mr. hoover.ems to me i recall a story of your having been actually under fire. >> i was under fire a number of times. the only time i really got wounded was when the germans were bombing the town of beloyne, where i was stopping overnight. and they looked out the window to see this performance. as the germans dropped a bomb in the street right opposite the hotel. and i got showered with glass. i got cut up a lot, but i never got a purple heart. >> now, didn't some of the authorities fight the feeding of starving children during your belgian relief career? >> we had to transport all of our materials through the british blockade, and a great division rose in the british cabinet as to the military desirability of our going on. the military side of the cabinet insisted that 10 or 12 million or 12 million starving belgians and frenchmen would inconvenience the germans a lot and the germans were already short of food and it might bring the war to a quicker end. that was their argument. i was called bef

mr. speaker, one of the greatest public works projects in our -- in the history of our nation, the hoover dam. the hoover dam. was built in less time than it's take then white house to consider the application for this short pipeline connecting america and canada? we built the hoover dam more quickly than we can sign off on the paperwork far pipeline. let me show you what the impact of that is. economic growth. in 2013 mr. speaker, c.b.o. projected g.d.p. would be growing about 3% a year. 2.9% to be precise. by last february they lowered to it 2 1/2%. today, january 2015, they lowered it to 2.3%. mr. speaker, that's not just 2.9% to 2.3%. that's trillions of dollars in economic activity. trillions. it looks small on this page but it is giant on the federal budget. it's even bigger when you talk about the job creation that hasn't occurred. it's even bigger when you talk about americans who are trapped in part-time work. it's bigger when you talk about young people graduating from college who cannot find a job. that's the impact of obstructionism. that's the impact of inaction. that's the i