i'd like to thank chairman larson and betty sutton and alcee hastings for their support of this bill and program. i rise today to support the manager's amendment to h.r. 4846, the jobs tax act which adds an extremely important jobs program called jobs now. it has created over 156,000 jobs in 29 states across the country. it is extraordinary for the fact that it has been able to create jobs so quickly. the model in el monte county created over 1,000 subsidized jobs in one year, jobs like park rangers, teacher's

i believe betty sutton as an betty sutton and i are good friends and have raised the subject repeatedly over the course of the 15 month we have talked about this measure. dr. dan's, i want to ask you, you said, and i'm not trying to be picky here but a part of your recitation earlier, on the medical device measurer, but earlier was that if people don't have insurance, they wouldn't see a physician. i am using your words. >> maybe my language was not as clear as i wanted it to be but my point is, in my state we have a very difficult time recruiting younger physicians. we have a hard time recruiting because the way our liability system has been set up for years. we also have a problem and retention in the fact is there is not as much access to health care, primary care in effect we have hospitals that don't deliver babies any more. >> you are not unique, and i hate to say, i don't do it much on this committee but i represent urban and rural hospitals and if you are talking about underserved, i can show you underserved. i am not making an argument that i'm suggesting to you and i think you

i'd like to thank chairman larson and betty sutton and alcee hastings for their support of this bill and program. i rise today to support the manager's amendment to h.r. 4846, the jobs tax act which adds an extremely important jobs program called jobs now. it has created over 156,000 jobs in 29 states across the country. it is extraordinary for the fact that it has been able to create jobs so quickly. the model in el monte county created over 1,000 subsidized jobs in one year, jobs like park rangers, teacher's assistance. they got paid up to 40 hours per week. the employer provided 20% of the wage cost and the federal government provided the rest. the reason it succeeded is that it was a win-win for both small business and workers. main street businesses like armstrong ties in lyndon, tennessee, which uses this program to add 10 employees by, buy new equipment, increase production and expand their distribution, that's a big step forward for a little bakery. workers in this program can sleep better at night knowing they can put food on the table. i have a letter that i'd like inserted

representative betty sutton. u.s. representative marcia fudge. u.s. representative tim ryan. u.s. representative charlie wilson. i want to thank mayor tom perciak here in strongsville. please, mr. mayor, you are wrong. that is a good bunch of folks we got here in ohio, working hard. which is why i am glad to be back -- and let's face it, it is nice to be out of washington once in awhile. [laughter] i want to thank connie who introduced me. i want to thank her and her family for being here on behalf of her sister, natoma. i don't know if everybody understood that natoma is in the hospital right now, so connie was filling in. it is not easy to share such a personal story when your sister who you love so much is sick. and so i appreciate connie being willing to do so here today. and i want everybody to understand that connie and her sister are the reason that i am here today. connie felt that it was important that her sister's story be told. but i just want to repeat what happened here. last month i got a letter from connie sister, natoma. she is self-employed, she is trying to make

two members of the caucus, my friend from ohio, betty sutton and good friend from wisconsin, steve kagen. i want to talk about the things we hear over and over back in our district. all of us have been talking to our constituents, going to town hall meetings, congress on your corner and other events ks and one of the things i hear from my constituents over and over is this question, when do i get my bailout? this is a legitimate question that americans deserve an answer to from democrats and republicans. because if you're somebody who has lost your job or lost your home or lost your business or lost your health care coverage during this crisis, you need to know what is my federal government doing to help me out? some when we talk about our response, we're going to do it by talking about these three core values, the populous caucus wants to find a blueprint for recovery that's going to spur job creation, it's going to implement fair compensation for executives who helped put us in this problem and finally bring an end to excessive wall street speculation that drove our economy and global

representative that the sutton -- betty sutton. u.s. rep marcia, tim ryan, charlie wilson. want to thank mr. mayor. [applause] that is a good bunch of people we have here in ohio. they are working hard. that is why i am glad to be back. let's face it. it is slice it is nice to be out of washington. i want to thank connie. but what to think connie, who introduced me, and her family for being here on behalf of her sister. i do not know if everyone understood that she is in the hospital right now. connie was filling in. it is not easy to share such a personal story when your sister, who you love so much, is said. i appreciate connie being willing to do so here today. [applause] that whenever one to understand that connie and her sister are the reason that i am here today. i felt was important that her sister's story was told. i want to repeat what was happening. last month i got a letter from connie's sister. she is self-employed, trying to make men -- trying to make ends meet, for years she has done the responsible thing. she bought insurance. she did not have an employer who

representative betty sutton. [applause] u.s. representative marcia fudge. u.s.ive tim ryan. u.s. representative charlie wilson. i want to thank mayor tom perciak here in strongsville. that is a good bunch of folks we got here in ohio, working hard. which is why i am glad to be back -- and let's face it, it is nice to be out of washington once in awhile. [laughter] i want to thank connie who introduced me. i want to thank her and her family for being here on behalf of her sister, natoma. i don't know if everybody understood that natoma is in the hospital right now, so connie was filling in. it is not easy to share such a personal story when your sister, who you love so much, is sick. and so i appreciate connie being willing to do so here today. [applause] and -- and i want everybody to understand that connie and her sister are the reason that i'm here today. [applause] connie felt that it was important that her sister's story be told. but i just want to repeat what happened here. last month i got a letter from connie's sister, natoma. she is self-employed, she is