kaptur. ohio, 1,864,234 seniors took advantage of the affordable care, 50,178 seniors in ohio took advantage of the discount, the drug discount. it's working. that's exciting. this is legislation that we passed and actually helping the seniors and the economy by putting money back in their pockets rather than in the pockets of the pharmaceutical companies. ms. kaptur: with those seniors, i know the first place they are going to spend the extra dollars after they pay for food, will be on their grandchildren. and all i hope is they don't buy chinese toys this christmas and find a way to buy little outfits that are made at your local craft fair or find candy that is made by a local firm or find ways to spend those dollars wisely because if we do that, spend every dollar wisely, we really lift the economy of this country and put the dollars back in the economy. mr. garamendi: mr. tonko gave me that look, what about new york? what about new york? 1,410,533 new york seniors were able to get free me

kaptur. the jobs are not there. they need help and that's where the unemployment insurance program will help them and simultaneously help the economy, as ms. kaptur pointed out. and we can pay for this. we can pay for this with a fair tax system in america. ms. kaptur: i wanted to comment obliquely based on what you've been talking about but looking at job creation in a given regionism look at the regions i've been privileged to represent. we have many small companies or medium sized companies, i happened to be speaking with one of them, herzel, a major producer of tomato products. i said, i was looking for your spaghetti sauce in a major fwrosery store and couldn't find it. it's the boast spaghetti sauce i've ever eaten. the owner of the company said you don't understand, marcy. he said, we really aren't allowed on those shelves because one of the big spaghetti sauce manufacturers, i won't mention the name, pays the grocery store a fee to keep all new products off their shelves. and even tho

i know this is a tough thing for you, not to mention congresswoman kaptur.e ask you, what went through your mind, she's the most senior female in the house. she's brought home to ohio more federal dollars than any other state lawmaker. what did you bring to the table that she doesn't have there? >> first of all the seat doesn't belong to me, it belongs to the people. and my approach is always to stand up and speak out on behalf of the economic rights of people and the cleveland area, i've been instrumental in helping to save or create thousands of jobs. people know me as a person that gets involved, everyone else that stands on the sideline that says it can't be done, i get involved in big picture items, helping save a steel milk but people need help, social security, medicare, my office helps people, in some cases, save their lives. so my -- i'm a ka-do person. i'm used to being in tough situations. and it's been the story of my life. landing on my feet. so i'm -- i know that this is a competitive race. >> you know, tonally how is this going to work? he was

kaptur, for five minutes. ms. kaptur: thank you. mr. speaker, it's no secret that wall street is rampant with cases of outright fraud, backroom deals, and very, very special political access. meanwhile, main street is pushing back hard against this tide by investing in our communities and struggling to create jobs so our economy can grow. a steady series of probing news stories have begun to expose the depth of corruption that precip stated the wall street meltdown and why it is so hard for main street to recover. bloom bloomberg just released a story detailing how hank paulson provided special insider information to well connected wall street executives in july of 2008 just before the meltdown. according to bloomberg, on the very same day the former secretary told "the new york times" that he expected the examinations of the federal reserve and the office of comptroller of the currency into fannie mae and freddie mac, would give, and i quote, give a signal of confidence to the markets. he informed a select group of his friends on wall

dennis kucinich will face 14 term congresswoman marcy kaptur. the reason?islature voted earlier to kpin their two districts. we talk about voter i.d. laws which we'll get to later in the show. redistricting is an issue if we're talking about the democratic process. i want to talk -- one thing that seems too defy logic is why states have -- leave it up to the legislature and the party currently in control to redistrict -- basically draw the battle lines. it would seem to serve you not so well depending on where your party is at. >> it's about self-preservation. give it to the legislature to protect themselves and protect their jobs and you would hope idealistically speaking protect the constituents. it's about maintaining power for the individual or individuals or the party that's running things when they happen to be in power every ten years when this happens. >> or both parties, two-party system. they cut deals, right? majority does do thing in majority favor but minority goes along with it. it completely denies voters' choice and makes it hard for third p

marcy kaptur is a congresswoman from toledo, very eloquent on this. don't leave your home.f you get an eviction notice, don't leave. that's the worst thing you can do. when they take you to court, go to court and say to the judge, could the bank please produce the mortgage? the bank can't. because the bank -- and this is where we ended up with the crazy cries that happened in '08 is the bank took your home mortgage, chopped it up a hundred different way, bundled it with a thousand other mortgages, then sold it off to the chinese or the russians or whoever they sold it off to. so the bank cannot produce your mortgage in court. if they can't produce the mortgage, if you've got a decent judge, the judge will say how can we evict them if you can't even prove you the bank actually own the home because of course the bank doesn't own the home any more. so this movement right now, occupy our homes is going to do that. but nobody's asking for a free ride here. nobody want the free lunch for people -- >> but -- a free lunch. >> what's the biggest problem we've got right now, one in f

kaptur, for five minutes. ms. kaptur: i thank the gentleman from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: i apologize. mr. ms. kaptur: numerous stories have come out all detailing corruption and outright fraud on wall street. first there was the recent news about the former secretary of treasury, hank paulson, inappropriately tipping a few key friends from goldman sachs and other wall street tycoons about the impending collapse of fannie mae and freddie mac. so those friends could make money on that insider knowledge. then a federal judge in new york threw out one of the orchestrated settlements between citigroup, which was at the center of the wrongdoing, and the securities and exchange commission that allowed that bank to walk away from cases of fraud without admitting any wrongdoing. this past weekend, "60 minutes" interviewed a former executive vice president at countrywide financial, a giant and duplicitous player in the u.s. mortgage business. this woman was in charge of fraud investigations at the company before the financial crisis. according to her, count

kaptur, who is the -- distinguished gentlewoman from ohio, ms. kaptur. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from ohio is recognized for a minute and a half. ms. kaptur: i thank my dear colleague and friend, mr. dicks, to rise and support this conference report. this bill is welcomed news and helps restore confidence that america can govern. . it is essential to economic grothe and job creation in our country and the bill cuts overall discretionary spending by $7 billion over last year, and also $98 billion less than the president's f.y. 2012 budget proposal. this bill demonstrates the appropriations committee is still one of the few that properly functions in this institution, and i can't thank enough chairman hal rogers and ranking member norm dicks for their bipartisan leadership and hard work along with their staff to bring this house to regular order. this legislation includes vital funding for the defense of our nation and our domestic imperative. the bill includes support for our great lakes ports as in cleveland, low rain, sandusky, and invest

kaptur, who is the -- distinguished gentlewoman from ohio, ms. kaptur.peaker pro tempore: the ntlelady from ohio is recognized for a minute and a half. ms. kaptur: i thank my dear colleague and friend, mr. dicks, to rise and support this conference report. this bill is welcomed news and helps restore confidence that america can govern. . it is essential to economic grothe and job creation in our country and the bill cuts overall discretionary spending by $7 billion over last year, and also $98 billion less than the president's f.y. 2012 budget proposal. this bill donstrates e appropriations committee is still one of the few that properly functions in this institution, and i can't thank enough chairman hal rogers and ranking member norm dicks for their bipartisan leadership and hard work along with their staff to bring this house to regular order. this legislation includes vital funding for the defense of our nation and our domestic imperative. the bill includes support for our great lakes ports as in cleveland, low rain, sandusky, and invest in their inf

kaptur: another crisis courtesy of the bah-humbug republicans. new they resorted to fighting their colleagues in the other body to avoid doing something positive for our -- positive for our country. right now we could be cutting payroll tax, we could be extending jobless benefits and improving a medicare fix for our doctors. the average american family in toledo and cleveland face a tax hike because of the republican game of chicken. american families want their tax cut or their taxes will go up, on average, $1,000. millions of americans need unemployment benefit bus house republicans need to pick a fight. if they can't fight with democrats, who are standing up for middle class, they will fight with their colleagues in the other body. here's what i want for christmas. i want republicans to care half as much about manufacturing jobs in america as they do about manufacturing crises. wouldn't that be a present? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks

kaptur: i rise to address the house for one minute, please. the speaker pro tempore: so granted. ms. kaptur: i want the 2.3 million unemployed americans to know that not all members of this house are heartless. in fact, 193 members of this house stand with the unemployed of this country. the 2.3 million mothers and fathers who have children and families to feed as we move through this very, very poignant holiday season. i hope when we come back in january we can do what's right for america, but we fell 36 votes short. and that's because the republicans -- and i hardly see any of them on the floor at this point -- care more about taking care of those who earn over $1 million than they do about the people who are falling off the edge. i feel sorry for our country today, but you know what, the american people have a way of making the tables or riding the tables when they get sadly out of balance and that moment is coming. i feel sorry for the people who are unemployed. be strong during this season. know that when we return in january we have a chance to correct what sadly was voted