mr. garamendi: ms. jackson lee, you talked about investments and about the international aspects of our economy, and mr. tonko, you were so correct when you talk about what happens when those infrastructures are not there. now in the american jobs act, which we ought to be working on and passing, there is $50 billion over and above the ongoing money, this is new money, additional money, that would be immediately available to restore the coastal areas they have united states, rebuild the infrastructure in those areas that have been hard hit by the floods of this year, to improve the 100-year-old plus bridges in america, those are all things that we need to move our economy. we talked earlier, ms. sutton from ohio, about the sanitation and water systems, each and every one of these should be framed in such a way as to create american jobs. not just the construction jobs, but the rest of the story, which is the concrete, the steel, the bolt the bumps, all those things that go into the infrastructure can and

mr. garamendi: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced spoil of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. goodlatte: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this afternoon, we're going to talk about a very important development here in the house of representatives. in fact, in the entire congress, because of the vote this summer on the budget control act, we are going to have in both the house and senate for the first time in about 15 years a vote on a balanced budget amendment to the united states constitution. the last time we did this was on march 2, 1995. actually the house had already passed it with 300 bipartisan votes, and it was brought to the senate floor on that day. the u.s. senate failed by one vote to send a balanced budget amendment to the states for ratification. the amendment had passed the house by the required 2/3 majority previously and the senate vote was the last legislative hur

mr. garamendi: mr. speaker, thank you very much. we're going to spend the next hour talking about what's on the minds of most every american. jobs. how do we get a job? what's it going to take to finally go back to work? there's a lot of pain out there and there's a lot of suffering and people really wonder what this congress is going to do to help alleviate this crisis of unemployment. i want to just share a couple of stories and then ask my colleague from new york to join me, mr. tonko. i was at a meeting that was set up in berkeley, california, as the berkeley lawrence laboratories, one of the premiere laboratories in the united states, and the director of the lab was talking about technology transfer. that is research, the product of that research coming out of the laboratories and then jobs being created from that and new businesses, the entrepreneurial spirit. as he went through his story, i suddenly was so upset, not by the research, not by the technology transfer but rather by the fact that his

mr. garamendi: ms. kaptur? ms. kaptur: american america has been a country of great hope and great progress, and as i like to say, the last four letters in the word american are i can. it's a time of great hope and promise for the american people and what a great pleasure to join my colleagues here this evening. mr. garamendi: i yield back with great thanks to my colleagues. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would entertain a motion for adjournment. mr. tonko: i move that the house 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 adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow for morning they were returning to work with a lot on their plate. what is at the top of the agenda? >> at the very top is what to do with the unresolved, dying appropriations bill. it was not included there. >> what is the plan for getting those remaining spending bills done? >> december

mr. garamendi: thank you, mr. speaker. i would also ask you to take a look at the fact that even with that supermajority vote, california has perpetually run a deficit. because it could not bring into balance the revenues and the outlays, because the outlays were required but the reality of the economy, by the reality of the people. this is a very, very important vote. and i bring to this house my experience of what a supermajority vote has meant to the state of california. mr. speaker, thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from louisiana, dr. fleming, a member of the armed services committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for two minutes. mr. fleming: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, i have listened carefully to the debate today and listening to the other side. mr. speaker, this body is hopelessly addicted to excessive spending and budget deficits. hopelessly. and