. >> i don't like temporary band-aids congressman fattah. that's what he said about extending the payroll tax cut. >> this has been an invited job from the beginning. the republicans put forth a major, trillion-plus-dollar tax cut, didn't create any federal programs, ran up a debt. so when the president was sworn into office, we were in debt $11 trillion, in the hole when he was sworn in on january 20th just a few years ago. now what they're doing is saying, well, you can't cut taxes. you can't increase taxes. you can't do anything that could move our economy in a positive direction because they know the reagan story. reagan was at 8.5 unemployment at this point, four million jobs created during the election year. he won 49 states. they want to see the economy be in a shape? which it is as dire as possible, and they don't want to see this recovery take hold going into the new year. >> bob, even republicans that are being polled, 58% of them support extending the payroll tax cut. 46% support taxing millionaires. they're not even listening to

fattah. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. fattah: i thank the chairman and most importantly i thank my colleague, chairman frank wolf. it's been an -- we've had an opportunity to work through the issues on this bill and he has afforded every courtesy to the minority as we have worked through this. it's been truly a bipartisan effort and even though there are things we would make different final calculations on, i think that there's nothing else to be said other than truly this is a product that reflects both input from the majority and the minority and i thank chairman wolf and chairman rogers for the courtesies extended. this is a bill that i believe funds the most important agencies of our government, in terms of securing our citizens and in terps of innovation and advancement and technology and science, in terms of dealing with the challenges of severe weather and dealing with our oceans and the navigation of crafts throughout our waterways,s that bill that is critically important and i'm happy to join with others to urge

fattah: thank you. i thank the gentleman from washington state who is the ranking member on the appropriations committee. i thank our chairman, chairman rogers. i'm very pleased that we are having a motion to instruct in that we are moving appropriation bills. but i rise in support of mr. talk's motion to instruct -- dicks' motion to instruct, particularly in support of additional disaster relief and also the cops program. it's critically important that we continue the national decline in crime rates and because of the layoffs or dismissals of over 12,000 police officers, and kt -- and the fact that we have over 30,000 law enforcement jobs that are unfilled today in our country, we see in many cities now a rising level of criminal activity. i want to mention that in new jersey we heard from the gentleman who used to be mayor of paterson, they had to lay off 125 police officers. a fourth of the police force there, and they have experienced a 15% increase in crime. i think that one could draw a correlatio

fattah of pennsylvania for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 201, the gentleman from arkansas -- 2011, the gentleman from arkansas, mr. griffin is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. griffin: thank you, mr. speaker. i have joined some of my colleagues here tonight to talk about the most pressing issue in this country, which is job creation. private sector job creation. what we need to do to get our country back on the path to prosperity and job growth. i had a jobs conference in the second congressional district, my district down in arkansas, in little rock, a couple of weeks ago. we held it at the clinton library. it really was an extension of the 25 or so town halls that i've had this year in that we talked a lot about jobs. and i thought that a jobs conference would be a good idea because who better to ask about job creation than job creators? so we had five panels, over 60 panelists, and

oliver, pastor of arizona, farr, fattah, schiff. -- fatah, schiff. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following enrolled bill. the clerk: senate 1280, an act to amend the peace corps act to require sexual assault risk reduction and response training, the development of a sexual assault policy, the establishment of an office of victim advocacy, the establishment of a sexual assault advisory council and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? mr. bachus: thank you. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on h.r. 2940 and insert extraneous material therein. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? mr. bachus: pursuant to the rule, just adopted, i call up the bill h.r. 2940. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the

fattah: since it's the season of thanksgiving, a child born in our country, we could celebrate it. the truth is not as a young american you are born with all this debt. what you're born is as a citizen of the greatest country anywhere in the world, the most -- the wealthiest, most powerful nation in the world made off of decisions that are being decried here. we could not balance our budget and win world war i or ii or build 40,000 miles of highway, or build the land grant college system. and my church we borrowed a mortgage to build a church, and you pay for it over time. these 49 states that we hear, these imaginary balanced budget amendments, all of those statesboro money. they have a capital budget. they borrow money to build bridges and highways and roads. this nonsense that families don't borrow money to buy homes or cars. republicans in the majority can do better than this. this is not a debate between democrats and republicans. we don't need a balanced budget. we need a budget as a country that retains our leadership position in the world. we don't want to have a balanced b

fattah: since it's the season of thanksgiving, a child born in our country, we could celebrate it.ruth is not as a young american you are born with all this debt. what you're born is as a citizen of the greatest country anywhere in the world, the most -- the wealthiest, most powerful nation in the world made off of decisions that are being decried here. we could not balance our budget and win world war i or ii or build 40,000 miles of highway, or build the land grant college system. and my church we borrowed a mortgage to build a church, and you pay for it over time. these 49 states that we hear, these imaginary balanced budget amendments, all of those statesboro money. they have a capital budget. they borrow money to build bridges and highways and roads. this nonsense that families don't borrow money to buy homes or cars. republicans in the majority can do better than this. this is not a debate between democrats and republicans. we don't need a balanced budget. we need a budget as a country that retains our leadership position in the world. we don't want to have a balanced budget