and now i will like to introduce doctor crumb donohue. doctor donohue. team trauma recovery using team work community. it's amazing what work they do for our young teens. >> i want to give mad props to george. i heard your story today. i have goose bumps, because i am so proud of you. jeff adachi helping you get there. go prosperous. i think the word that i have been using and i think it's true, it's integrity. if you go with passion. like jeff said in his speech, check yourself at the door and go forward and things will happen. don't try to solve the world a problems by yourself. in you can solve yours, you world will prosper and get better. thanks. so i run the trust clinic. i am one of the pediatricians. about 20 of us. there's a young man sitting here. i know you. from the general. her son is the tallest. i know this is about the schools. we want you to know, we are there at the general to help you. i help work with to 2 trauma surgions. i work in the team clinic. a lot of us know these kids. a lot of these kids are getting shots. 100 people almost g

and a catholic thing, i won't go as far as bill donohue and say that -- bill donohue who is the presidentor chairman or executive director of the catholic league that thinks the "times" is a deeply bigoted newspaper against catholics. i won't go as far as archbishop dolan in saying that, but i will say that the "times" often seem distant from the realities of catholicism. right after i published coloring the news, the second wave of the church sex scandal broke and i was on radio and tv a lot being asked questions about this. and having gone to catholic schools, including a very good catholic high school, then archbishop stefan akin white plains now cardinal stepan mack having diocesan priests some of whom were brought up on charges or however you want to put it, knowing some of my schoolmates who had bad experiences, some of whom actually sued, that the narrative carried in the times was much different from my own personal experience. donohue puts it rather bluntly when he puts the catholic church doesn't have a pedophilia problem. it as a problem. verse about the use of the term pedophi

. >> please welcome tom donohue, president and ceo of the u.s. chamber of commerce. [applause] >> thank you very much, and good morning, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the chamber. i am pleased to officially welcome the 44th president of united states, barack obama. mr. president, your visit today continues a century-old tradition of presidents addressing the chamber, stretching all of the way back to william howard taft, who suggested the creation of this institution in 1912. and we are honored that you are here today to continue that tradition, and, by the way, you probably noticed that next year, we will have our 100th birthday. before you in this historic hall of flags, there are representatives across companies large and small, as well as members of our staff and our very distinguished board. they are here. they are here on behalf of 3 million businesses that make up the chamber of commerce federation. let me add, mr. president, that getting a seat here today was one of the hottest tickets in town. let me reform -- a limit reaffirm the commitment to working wi

and as tom donohue, the president of the united states chamber of commerce has endured, they have cut investment in infrastructure, which would've created tens of thousands of jobs so that unlike the democrats who came into office to stabilize and to build and to create jobs, the republicans who went to the same election we did and heard america's cry for job and growth in the economy, their response has been simply political. we should not be surprised. i want all of you to ask yourselves what was the long-term impact of the contract with america? i think you'd be hard-pressed to say that the bills we are focused on in 1995 made it different than america. and very frankly in the first two months, i think you'd be hard-pressed to say that we've made a a difference for america. that's unfortunate. we want to work with our republican colleagues. and i mean that sincerely. i've had the opportunity during these first two months to sit down for significant periods of time with mr. kantor, the majority leader, with mr. mccarthy, the republican whip, with mr. camp, chairman of the ways and m

. >> ladies and gentlemen, to introduce the president of the united states, please welcome tom donohue, president and ceo of the u.s. chamber of commerce. [applause] >> i am pleased to officially welcome the 44th president of the united states, barack obama. mr. president, your visit today continues a century old tradition of president addressing the chamber stretching all the way back to william howard taft, his suggested the creation of this institution in 1912. we're honored that you are here today to continue that tradition. you probably have noticed that next year, we will have our 100th birthday. before you and this historic call, at our representatives of companies large and small as well as members of our staff and our very distinguished board. they are here on behalf of 3 million businesses and organizations that make up the chamber of commerce federation. let me add, mr. president, that getting a seat here today is one of the hottest tickets in town. let me also reaffirm the american business community's absolute commitment to working with you and your administration to advan

chamber of commerce, thomas donohue, and the president of the a.f.l. coy, richard trumka, issued a rare joint statement applauding this proposal. here's what they said, and i yet. whether it's building roads, bridges, high speed broad band, energy systems in schools, these projects not only create jobs and demand for businesses, they are also an investment in the building -- in building the modern infrastructure our country needs to compete in a global economy. similarly in a study released by the national transportation policy project in january of 2011, douglas eken and marvin watts concluded after extensive analysis concluded, quote, wise investment in infrastructure can provide lasting gains while providing a more immediate stimulus to accelerate the nation's ongoing recovery from a devastating recession. these are exactly the kinds of bipartisan efforts our committee and the congress should be supporting. for this reason, i wrote yesterday to chairman of the committee congressman issa asking that we schedule a hearing on these issues. these job cr

and as tom donohue, the president of the united states chamber of congress has observed, they have cutat, unlike the democrats who came into office to stabilize and to build and to create jobs, the republicans who went through the same election we did and heard america's cry for jobs and growth in the economy, their response has been simply political. we should not be surprised. i want all of you to ask yourselves what was the long-term impact of the contract with america? i think you'll be hard-pressed to say that the bills that were focused on in 1995 made a difference in america. and very frankly, in this the first two months i think you'd be hard-pressed to say that we have made a difference for america. that's unfortunate. we want to work with our republican colleagues. and i mean that sincerely. i've had opportunity during the first two months to sit down for his significant periods of time with mr. kantor, the majority leader. with mr. mccarthy, the republican whip. with mr. camp, chairman of the ways and means committee. and i've had an opportunity to also have a brief discussi