mr. defazio was saying. this country's in bad financial shape, we're losing jobs every day and what we need to do is concentrate on this country itself. read just another comment, madam speaker, this is from h.m. 2, a corpseman with combat logistics regiment 27 said he doubted a proposed time line would see troops out of afghanistan. madam speaker, the number of our troops with ptsd, with t.b.i. and with mental depression and anxiety is growing each and every day. again, i've gotten to know many of the marines down at camp lejeune from privates all the way up to generals. they'll go and fight for this country, they want to do everything they can to defend this country and they'd give their life, but we need to take into consideration the stress that we're putting on these troops. there's another article i want to make brief reference to that was in "the new york times," december 3, by nicholas chris to have, it's called "johnson, gorbachev and obama." it's about the vietnam war, it's about the russians invol

mr. defazio, for five minutes. mr. defazio: the president brought the jobs summit to a very unfortunate and unfortunately ill-informed close in a summary statement. the president is skeptical about shovel ready projects. he said the term shovel ready, let's be honest, it doesn't always live up to it. if he's talking about infrastructure he's right. the department of energy, they managed to commit a tiny fraction of the money in the stimulus bill, and that would save thousands of jobs. yeah. unfortunately, there are jobs in china making windmills that will be shipped to the united states of america. not exactly what we had in mind. maybe the tax cuts. all across america people every week are greatful for their tax cut. no, actually they don't know they get a minuscule reduction in their withholding and that's supposed to rebuild our economy. there were seven times tax cuts than there was for transportation. i think the president is very ill-advised by a predged group of economic advisors for -- by a prejudiced group of e

mr. defazio of oregon for five minutes, ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes, mr. grayson for five minutes and mr. spratt of south carolina for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. conyers of michigan. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? ms. kaptur: permission to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. ms. kaptur: mr. speaker, the job market is bleak. a major reason is that bank credit is frozen in this country still. business can't get loans to hire and function. the federal deposit insurance corporation reports that lending has declined for the last five consecutive quarters. this chart demonstrates that. it was in the "washington post" yesterday, because credit in the real banking sector has dried up. i'm not talking about the political tarp bailout

mr. defazio of oregon, ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes and mr.zh massa of new york for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009 and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. altmire of pennsylvania. mr. altmire: i rise to pay tribute to bobby bowden. he will retire following the gator bowl following football's most successful coaches. many of us may not realize he was an outstanding football player in his own right. he graduated from high school in birmingham and played for the university of alabama before transferring to howard college, now stanford university. after college, he worked his way up to become head coach for four years at standford and was head coach for six years at west virginia, but 34 years as head coach of florida state where he will be most remembered. in 1976, he took the rins of the team that had gone winless the previous season and he built one of the power houses of mo

mr. defazio of oregon. mr. doggett of texas. ms. kaptur of ohio. mr. grayson of florida. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. wolf, virginia. ms. lee, california. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous consent to claim the time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: thank you, madam speaker. first, i want to commend president obama for thinking long and hard about the course he believes the united states should take in afghanistan. that kind of deliberation is a welcome change from the previous administration. i also want to commend him for making it crystal clear that the united states of america condemns torture. unfortunately, on th

mr. defazio of oregon, mr. langevin of rhode island, mr. murphy of connecticut, ms. dahlkemper from pennsylvania, ms. woolsey of california, mr. is a plan from the northern marianne nass islands, ms. kaptur from -- northern marianas islands, ms. kaptur, and mr. stupak of michigan. the chair: without objection. the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. . ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, i rise today to reinforce the call to action by the american people. as we watch the recovery grow and wall street strive, the american people need an answer to unemployment. i will be introducing legislation to provide one year training for those individuals out of work and be allowed to keep their unemployment and keep a stipend. i believe as a member of the new jobs caucus that is led by members from chicago and from ohio and members from around the nation, that we need to expand our domestic energy resources by exploring natural gas. i also believe it is important to address those individuals who have been chronicically unemployed. in addition, i support the durbin-

mr. defazio of oregon. mr. poe of texas. ms. ros-lehtinen: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to claim mr. poe's time at this time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the lady from florida is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: 62 years ago on november 29, 1947, the united nations did something it should be very proud of, that day, the united nations general assembly voted overwhelmingly to authorize the creation of a jewish state, paving the way of a democratic state of israel. since then the path of the u.n. and israel have difficult verged. israel's freedom, democracy and prosperity are a model for the region and the world. the u.n., however, has abandoned its founding principles, has been manipulated and coerced by dictatorship, dictatorship after dictatorship and been plagued by mismanagement. no where has the misguided path of the u.n. been more evident than in its bias towards israel. this week, instead of commemorating israel's beginnings and achievements, the u.n. repeated its ritual of mourning israel's existence by adopting six an

mr. defazio of oregon. ms. kaptur from ohio. mr. grayson of florida. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from california, mr. lungren, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. lungren: thank you very much, mr. speaker. earlier, the majority leader in his dialogue with the republican whip stated that perhaps the reason that republicans were relieved of their responsibility of being the majority in the house of representatives was because of the substance of legislation considered at that time, rather than procedure. well, i'm not going to quarrel with the majority leader, but i would like to change our debate from the past to the present and future. i would like to examine some common themes that are running through the substance of the legislation that's been presented on this floor during this year. i might say that my desire to have this hour today was prompted by a discussion i had with a member of my constituency, a woman living in my district who came up to me at my last town hall

mr. defazio, oregon, ms. kaptur, ohio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. ms. woolsey from california. the gentlewoman may proceed. ms. woolsey: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, president obama will talk to the american people about afghanistan tonight. etion expected to announce a major new escalation of the conflict. i believe the president's apparent decision to send tens of thousands more troops to afghanistan is a mistake and i believe that because the past year has taught us that there is no military solution to afghanistan. that's why i've urged the president to change our mission and to emphasize diplomacy, economic development and humanitarian aid as the best way to stop vie -- violent extremism in afghanistan. as a californian, i'm proud to say that the california democratic party has passed a resolution that also urges president obama to change course in afghanistan. i want to recognize

mr. defazio of oregon for five minutes, ms. kaptur for five minutes, mr. grayson of florida for five minutes and mr. spratt of south carolina for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? mr. scott: mr. speaker, i now ask that this house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye.. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. accordingly, the house stands >> you can read this sentence health care bill on line and c- span.org and follow live coverage at 10:00 a.m. on c- span2. next on c-span, general david petraeus testifies about the war in afghanistan. later, president obama meets with congressional leaders to discuss job creation. and the senate homeland security committee looks into efforts to keep terrorists out of the transportation system. now, general petraeus. he testified on capitol hill about obama's plan to send an additional 30,000 troops to afghanistan. he is joined at the senate foreign relatio

mr. defazio from oregon. for what purpose does the gentleman from vermont rise? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. welch: thank you. madam speaker, i wanted to address the question of afghanistan. the president was confronted with the very serious and difficult decision and the decision that he made as america knows is to increase the troop strength by 30,000 stroops, also seek support for an additional 10,000 troops from allies. the question really that confronts america as well as the president is this, what is the best strategy to protect our homeland from another attack that would be perpetrated by and inspired by al qaeda? the question is, whether having a military force of occupation, now 100,000 troops or soon to be 100,000 troops from the united states of america, in afghanistan, doing nation building is a sustainable strategy that will be the one that can protect america from a future attack? i believe that it is not. there's a cou

mr. defazio from oregon for five minutes. and ms. kaptur from ohio for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on december 7, 2009, at 9:31 a.m. that the senate agreed to senate resolution 370. with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, lorraine c. miller, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. poe of texas. woolsy, california. jones, north carolina. defazio, oregon. deal from georgia. kaptur from ohio. moran from kansas. burton from indiana. and ros-lehtinen from florida. under the speaker's announced policy o