let me simply say to the right honorable member for blackburn that i want some time to be left for backnchers. >> the deputy prime minister said to the yorkshire post, "forgemasters can find the money for expansion elsewhere". now that we know that it cannot find the money -- as it said yesterday -- has not the whole edifice of the deputy prime minister's argument been demolished? why on earth will he not reconsider this ludicrous decision? >> thank heavens this is the last occasion on which the right honorable gentleman will be at the dispatch box in this capacity. it seems to me that he needs to go away and practice a bit more. the right honorable gentleman talks about impact. let me just ask him this. why did his government do nothing to sort out the banks which were not prepared to offer a decent loan to forgemasters at reasonable rates? we imposed the levy; his government did not. why did pensioners have to wait until this coalition government came to power for the restoration of the earnings link, which he failed to restore for 13 years? why did his party scrap the 10p tax rate, w

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blackburn for opening statement, please. >> as we have another of our feelings on what happened with the deepwater horizon, i think it is so important that we remember and express our sympathies to the families that are in the gulf region that in so deeply impacted with this. i grew up in south mississippi, and every time i call home, or and talking with friends from college or friends that i grew up with, or family members, i am again reminded of the the very deep and personal impact, whether it is the loss of life, the loss of jobs, the loss of faith in the institutions that we have, the loss of faith in the employer, the frustration with government agencies, the frustration with the slow response time. there really is many lessons to be learned, and we need to be respectful of that process. so i thank you all for being here with us today as we continue to work through this process, and as you have heard from my colleagues, this is something that we want to review, not place blame, but get it right, and make certain that a steadfast process is in place. three questions i am going t

blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. my home state of tennessee has an employment rate of over 10%. the tennesseans i know are very frustrated with washington. they have lost faith that this chamber can or will do anything meaningful about jobs this year. they look at washington and see us living out that maxim if at first you don't succeed, spend, spend again. they look at us and say where are the jobs? tennessee's governor and state legislature have made some very different choices. instead of expanding the size of government, they held it back. instead of increasing taxes, they offered incentives for investment. many in this chamber say those are policies of the past. in tennessee those choices have worked. they attracted over $4 billion of investment in the past 18 months. it is investment that creates sustainable growth and good solid paying jobs. by contrast the stimulus program we hear so much about in this chamber has spent just over $1 billion to the state of tennessee. 10% of unemployment, what tennesseeans have to show for those dollars? no jobs and a lot of expensive roa