boehner. there's blame to go around. we have been concerned about cutting revenues and increasing spending during the first part of this decade. you have been concerned about the spending that we believed was necessary to make to try to create jobs and bring our economy back. now, mr. boehner and i disagree on the impact of the recovery and reinvestment act. since its passage, the stock market has gone from 6500 to 10,500. anybody who opens up their 401-k or thrift savings plan believes that we made progress on that because their value has gone up about 60%. that's progress but not success. we want to get back to where it was in terms of the value of those plans. in addition, in the last month of the bush administration, we lost 741,000 jobs. after adopting a policy that many believed on your side of the aisle would lift our economy. and in fact, it did for a while, but it did not create the kind of jobs you wanted. in fact, on average over the last eight years of the bush administration, it produced approximately 4,200

among those attending was president obama, john boehner. from the capitol rotunda, this is one and a half hours. >> president of the united states. [applause] xd[applause] >> latest angela merkel, majority leader of the united states senate, -- ladies and salomon, harry reid. -- the ladies and gentlemen, harry reid. >> please be seated. november 6, 1962 was a special day for president john kennedy. it was the day his brother ted won his old seat in the united states senate, the seat he would hold for the next 46 years, until just two months ago. a seed from which he would really improve the lives of his -- a seat from which he would improve the lives of his fellow americans. the people of the home state had collected edward brooke to be its eattorney general and the first african-american to serve as any state's attorney general. john kennedy exclaimed, "that is the biggest news in the country purpl." we gather under this dome to present senator brooke with the congressional gold medal, the highest civilian award to a half years after senat

>> house mirity leader john boehner was noinvited to this week's jo summit, along wh others, including the u. chamber ocommerce. the labor department reported on friday tha the unemployment rate has fallen for the first time since dember 2007 to 1, charles. >> obviously, the job mmit work. [laughter] in one day der what presidency would we have seen something like that? perhaps he really god. >> i mean, tell the people in michigan tt unemployment has fallen. it will not pay attenti to you. >> if there

among those attending was president obama, john boehner.itol rotunda, this is one and a half hours. >> president of the united states. [applause] xd[applause] >> latest angela merkel, majority leader of the united states senate, -- ladies and salomon, harry reid. -- the ladies and gentlemen, harry reid. >> please be seated. november 6, 1962 was a special day for president john kennedy. it was the day his brother ted won his old seat in the united states senate, the seat he would hold for the next 46 years, until just two months ago. a seed from which he would really improve the lives of his -- a seat from which he would improve the lives of his fellow americans. the people of the home state had collected edward brooke to be its eattorney general and the first african-american to serve as any state's attorney general. john kennedy exclaimed, "that is the biggest news in the country purpl." we gather under this dome to present senator brooke with the congressional gold medal, the highest civilian award to a half years after senator kennedy in

john boehner, a patriot, he is the one we follow and listen to. you for all of your calls. in the house of representatives will begin its legislative business.

jeff boehner republican line. caller: "the meltdown this one is by dr. thomas woods jr.e is a senior fellow, austrian economics. for those who do not know, he follows the same line of thought as a doctor thank you for taking my call. -- as dr. paul. they saw the great depression before it hit. dr. thomas lays out a good case, farewell how government created this. he eviscerates the government that allowed this to a corporate host: thank you for the import. your favorite book of 2009 precurso. caller: "the greatest show on earth." i am amazed that people are citing the bible as a nonfiction book. host: thank you for your call. this is the cover of richard dawkins' book. we covered "the invention of tair." here's a look at his comments. " i stumbled across this story. i heard of him as the guy who discovered oxygen for the first time. that is his reputation. it is strange. he did not do it first and the kind of got it wrong in some fundamental ways. but that line has a kind of stuck with him. his wikipedia entry is that he's the guy who discovered oxygen. i found out anoth

here is john boehner from yesterday.this is under 15 minutes. 220 economists say instead of spending more stimulus money, we need to get spending under control in washington to help create jobs and get our economy moving again these economists know that we don't need to spend money on ineffective government programs like this senate stimulus that passed last night and the american people, i think, agree. the white house has said the president next year will get real serious about reducing the deficit. mr. president, actions speak louder than words. all year long, the president has post budget-busting legislation. the deficit is being piled up on the backs of our kids and grandkids. it includes $150 billion that was passed last night. i saw that nancy pelosi left town quickly yesterday, declaring she is already in campaign mode. tell that to millions of americans who are asking where the jobs are. right now, we have double-digit unemployment. we have red ink as far as the eye can see, permanent bailout, and no long-term p

i will say i do think that -- i mean, even the leader boehner said that he would like to be there tosupport a plan for jobs. so i think that's certainly a positive to we hope that there will be bipartisan help and support for dealing with something that we know it affects everybody. >> which of these charts was the one that the president showed john boehner? >> this one. but i mean, this is what everybody in the meeting salles. this again is just -- this is a chart we've used before. as you guys know, where these lines go from solid to adopt it is where it's marked by that -- by that the chang committee that the recession ended. so you see that the point at which the recession ends is -- and this is not updated, that shows you that in the most to previous examples, 1990 and 2001, when the recession ended, wasn't the bottom of the jobs picture. again, it just gives you a sense of the type of problem in employment that we have facing our country -- why the president believes we need to take strong action. plus i just wanted to use the board. [laughter] >> robert, two questions. the fir

i will say do i think that -- i mean, even leader boehner said that he would like to be there to supportn for jobs. so i think that's certainly a positive development. we hopeÑi that there will be bipartisan help and support for dealing with something that we know affects everyone. >> it was the one that the president showed john boehner. >> this one. this is what everybody in the meeting saw. this, again, is just -- this is a chart we've used before. as you guys know, where these lines go from solid to dotted is where it's marked that by the data committee that the is he regulation -- recession ended. the point where the recession ends -- this is not updated. but shows you that in the most two previous examples, 1990 and 2001, when the quote-unquote recession ended wasn't the bottom of the jobs picture. again, just gives you a sense of the type of problem in employment that we have facing our country, why the president believes we need to take strong action. plus i just wanted to use the board. go. >> two questions. the first one on the bipartisanship issue. i mean, you have the preside

not blue america, that hasn't worked out, not his fault, as long as you have a congress run by john boehner and nancy pelosi you're going to have a partisan congress, as long as you promote your leadership on the basis of fund-raising you're going to have this. i don't necessarily blame him but it hasn't worked out. >> brown: bad year, indifferent year? >> it was not a happy year -- the pledge of the campaign to be transparent -- obviously couldn't be fulfilled on health care -- to the degree it was, it was a problem, and to bring a new era had in washington. i think that's the biggest disappointment. i do not fault the president for that. i think that is a decision that has been made on the other side -- the house has never been a place of great collegiality, nancy pelosi did, i think, a remarkable job in passing climate change and passing health care but the senate is -- is really a far more brutal place than it's ever been. they have used the filibuster more in this session of congress, than they did in the entire decade of the 1960's when it was changing the civil rights law. >> brown:

boehner from ohio. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. boehner: madam speaker, my colleagues, it's been quite a year. this house has been on a spending spree and a regulatory spree and a bailout spree that i could never have imagined in any of my prior 18 years here in congress. it was a $1 trillion spending plan was supposed to be about creating jobs and turned into nothing more than big government spending. a budget that had trillion-dollar deficits on average for as far as the eye can see. a $1 trillion national energy tax that's going to create this giant bureaucracy and tax americans over their gasoline, their electricity and everything else that moves in america. then we have the nearly $1 trillion government takeover of our health care system. and people wonder why employers are frozen, why they're not hiring more employees when all of this is coming down the pike. if all that wasn't bad enough, we have no idea what's going to happen to tax rates. there have been suggestions that increased taxes in many of the bills that have passe

boehner, there has been a lot of talk about liberals in this administration.something the republicans can or will exploit? >> they do seem to be having a field day with each other, tearing each other apart. i have read all of these headlines. all i know is republicans will continue to stand on principle. we are going to continue to offer what we think are better solutions to the problems americans care about. and if the democrats want to tear themselves apart, so be it. >> speaker pelosi said yesterday -- the president made a case for sending more troops to afghanistan. [unintelligible] does that mean he will have to depend on new? >> i think the president made a responsible decision with regard to our plan to succeed in afghanistan. and i will work to make sure that our troops did everything they need in order to succeed. the nine the taliban and al- qaeda a safe haven in afghanistan from which to train, plant, and executed tax on americans here and abroad -- train, plan, and execute attacks on americans here and abroad cannot be allowed to happen. i will do

boehner: we're broke. we're broke. america's broke. all year long our friends across the aisle have been on this massive spending spree that our nation can't afford. we have a trillion stimulus bill that was supposed to create jobs immediately and yet unemployment is now 10% of america. three million people have lost their jobs since the bill was signed into law. we passed a budget that's going to double the national debt in five years, triple it in 10 years. we have a $12 trillion national debt. we brought a national energy tax bill to the floor that's going to cost $1 trillion. passed of it. the health care bill here several weeks ago, another trillion dollars, passed it. when are they going to say enough is enough? here we are today, wrapping six appropriation bills together. we are going to spend half a trillion dollars, and it's got over 5,000 earmarks in the bill. things like $292,000 for the elimination of slum and blight in scranton, pennsylvania. $300,000 for a music and education program at new york city's carnegie hall where

signed sincerely, john boehner, republican leader. the chair: the chair lays before the house, the following personal requests. the clerk: leaves of absence requested for ms. baldwin of wisconsin for today, mr. mica of florida for today until 6:00 p.m., and ms. slaughter of new york for today after 7:00 p.m. and the balance of the week. the clerk: without objection. requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders theertoffer entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. poe, december 17, for five minutes, mr. jones, december 17 for five minutes, mr. burton, december 14, 15, 16, and 17, five minutes each. and mr. paul, december 15, 16, and 17 for five minutes each. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from the northern marianas islands rise? mr. sablan: i ask unanimou

[applause] >> more about job creation and the economy with house minority leader john boehner. this is 10 minutes. >> it has been our pleasure to meet with a group of economists to talk about our economy and where it is today. the problems it is facing, and the potential solutions to help get people back to work. 3 million americans have lost their jobs this year alone. the biggest problem that we heard from our economist with regard to why employers aren't hiring is all the job killing policies offered by this administration and this congress. and creating an awful lot of uncertainty for american employers. in addition to that, not knowing what the tax rates are going to be, with all the tax increases proposed this year, employers don't know what the effective tax rate is going to be. without having some idea of what the cost is going to be. the former congressional budget office director. >> i think he has given an eloquent summary of what small businesses face in the united states to create jobs. the underlying theme leads to greater national debt. the congressional budget o

is leader boehner here? i'm sure they have more work to do, better than what they did yesterday.i don't know if bob dole is here and elizabeth, but thank you to my colleagues for being here. and elizabeth? thank you for being there. dianne feinstein, chris dodd, i appreciate you. my colleagues from mississippi, i did not know they had to be white hair -- and had have white-haired be a senator from mississippi. [laughter] my dad always accuse me of putting something on my here anyway. you mentioned hillary, my colleague. i see chuck schumer sitting back there. after 9/11, we went to new york. we are all new yorkers, and we're going to do our part. we will do what it takes to make new york city recover. it was way over the top, but i said, it sounded like a good idea to me. we got it done. he knows what i am talking about. [laughter] sometimes, it is better you don't know the details. but then, after katrina, in many ways our hearts were broken. it was such a devastating experience. we lost our home. it was tough to go down there and see what happened. we were working on appropriat

jeff boehner republican line. caller: "the meltdown this one is by dr. thomas woods jr.e is a senior fellow, austrian economics. for those who do not know, he follows the same line of thought as a doctor thank you for taking my call. -- as dr. paul. they saw the great depression before it hit. dr. thomas lays out a good case, farewell how government created this. he eviscerates the government that allowed this to a corporate host: thank you for the import. your favorite book of 2009 precurso. caller: "the greatest show on earth." i am amazed that people are citing the bible as a nonfiction book. host: thank you for your call. this is the cover of richard dawkins' book. we covered "the invention of tair." here's a look at his comments. " i stumbled across this story. i heard of him as the guy who discovered oxygen for the first time. that is his reputation. it is strange. he did not do it first and the kind of got it wrong in some fundamental ways. but that line has a kind of stuck with him. his wikipedia entry is that he's the guy who discovered oxygen. i found out anoth

john boehner. >> mrs.guests, and my colleagues, let me first say a big thank you to the california delegation for all their efforts in making this day possible. on october 27, 1964, ronald reagan gave a nationally televised address supporting barry goldwater, the republican nominee for president. while goldwater was later defeated by lyndon johnson, many americans watching that they immediately sensed that reagan would one day become president. the title of reagan's speech was "a time for choosing." he crystallized the voices for voters. when people look for self- government, or would they submit themselves to being ruled by elites in a far distant capital? his polka at social engineers was accompanied by a vigorous defense of america's greatest abroad. he reminded americans that they did have a rendezvous with destiny. as california governor in the 1960's and 1970's, ronald reagan proved over and over that he had the mind of a committed conservative, and the temperament of an extraordinary leader. as pres

included serving as the chairman of the american energy solutions group , appointed by a leader john boehnerto develop strategy for countering democrat plans for a national energy tax and developing, as we did, the republican alternative in the form of the american energy act. we meet under the various offices today. we are gathered here today at the outset of the copenhagen conference on climate change to deliver a very simple message. that is in the worst recession in 26 years. in the absence of a national consensus, about policies that would bear upon the category known as climate change, we gather here to say mr. president, don't make promises in copenhagen we cannot keep. the president issued a refrain on the treaty negotiations in copenhagen, making commitments at copenhagen. against a backdrop of this wide scandal known as climate gate and in the absence of a national consensus. we know the administration is doing its level best to strengthen the president's hand as it goes to copenhagen yesterday, a naked attempt at engaging in international public-relations on the back of the americ

president was meeting with business leaders and economists at the white house, and minority leader john boehners own summit and met with reporters after his conversation. >> the nation's largest organization representing employers, and the fact that they are not at the white house, gives some indication that they are considering policies that are not going to help employers be more competent about the future of the economy, and therefore, but employers in a position where they are not going to hire more people. i used to run a business before i stumbled into this political arena. i'm beginning to scratch my head and wonder why. but i know what it takes to meet a payroll, what it means to create jobs. without certainty, without some confidence about what tomorrow is going to bring, i am not going to move. when you look at all of these policies that are being proposed and the tax rates that are so uncertain, it is no surprise to any of us that employers continue to do nothing. host: bill dunkelberg, what policies and it is right now are hindering small businesses? -- what policies in place right

first-come but i want to think the leadership and the house and senate leader boehner and senator mcconnell for their extraordinary efforts under difficult circumstances get to under the proposals that we thought would go along way to address these concerns which business owners have which comes back to health care. they made several attempts certainly to stop this madness the lurch of the government takeover of the health care system and to work with republicans. i have heard time and time again buy just have not seen a. what we have met with legislatively is winding and complaining and noise about republican and obstructing and blocking health care reform. while we have been talking about creating a patient doctors interred bottom-up process that is more reflective of the concerns with respect to cost especially and other concerns that the citizens have out there. in case there has been any confusion about where the republicans in the house and senate are or have been for four or five months now, on health care, i have a list of 10 steps the we have proposed reform ideas that we thought a

host: minority leader boehner on the bill on health care. >> now speaker pelosi is pressing ahead with1.3 trillion government takeover of health care. we believe that her health care bill will destroy 5 1/2 million jobs in our country. according to a methodology developed by the president's senior economic advisor. the congressional budget office has estimated that our plan will lower health care and make it more affordable and create jobs in america. in contrast, the speaker's bill includes job-killing taxes and mandates that will hurt small businesses. and for the sake of our families and small businesses, this job-killing bill needs to be defeated. host: and that was from november. we have someone on twitter who asks this question about medicare, specifically. identifies himself as old sarg, how can the medicare savings pay for for new programs, e.g., reduce deficit and extend medicare trust fund at the same time? guest: you can't double count that. one of the things about the medicare savings is that those medicare savings are not being used to cut benefits to seniors. those are me

president was meeting with business leaders and economists at the white house, and minority leader john boehner own summit and met with reporters after his conversation. >> the nation's largest organization representing employers, and the fact that they are not at the white house, gives some indication that they are considering policies that are not going to help employers be more competent about the future of the economy, and therefore, but employers in a position where they are not going to hire more people. i used to run a business before i stumbled into this political arena. i'm beginning to scratch my head and wonder why. but i know what it takes to meet a payroll, what it means to create jobs. without certainty, without some confidence about what tomorrow is going to bring, i am not going to move. when you look at all of these policies that are being proposed and the tax rates that are so uncertain, it is no surprise to any of us that employers continue to do nothing. host: bill dunkelberg, what policies and it is right now are hindering small businesses? -- what policies in place right n

boehner, republican leader.the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? mr. mr. perlmutter: by direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 956 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 138. house resolution 956. resolved, that at any time after the adoption of this resolution, the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill h.r. 4173, to provide for financial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance federal understanding of insurance issues, to regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets, and for other purposes. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule 21. the amendment printed in the

john boehner. >> mrs.olleagues, let me first say a big thank you to the california delegation for all their efforts in making this day possible. on october 27, 1964, ronald reagan gave a nationally televised address supporting barry goldwater, the republican nominee for president. while goldwater was later defeated by lyndon johnson, many americans watching that they immediately sensed that reagan would one day become president. the title of reagan's speech was "a time for choosing." he crystallized the voices for voters. when people look for self- government, or would they submit themselves to being ruled by elites in a far distant capital? his polka at social engineers was accompanied by a vigorous defense of america's greatest abroad. he reminded americans that they did have a rendezvous with destiny. as california governor in the 1960's and 1970's, ronald reagan proved over and over that he had the mind of a committed conservative, and the temperament of an extraordinary leader. as president, reagan di

host: minority leader boehner on the bill on health care. >> now speaker pelosi is pressing ahead with3 trillion government takeover of health care. we believe that her health care bill will destroy 5 1/2 million jobs in our country. according to a methodology developed by the president's senior economic advisor. the congressional budget office has estimated that our plan will lower health care and make it more affordable and create jobs in america. in contrast, the speaker's bill includes job-killing taxes and mandates that will hurt small businesses. and for the sake of our families and small businesses, this job-killing bill needs to be defeated. host: and that was from november. we have someone on twitter who asks this question about medicare, specifically. identifies himself as old sarg, how can the medicare savings pay for for new programs, e.g., reduce deficit and extend medicare trust fund at the same time? guest: you can't double count that. one of the things about the medicare savings is that those medicare savings are not being used to cut benefits to seniors. those are medi

john boehner hosted a discussion today on the economy. he joined a group of economists to speak with reporters. this is under 10 minutes. >> it has been our pleasure to meet with a group of noted economists to talk about our economy, where it is today, the problems it is facing, and potential solutions to help get people back to work. unemployment is now over 10 is%. 3 million americans have lost their jobs this year alone. the biggest problem that we heard from our economists as to why employers are not hiring -- it is all the job killing policies that are being offered by this congress. it is creating an awful lot of uncertainty for employers. in addition, not knowing what the tax rates are going to be with the increases that have been proposed not enacted, employers do not know what the effect will be. as a result, you cannot make a decision about reinvesting in their company without having some idea of what that cost will be. one of our economists that was here today and who was an adviser to the mccain campaign -- >> he has given an

had chance to read it all yet -- i would echo my friend from the hours ago republican leader john boehner, who requested the president uphold his campaign program to go through the budget line by line and eliminate irresponsible and wasteful spending. i can assure my colleagues that we will go through this, and we will identify those earmarks, and we will bring them to the attention of our colleagues, and we will, undoubtedly, because of these spending increases and earmarks and bad policy, attempt to defeat this legislation. mr. president, finally, i wanted to make lerches to some comments that i -- make reference to some comments that i saw delivered by the chair of the white house council of economic advisors. as i was drinking my coffee and watching tv a couple of days ago, this was on cnn's "america morning" program. i was rather startled. she said, "getting rid of the jobs deficit and budget deficit, two big problems that we inherited and absolutely have to deal with." well, it is true, mr. president, that on january 20 of this year, when president obama took office, we had a defici

boehner said on this court that the recession is over. i think what he meant was, the economists say we have bottomed out and we are coming up. i suggest we have bottomed out because we have not only passed a bill that you and i voted for, but we passed a bill you did not vote for, and that is the recovery and reinvestment act. since that time, we have created 1.4 million jobs. the gdp for the first time since the third quarter of 2008 has grown, actually 2007, has grown. where it was in the last quarter of the last administration, a 6.4% decrease. it is a little over 89 point turnaround. that is good news for the economy. . ood news for the economy but there are a lot of people still struggling. and so, yes, we believe that we need to have a jobs bill and we think it's appropriate to address the funds that we've already authorized, not new funds, that we've already authorized to try to bring this economy back, to not just look at it globally but to look at individuals who are hurting, who individuals who are hurting, who want to apply t

. >> host: for perspective, minority leader boehner on the bill, health care. >> now speaker nancy pelosis pressing ahead with her $1.3 trillion government overof health care. we believe that her health care bill will destroy 5.5 million jobs in our country. according to a methodology developed by the president's senior economic advisor. the congressional budget office estimated our plan will lower premiums up to 10% for small businesses, which will make health care more affordable and, help create jobs in america. in contrast the speaker's bill, includes job-killing taxes and mandates that will hurt small businesses. and for the sake of our families and small businesses, this job-killing bill needs to be defeated. >> host: that was from november. we have someone oner who asks this question about medicare specifically. this is identify him settle as old sarge how can the medicare savings pay for new programs, eg, reduce deficit and extend the medicare trust fund at the same time? >> guest: that is interesting question. actually there was some discussion today that the congressional budget

you hear from republicans john boehner and eric kanter. here is nancy pelosi and senate majority leader harry reid. this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon. we just had a very productive bipartisan meeting with the president of the united states produce the center focus of the jobless job creation -- united states. the center focus of the meeting was job creation. we all know that job creation is central to the president's budget and to its economy. the recovery package saved our country from a free fall at the beginning of the year. it created many new jobs. it passed in the spring. it was to grow our economy. lower taxes. reduce our deficit. energy, education, and healthcare are the three points of the bill. [unintelligible] there are a wide range of subjects to discuss, how we can invest not in the developing infrastructure of our country, including water projects. we talked about assisting state and localities to they can meet their budget needs. we have a heavy focus on small business. i think it is possible for us to provide some, but

boehner, said on this floor, it's over. the session's over. i think what he meant was, correctly, that the economists say essentially we have bottomed out and we're coming up. i suggest to you we bottom the outside -- bottomed out because we not only passed bills you and i voted for but we passed a bill that you didn't vote for and that's the recovery and reinvestment act. since that time we've created 6 00,000 to 1.4 million jobs according to the c.b.o. the g.d.p. for the first time since the third quarter of 2008 has grown, actually 2007, has grown. where it was in the last quarter of the last administration, 6.4 decrease, it grew 2.8%, that's almost a nine-point turnaround. that's good news for the economy but there are a lot of people still struggling. and so, yes, we believe that we need to have a jobs bill and we think it's appropriate to address the funds that we've already authorized, not new funds, that we've already authorized to try to bring this economy back, to not just look at it globally but to look at individuals who are hurtin

boehner were you invited to the white house, were any republicans? >> i know i was not invited. [unintelligible] >> the tarp money was intended to solve an economic emergency in the financial sector and now that that money is being paid back, it should be used to lower the federal budget deficit and the national debt. and this idea that we're going to take this -- this money, that is being paid back to the government and then turn around and spend it on useless government programs is a -- is a very big mistake. >> i have a question. >> thank you. >> senators are continuing their debate of the health care bill through the weekend. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captions performed by the national captioning institute] >> mr. president, i believe ben bernanke should not reappointed. i place a held on his nomination. and mr. president, everybody in this country understands we're at the midst of the worst economic crisis since the great depression. we're looking at 17% of our people being either unemployed or underemployed. and we are looking at -- at avera