mr. boccieri: i think mismanagement and bad -- mr. tonko: i think mismanagement and bad government are totally unacceptable but sound investing, where you're trying to grow back the economy, creating the discipline that was so essential, looking at thh gulf today, understanding that all this heartache could have been avoided had there been some sort ofttes plin where you weren't taking short cuts to perhaps grow that profit column, where you weren't, as the 1997 report required, you weren't investing in technology. so all across the board we see these situations where it was %% just like run on your own, don't let anybody control you or discipline you, we will be there, we'll be your friend, you're a big special interest, now it's like, bringing it back, reining it in. it's like look at the $11.5 trillion deficit that red line goes so deep on that chart. it's obvious to the naked eye with that that something needs to be done differently. we couldn't continue the same policies of the past. i think the contrast is you give back the keys

mr. boccieri.%- mr. boccieri: i thank the ppgentleman for talking about h we can get our economy back on track and put america back to work. we are beginning to see the signs of economic recovery. 10 successive months of manufacturing growth has led to an upturn in manufacturing and our output in ohio and many midwestern states. we're seeing the housing sector improve. the housing sector of the economy is very important to our economy because every recession since the great depression, the housing sector has led us out any downturns in the economy we ever had. if you think about whht goes into building a new home, steel, wood, carpeting and drapes, third car garage, the appliances, there is a lot of economic output, especially with those household products like washers and dryers and the like. so we are beginning to see upturn in the economy because of that. look, we lost a lot oo jobs, millions of jobs under previous economic take us a economic policies and will take us a while to grow back the economy a

mr. boccieri, i don't now if you want to promote your own. we'reeall interested in adding folks to our facebook and twitter accounts so -- mr. boccieri: absolutely. and our website is boccieri.house.gov. please join our facebook there and reeve us -- leave us your comments as well. i enjoyed the conversation and dialogue we had. let's work together to put america back on track. ppamerica has played second pla to no one. we can invest in our greaaestt asset, our work force, and we can do it together. ms. wasserman schultz -- ms. wasserman schultz: we invite our colleague on the other sidd of the aisle to join us to create jobs and restoring the prosperity americans have enjoyed for our entire history. with that, mr. speaker, we yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. . of january 6, 2009,, the chair recognizes the gentleman from iowa mr. king. mr. king: i look at the data and looked at the poster, here is the economy as we know it and a very short snapshoo and billions of chain dollars. i

mr. boccieri. the chair: has one minute and 50 seconds remaining. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. boccieri: thank you, mr. speaker. the people of our country have spoken time and time again. they want less money in politics, not more. and what i hear from our colleagues on the other side is that we should roll back 100 years of legislative action by this body. the regressive decision by the supreme court has turned the keys of electoral government over to big corporations in the united states. make no mistake, it says if the supreme court rolled up to the drive through window and just supersized the campaign contributions of corporate america. in the constitution it says we the people, we the people, not we the corporations, we the people of the united states of america. corporations don't vote in our electoral process. people do. this is about the people of our country and not having their voices drowned out in the electoral process. we need to make sure that the disclose act gives furtherity to make sure that foreign entities don't

mr. boccieri: today, i rise to acknowledge two businesses in my ohio district helping to combat the b.p. disaster in the gulf.%% stanwood boom works is one of 10 companies producing oil booms to help contain spilled oil. boom works has hired 80 new local workerssand producing 250 booms a day. boom works supplied more than 1,000 oil booms for the gulf coast workers aaready and i want to honor their hard work. another local company, a.d.f. materials in worcester, ohio is creating jobs at home and providing solutions for the gulf coast oil spill. a grant helpeddfund research leading to the formation of this company and it currently employs 28 people at two locations and will expand over 100 in the upcoming year. it ii working on producing a more friendly way of separating oil from ocean water in the gulf of mexico. i congratulate both of these companies on their success during these tough economic times and leadership in combating the world's worst oil spill. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentleman rise? mr. gingrey: permission to address the house for one minute revise and

mr. boccieri: we were handed two undeclared underfunded wars. we were in a free fall. greed, unregulated greed on wall street. and now the solutions we hear from the other side is we need to privatize social security to pay for our debt, we need to make sure we apologize to b.p., we need to make americans work harder and work until they're 70. mr. speaker, there's a clear difference. we need regulated reform to make sure that wall street banks are accountable. we need to make sure we move away from our dependence on foreign oil so we stand up to the big insurance companies and provide access to health care for all americans. there's been a clear difference difference for the decisions that we need because we know on this side that leadership is about action, not position. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. quigley: mr. speaker, trade is critically important to our economic well-being. trade p

mr. boccieri and mr. baird. all had outstanding games. so, madam speaker, once again, the coveted roll call trophy stays blue and i'd like to recognize my good friend, the republican manager, joe barton. mr. barton: madam speaker, there have been those on the other side of the aisle that from time to time have spoken of the ungenerosity and the stinginess and the cold-heartedness of the republicans, but the seventh inning last night should put that to rest forever. we were very generous. every man of the republican mind made some effort in generosity of spirit to drop balls, misplace throws go out of their way to make sure that at least on the diamond the democrats would feel good. now, we don't want this to go to your head, though, mr. doyle. that trophy is on loan. if you look at wherever the records are kept, if you win the next 20 in a row there will still be more r wins than d wins. mr. doyle: i have to say my friend is living in the past. mr. barton: so in the spirit of the moment, we cannot say that chairman slaughter ran a closed