mr. garamendi: and the transportation structure goes with it. mr. blumenauer, you are rightfully talking about the glories of portland, oregon. however, i want to bring to your attention that street cars are being manufactured in sacramento, california, and i will not let you get away with mentioning this without mentioning my own state. the reason both of these plants are operating goes back to a very important action that the democrats took here in the -- in scran of 2009, shortly after president obama -- in january of 2009, shortly after president obama came into office, the american recovery act was voted on, i wasn't here at the time but my colleagues on the democratic side did, you voted for the american recovery act. in the american recovery act there was a provision for street cars and rail systems, locomotives, that they be manufactured in america. the direct result of that, not speaking to oregon, but in california, the direct result of that is that one of the largest manufacturing companies in the world, siemens, came to sacramento, built

mr. garamendi, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. garamendi: i thank you very much, mr. speaker. it's good to be back and wishing you and all of our colleagues the best of this new year and happy new year. and i hope yours and the other 433 members of this august body had a great holiday season. for many americans, that was not the case, however. unemployment remains high. and fortunately, just before we broke for the christmas holidays, we did pass a piece of legislation that extended the unemployment insurance, and that's really important, and extended for two months, the reduction in the payroll tax, and that put money into the pockets of working men and women around this nation. we have much work to do this year. we just heard a presentation on the keystone pipeline, which will add a few jobs, 6,000 jobs, temporary, building the pipeline. and that's good. the rush to judgment on it, however, should be very cautionly approached. pipelines can be dangerous. look in california where a pipeline exploded and the recent yellowstone cont