1/2 minutes. mr. carnahan: thank you, mr. speaker. we just spent the past two days telling committees to do their jobs. why aren't we focusing on creating jobs? creating jobs for the american people. let me be clear, i'm in favor of a strong and vigorous debate here on cutting red tape and finding bipartisan solutions to our nation's problems. but to pretend the commonsense oversight measures, to protect families and businesses are inherently burdensome with no benefit fails to acknowledge the reality of the financial disaster that was brought upon this country on wall street. it fails to acknowledge the disaster of the b.p. oil spill in the gulf of mexico. it fails to acknowledge toxic toys and drywall coming in this country. it fails to acknowledge the increase and deadly food-borne illnesses from lack oversight of o

mr. jim clyburn of south carolina. >> thank you, mr. whipple. leader. all of us remember during the lame duck session three or four months ago, we heard agochanting from the other side, "where are the jobs?" far the last six weeks, it has been anything but tubbs. it is rolling back women's rights, repealing consumer protections, making it harder for students to go to school, balancing the budget on the backs of working families, veterans, and young people. and now, they are putting social security payments and services at risk. the social security administration is responsible for processing benefit applications, issuing checks to recipients, and sending new social security cards to children. in a letter to its employees thursday, they warned that they may have to furlough workers if the proposed cuts to this budget are enacted into law. in the gop bus 'so be it' spending bill, they have cut funding by more than 9% to social security. from $11.8 billion in 2010, to $10.7 billion this year. in addition, the republican proposal provides for $1.7 billion l

mr. clyburn on their provisions committee. initiative, over and over and over again. republican colleagues on the committee would not give us the vote because they say we do not support family planning domestically or internationally. we do not support families domestically or internationally. it was stunning today because a mother of five today, brought my fifth child home from hospital. i feel i have some credentials in this arena. more than perhaps some of the people to speak about it on the floor of the house. so they didn't support family planning visited and what they did last night was used to planned parenthood as a whipping boy to disguise their opposition to family planning. the american people do every time we try to tell them it can't be true. it can't be true that they oppose family planning, that families could determine the size and timing of their family. well, they don't. but what was terrible to behold last night was for them to not come right out and say i'm not for family planning, but to say i'm not for pl

mr. clyburn. we look forward to your comments. >> thank you, mr. chairman.he morning and thank you for inviting me to testify. the current success of the internet is largely due to its open architecture. this tremendous technological leap is a great equalizer. it allows traditionally underrepresented groups to have an equal voice and equal opportunity. it enables any connected individual to distribute his or her ideas to a global network, or run a business right from their very own home. the internet reduces the barriers to entry for the players. it is a gateway to success at a low capital costs. that is why it is so important to me to see that this technological marvel remains an open, accessible, and affordable for every american regardless of where they live, work, or play. there been strong criticisms of the past several months regarding the commission's open internet order. some say that nothing was broken, so rules are not needed. in that this will fill a job opportunities and stifle innovation and investment. we have also heard that the order is riddl