mr. bilirakis of florida. mr. bilirakis: would like to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. bilirakis: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize duane statz the voice offthe tampa bay rays, broadcasting for over 30 yearssince their%inception. he has 5,000 major league ball games tonight when they pay the padres at trop qana field. i think they just got started. baseball fans have watched and listened to games called by duane as the rays have grown from an expansion team to an american league champions and one of the best teams in major league baseball. prior to joining the rays, duune spent years calling play-by-play for espn, basketball and football as well as for several other major league teams, including houston astros, chicago cubs and new york % yankees. duane begannhis career as a sports reporter while a student at southern illinois university. and at the time, began -- became the youngest active broadcaster when he began calling major

mr. bilirakis: i hosted an america speaking out town hall meeting in florida late last week. city hall was packed with people who are concerned about the direction our country is headed. the message was loud and clear, washington has ignored the voice of the american people and pushed through an agenda that does nothing but grow the size of government and the national debt. madam speaker -- mr. speaker, instead of handing an i.o.u. to future generations, washington should exercise fiscal restraint and produce economic solions that let people and businesses keep more of what they earn so they can innovate, grow, and create jobs to kick start our economy. mr. speake washington can no longer ignore the voice of the people. americans are speaking out and washington needs to listen. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. baca: the economy hadded over 400,000 jobs. s