thank you a guinta rec and park for your support over the years. >> thank you. we're expecting the release of the 2010-2011 annual report, prepared by the city services auditor. while i do not want to steal their thunder, we will be back a month from now with analysis on the report. we're very pleased with the findings. we're holding steady our overall scores, and they dropped about 1% this year. the last two years have been the two highest years of scores the we have had since the study began. we saw improvements in some critical areas of focus for step, which is restrooms, athletics, sports, and playgrounds. we have seen an increase in scores in one of our historically low performing park service areas. we're pleased. the report is expected to be finalized this week, and we will be back in december with a more thorough analysis. speaking about standing park maintenance work, and i have the distinct pleasure of announcing that, i take it was monday, we were given the news that steve castillo, our golf and turf manager has won an award of excellence. as the mana

guinta from new hampshire, as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. guinta: thank you, mr. chairman, for yielding me the time. mr. speaker, i rise to have my voice -- add to my voluntary -- voice to those calling for the change of living adjustment for veterans. as americans prepare to observe veterans day next week, it is appropriate that this body is preparing to vote on the veterans' compensation cost of living adjustment act. mr. speaker, this bill would provide a much-needed 3.6% increase in benefits to our veterans, their children and surviving spouses. the men and women of america's armed forces answered our call when the country had asked. now we must do the same for them. my state, new hampshire, has the sixth -- the country's six th largest percentage of veterans by population. nearly 128,000 former service men and women call granite state home. many of them are hurting, the national unemployment rate among veterans is over 13%, more than 4% higher than the general population. it's wh

guinta: one thing we can do as a body is bring bills to this floor as asked. the leadership that mr. mccarthy and ms. waters have demonstrated is an opportunity for this company to get greater access to capital to get innovators and job creators the ability to hire quicker. for those like our own dean cayman, to continue to find the next revolutionary way to change our state and our nation. this is a great opportunity for us to reform an old piece of legislation going back to 1933, update it to make sure it's required required standards of 2011 for the new job creators of tomorrow. i'm thrilled to support it and i look fwar to more job creation bills that come to this floor for us to vote on and get our country moving in the right direction. i yield back. sproy the gentleman from california. mr. mccarthy: this bill represents an important step toward up leashing the possibilities of entrepreneur or small business. an entrepreneur never takes a job from someone, he only creates them. i urge my colleagues to support the underlying bill and i yield back. the spea