mr. blumenauer from oregon and mrs. jan schakowsky from illinois and a couple of other colleagues who are coming later. what this is is all about government policy. we are ready on the democratic side have taken steps to begin the process of reversing this very awesome and dangerous trend. for example, a year ago, december, we introduced and passed a piece of legislation that took away from american corporations over $12 billion of tax breaks that they received for offshoring jobs. i know it's hard to believe but they were actually getting a tax break for every job that they offshored. those days are significantly reduced. that's just but one example of what we have been working on. i'd like now to just point out to you this logo. those of us in the democratic party here in the caucus keep this on our desk, we've got it on our coughee cups, to remind -- coffee cups, to remind us that it is our mission in the democratic caucus to push for legislation, to create american manufacturing jobs. and we're going to talk about s

mr. blumenauer: reserves. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from missouri, mr. long. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri is recognized for two minutes. mr. long thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today address 1,000 days. i can try to impress you with my knowledge of 1,000 days and tell you things like mark duggerberg could have invented facebook in his dorm room at harvard 71,000 times in 1,000 days. i could tell you you could build .4 empire state buildings in 1,000 days. that doesn't mean anything. the only thing you can do today that i would like to address is what you cannot do in 1,000 days. what can we not do in 1,000 days? the senate cannot pass a budget. i was one of the 87 freshmen that got here last year. i have been here 365-plus days. what happened in that first 600-some days when the democrats controlled all three bodies? the house, the senate, and the white house. they didn't produce a budget in that time. this is an e

mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. we begin the new year on the same sour note with which we ended 2011. fabricated crises which should not have happened but produced real-life consequences. the debt ceiling debacle being number one. the republican presidential candidate is showing a new era of superpacs. even if you are not a republican, it's a sad indictment. we need two constructive, effective, responsible political parties, or at least as close as we can come. it's past time to respond to things that americans need and support. it really doesn't need to be this hard. i would suggest that one test going forward would be dealing with issues that could be supported by both the tea party and the wall street -- occupy wall street protestors. both movements responses to a shared concern that americans are being shortchanged, that america is on a path that is not sustainable and a political process that is unable to respond to their needs. both movements are understandable and have valid concerns. the political process is

mr. blumenauer: i appreciate the gentleman's courtesy in letting me speak on this measure. are dealing with today is a smoke screen to eure the self-inflaketted crisis of confidence that's been unfolding with our friends on the other side of the aisle over the course of this last year. everybody knew that we would honor our debts that had already been incurred. but they fogged the issue, created doubt, pushed to the brink, and this charade today is a result of what was required to help them get off the ledge onto which they had climbed that risked damaging the credibility and credit worthiness of the united states. the issue should be how we spend money. we need to change how we do business. and i think with all due respect, there are things that we could be working on now to make some progress. there is an opportunity to reform our tax system that is complex and unfair. we're just finding out that mr. romney, with hundreds of millions of dollars, pays less in tax than probably the undocumented workers whoorked in his yard. there are opportunities to deal with carried inter

mr. blumenauer: i appreciate the gentleman's courtesy in letting me speak on this measure. what we are dealing with today is a smoke screen to ensure the self-inflaketted crisis of confidence that's been unfolding with our friends on the other side of the aisle over the course of this last year. everybody knew that we would honor our debts that had already been incurred. but they fogged the issue, created doubt, pushed to the brink, and this charade today is a result of what was required to help them get off the ledge onto which they had climbed that risked damaging the credibility and credit worthiness of the united states. the issue should be how we spend money. we need to change how we do business. and i think with all due respect, there are things that we could be working on now to make some progress. there is an opportunity to reform our tax system that is complex and unfair. we're just finding out that mr. romney, with hundreds of millions of dollars, pays less in tax than probably the undocumented workers who worked in his yard. there are opportunities to deal with c

mr. blumenauer: i appreciate the gentleman's courtesy in letting me speak on this measure. what we are dealing with today is a smoke screen to ensure the self-inflaketted crisis of confidence that's been unfolding with our friends on the other side of the aisle over the course of this last year. everybody knew that we would honor our debts that had already been incurred. but they fogged the issue, created doubt, pushed to the brink, and this charade today is a result of what was required to help them get off the ledge onto which they had climbed that risked damaging the credibility and credit worthiness of the united states. the issue should be how we spend money. we need to change how we do business. and i think with all due respect, there are things that we could be working on now to make some progress. there is an opportunity to reform our tax system that is complex and unfair. we're just finding out that mr. romney, with hundreds of millions of dollars, pays less in tax than probably the undocumented workers who worked in his yard. there are opportunities to deal with c