mr. garamendi: mr. speaker, thank you for the opportunity to present to you on the floor the solution to the question that was just raised by my colleague from the republican side of the aisle. a month ago, the president laid out a plan that would create millions of jobs here in the united states. it was the american jobs act. we're going to talk about this tonight. and before i get into the details of it, last week, in fact, one week ago, i held a town hall meeting in fairfield, california. and at that town hall meeting, the question of jobs was on everybody's mind. what are you doing about jobs? what is congress doing about jobs? it just seems as though nothing is happening and all we are seeing from congress is talk of the deficit and cuts. and every time there is a cut, we have another job loss here in our area. maybe it's a school teacher that is laid off or some highway project not going forward. so what is happening with the jobs? i began to explain the american jobs act and we are going to talk

mr. garamendi. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. garamendi: thank you, mr. grijalva, thank you very much. let me just fell you, my family's been in -- tell you, my family's been in mining since the 1860's, gold mining which isn't working too well in california right now and i'm not at all opposed to mining copper in arizona although there are issues local to be dealt with and let that go to another individual. i was deputy secretary at the department of interior and had the turent to deal with the appraisals and land transfers. this bill as structured is a bad deal for american taxpayers and for americans. it basically is an enormous giveaway of extraordinary value to these two companies. as has been mentioned by our colleagues from arizona who are in support of the bill, this is one of the biggest deposits of copper and other minerals in the united states and quite possibly among the biggest in the world. what is its value? the mechanisms that's used to determine the value of the trade is called a capitalization appraisal. which has

mr. garamendi. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognizedor two minutes. mr. aramendi: thank you, mr. grijalva, thank you very much. let me just fell you, my family's been in -- tell you, my family's been in mining since the 1860's, gold mining which isn't working t welin california right now and i'm not at all opposed to mining copper in arizona although there are issues local to be dealt with and let that go to another individual. i was deputy secretary at the department of interior and had the turent to deal with the appraisals and land transfers. this bill as structured is a bad deal for american taxpayers and for americans. it basically is an enormous giveaway of extraordinary value to these two companies. as has been mentioned by our colleagues from arizona who are inupport of the bill, this is one of the biggest deposits of copper and other minerals in the united states and quite possibly among the biggest in the world. what is its value? the mechanisms that's used to determine the value of the trade is called a capitalization appraisal. which has to ass

mr. garamendi: what we have is the republican agenda. they've been in control of the house of representatives since january. more than -- other 10 months now and they have not produced one jobs bill. you were talking about the issue of shipping jobs overseas and it is true. the american tax system prior to december of last year gave a tax break of some $15 billion a year to american corporations for every job they shipped overseas. the democrats by a democratic vote passed a law that eliminated that tax break. not one republican voted to eliminate the tax break that american corporations had when they shipped jobs offshore. just so you know where people are in this house. the republicans refused to end a tax break that american corporations had when they offshored jobs. the republican agenda, no jobs. that's their agenda. they talk about cuts every time there's been a cut an there's been numerous cuts. we've been through this for the past 10 months. every cut is somebody's job. they've lost that job. what we need is a different agenda. w

mr. garamendi, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. garamendi: thank you, mr. speaker, and for our hard working stenographers, it's late into the evening, we thank you for the work you do reporting our words, many of which are worth listening to and having written town an some of which are probably not. i want to thank my colleagues from across the aisle for bringing the issue of securing our borders to our attention tonight and along with it the issue of immigration. i would just like to repind them that the current administration has done more in the last two and a half years to secure our borders than in the previous eight years of the george w. bush administration, putting more border patrol to work, significantly more, and also putting on the borders members of the national guard. it remains a difficult and in very many places a dangerous situation but nonetheless a great deal is being done. i would also like to remind my colleagues from the republican side that they control this house and when a certain piece of legislation came h

mr. garamendi: i thank my friend from massachusetts. i don't understand. i mean this is very, very important issue. this is an issue about dealing with fly ash and how we are going to contain it and process it. protect the citizens. it's also an opportunity for us to deal with one of the fundamental economic problems we have in the united states which is the loss of manufacturing. it can be a lot of different kinds of equipment, materials, steel, cement, other kinds of materials that are going to be part of the process that this bill calls for. that is adequately dealing with fly ash. why wouldn't you want to put into this piece of legislation that those materials, those pieces of equipment, be manufactured in the united states? we need to rebuild our manufacturing base in this nation. we have lost more than 50% of it over the last 25 years. we need to once again make it in america. i tell you, you put this amendment into this bill, and we'll see one more piece of american manufacturing coming back into place. it actually works. in the recovery act, what y

mr. garamendi, for five minutes. mr. garamendi: i thank you, madam speaker. on october 7, 2001, the united states officially began operation enduring freedom and the war in afghanistan was under way. the last decade of war has cost thousands of u.s. lives and hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars. as a member of the house armed services committee and as a representative of thousands of service members, military families and veterans, i'm entrusted with waning the decision on what the profound effect on our nation's security this war has brought. and on the men and women that risk their lives every day to ensure that security. as we mark the 10th anniversary of the longest war in america's history, we believe it's time for congress to ask some very serious questions about our military engagement in afghanistan. who are we fighting in afghanistan? we entered this war because of the threat posed by international terrorist organization, al qaeda. while al qaeda expands its operations around the globe, our military is tied up on a ground war against the taliban

mr. garamendi. >> gentlemen, thank you very much. mr. panetta, it's always good to share a table our lives and opportunity with you. general, thank you for your service. i have a series of questions come actually three. i will send them to in writing and save a little bit of time around here. in discussions about maintaining our industrial base which we like to call make it in america, there are numerous questions that have arisen about the outsourcing to other countries, key military equipment. for example, the fuel for the hellfire missiles made in china. raises a bit of a question. many of the components that deal with the targeting of our critical weapons are also made overseas in china and other places. this is a major concern, and i'll send you a more detailed question on it. the other point that i would just make is that from the far left to the far right, various think tanks have been thinking about what to do with the military. a very interesting matrix can be put together, was put together by mike military fellow. and it's very

mr. garamendi have offered an amendment to try to create more than just jobs for robots.their amendment would create -- require that these foreign companies actively recruit and hire local employees. i hope everybody votes for that amendment. that all the oil produced, they say, from the mine be processed in the united states. and that all equipment used at the mine will be made in the united states. i hope everybody supports that amendment. mr. markey's amendment would require that these foreign companies pay a simple royalty to the united states often all minerals extracted from this site. if mining is done on u.s. land, the american people should be able to share in the profits. finally, what's most disturbing about h.r. 1904 is a complete lack of respect for sacred native american sites. that will be swept into mining operations. native people won't even be able to comment on the land transfer until after it has occurred. now, i have seen that often in our area. i represent native americans, seminoles and others, and repeatedly where developers have gone forward not j

mr. garamendi have offered an amendment to try to create more than just jobs for robots. their amendment would create -- require that these foreign companies actively recruit and hire local employees. i hope everybody votes for that amendment. that all the oil produced, they say, from the mine be processed in the united states. and that all equipment used at the mine will be made in the united states. i hope everybody supports that amendment. mr. markey's amendment would require that these foreign companies pay a simple royalty to the united states often all minerals extracted from this site. if mining is done on u.s. land, the american people should be able to share in the profits. finally, what's most disturbing about h.r. 1904 is a complete lack of respect for sacred native american sites. that will be swept into mining operations. native people won't even be able to comment on the land transfer until after it has occurred. now, i have seen that often in our area. i represent native americans, seminoles and others, and repeatedly where developers have gone forward not

mr. garamendi: i move to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 9:30 a.m. tomorrow morning for morning hour debate. eastern here on c-span. >> it is a story on the topic of your choosing. very good story has a good beginning, a solid middle, and a strong and appeared >> what do you think you should do for this year's c-span student cam competition? [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> you do not need the best you couldn't. do not let that stop you. -- you do not need the best and video equipment. do not let that stop you. >> c-span will help you stay organized. read the rules very carefully. make a checklist of all you need to do. do not worry. the process gets clear once you become started. >> you can work alone on the project or you can work with the team. for example, if you are a good writer, but not handy with a camera, get a printout. y