mr. gingrey: i will be glad to yield to the gentleman from texas. mr. edwards: i want to thank the gentleman. i will support his amendment. i want to make it clear there is nothing to my knowledge in this bill intended to allow the exercise of eminent domain without payment of just compensation. but i believe in the principle of just compensation and i'd be glad to support the gentleman's amendment. mr. gingrey: mr. chairman, i would just say -- reclaiming my time, and i thank mr. edwards for that commitment. i certainly appreciate his comments. and again i would urge all of my colleagues to support the amendment. and let's end this abuse of eminent domain. eminent domain is being abused in this definition of which with the help of a very liberal interpretation by the supreme court in some cases has allowed one private entity to benefit over another. and the gentleman from texas says that's the intent of the amendment. with that i am grateful for his support. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. does any member

mr. gingrey: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. sarbanes: thank you, madam speaker. again we can't emphasize enough the importance of this legislation. you have heard recounted here. the tragic stories of what happened when you don't have these kinds of mechanisms in place. and you don't have the education to support people in terms of bringing this into their homes. and so i want to again congratulate representative matheson for his efforts. thank my colleagues for the bipartisan support of this measure. and urge its passionage today. with that i -- passage today. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1796. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the mo

mr. gingrey and mr. thompson from pennsylvania. but first, we're going to talk about the number one issue facing america, jobs, job creation. we have a few quotes here. one, this is just from last year, it says our stimulus plan likely will save or create three to four million jobs, 90% of these jobs will be created in the private sector, the remaining 10% are mainly in the public sector jobs. the private sector has lost nearly eight million jobs since 2008. the government has gained 656 ,000 jobs. they were created in the public sector. and then let's see, estimated unemployment without the stimulus would be 8.8% this year. well, with all of the stimulus bailouts, buyouts, cash for clunkers, unemployment in may was 9.7%, far exceeded their expectations. the plans are not working. what have been the job killers? excessive taxation, insufficient liquidity, economic uncertainty and red tape and government mandates. over the last year, we have seen nearly double-digit unemployment. the debt is continuing to grow. we have a job-killing

mr. gingrey: mr. speaker, i want to thank mr. issa for offering this motion to recommit. since the stimulus passed last february, the private sector has shed over 3.2 million jobs and unemployment now stands at a staggering 9.5%. now is not the time to give another perk to federal employees while the rest of america is struggling to make ends meet. by requiring federal agencies to duplicate existing law and spend 20% of their official time out of the office and on a mobile work site, we are costing the taxpayers another $32 million while promoting inferkt federal work force. i'm proud -- inefficient federal work force. if adopted this motion would require that each agency must tell the office of personnel management say that this telework will save money rather than increase spending. telework will not be granted to employees who have been disciplined by poor work performance and behavior, such as viewing poshe graphy on work compute -- pornography on work computers, who are delinquent on paying their taxes. finally, mr. speaker, i'm very proud that this motion will prohi

mr. gingrey: address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. gingrey: i rise to recognize the service of a very influential spiritual leader, reverend marcus. he came from the island of trinidad to pursue a higher education and received a degree from brown college and master's of business. he felt call to preach while in college and then attended emory and received a master's. he is well respected at turner chapel as he transformed a small church of just over 150 people to a large congregation consisting of over 6,000 members today. most notably the african methodist in liberia conferred the degree on reverend marcus on recognition of his impact on the city of marietta. his wife is also his co-pastor. and i send them both my best wishes. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? >> address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pauls pails i rise to -- mr. paulsen: i rise to praise eden p

mr. gingrey of georgia. mr. defazio of oregon. mr. flake of arizona. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from georgia, mr. broun is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. broun: thank you, mr. speaker. americans all over this country are asking, where are the jobs? where are the jobs? we just heard from the previous speaker bragging about the recovery act which has been an abject failure. an abject failure. there have been very few private sector jobs created around this country. what has been created are a lot of government jobs here in washington, d.c. if someone is looking for a job here in washington, they have a lot of opportunities because government continues to grow exponentially. exponentially. but what's not happening, jobs are not being created out in georgia or around this country. where they're so desperately needed. private sector jobs. i was talking to one of my county commission chairmen recently he said, paul, one year ago in our county, the unemployment rate was 14.3%.

mr. gingrey: mr. speaker, i thank you and i thank the gentlelady for yielding. this is precisely what this concurrent resolution seeks to accomplish, providing taiwan with meaningful participation as the icao benefits from taiwanese and the international community as a whole. due to our long-standing relationship and our respect for our friends in taiwan, i urge all of my colleagues to support house concurrent resolution 266, and, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from nevada. ms. berkley: mr. speaker, i have no requests for time and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you. i now yield three minutes to the gentleman from indiana, mr. burton, the ranking member on the foreign affairs subcommittee on the middle east and south asia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. burton: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker p

mr. gingrey: if the gentleman will yield. mr. speaker, this is absolutely astounding. i have seen that chart before, not maybe in quite such vivid highlight and outline, but, mr. speaker, my degree is in chemistry and when i first saw representative graves put that chart up for all of our colleagues to see, i thought that was the periodic table. really. it took me back to my chemistry days and the periodic table of the elements, it's probably changed some now, because it's been a long time since i attended georgia tech and got that b.s. in chemistry, but this is more complex man conscious complex than the periodic table. and i think and i'm sure the gentleman from range already agree with me, it's something like -- ranger will agree with me, it's something like 130 new federal agents, the agencies that were created by this mess all between the doctor and the patient. maybe my colleague will point out where the doctor is on that chart and where the patient is. i yield back. mr. graves: you're right. this is the doctor, there's the patient. you would think the patient an

mr. gingrey for granting us this time to honor dr. robert m. campbell and to all the members who in the last few day, we have more than 100 co-sponsors of the legislation now which is really remarkable in a few days because i had a chance to talk with so many of our colleagues about dr. campbell's story and they wanted to join us in honoring him. dr. robert m. campbell dedicated his life to providing children with life-saving medical carism first learned about his work when a little boy in my district, devon alfonzo, was given a terminal diagnosis of terminal scoliosis. his spine and ribs were so bent that his heart had no room to grow. for some time, the devices had been available to fix this for adult but these devices weren't fit for the body of children. so often, these devices aren't small enough for children with scoliosis. even if smaller ones were created a growing child's body meant these would become too small. for years, physicians trying to treat children like devon were forced to use less effective treatments, more invasive surgery

mr. gingrey from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. garamendi: mr. speaker, i thank you very much. i want to spend this evening talking about manufacturing. manufacturing matters. it is the foundation of any solid economy. it's the one part of the american economy that is seriously hurting, and with the great recession, the manufacturing sector in america has even further weakened. i'd like to just start this discussion with just a quick review of what's happened with regard to jobs over the last three years. if you look here on this diagram, you notice that beginning in 2007, jobs in america slowed down and began to decline. so much so that between 2007 and november of 2009 some 700,000 jobs a month were being lost in the fall and early winter of 2009. when the obama administration came in it was at the lowest possible point of some over

mr. gingrey of georgia. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from texas, mr. brady is recognized for 60 inns -- minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. brady: thank you, mr. speaker. america's economy is struggling , and in spite of the spending and promises out of washington a lot of average americans, more than 15 million, are wondering where are the jobs? because they don't have one. this democrat congress and this white house promised a lot to these workers and to the american taxpayer, if they would just give them a blank check if they could just write money like there was no tomorrow, that they, washington, would know best how to get this economy back on track. unfortunately, the reality of the past 16 months since the stimulus bill passed has unfortunately been much less than what was promised. the obama administration likes to tout they call this the summer of recovery. what you don't see them touting is what the original promises were for that $862 billio

mr. gingrey: if i may interject real quick here but what we've -- >> if i may interject here, we have heard a lot about saving and creating jobs, we've seen bailouts, buyouts, cash for clunkers, tarp one and two, i'm sure there will be many more. the fact is they're not working. but we're going into january of this year and taxes are going to go up on every citizen of the united states. every tax bracket will be raised. capital gains will go up. inheritance tax goes up. marriage tax goes up as well. mr. graves: i'm curious. how does this administration, how does the leadership of this house, face the american people this november and say that is going to create jobs? that's beginning to get you back to work, tax -- taxing you more to fund failed programs of the last 12 months is going to get you back to work? i don't know how they're going to do it but i'll stand before my constituents with a positive message and let them know there are men like you and me and others in this chamber that will stand up daily and put forth positive solutions to get this country back on track. we're going to g

mr. gingrey: madam speaker, thank you. and i rise today in support of house resolution 1483, to honor the service and sacrifice of the 14th armored division during world war ii, and i thank my friend, the distinguished chairman of the armed house services committee, ike skelton of missouri, for being an original co-sponsor and i also want to thank representative critz of pennsylvania and representative conaway of texas for their support. as americans learn about world war ii, most are familiar with the bat of the bulge, yet few know -- battle of the bulge, yet few know about hitler's last offensive among the western front. operation north wind was hitler's final attempt as pushing back the allied march toward germany. the allies blocked the german counterattack and the germans began withdrawing to defensive positions. but victory came with a heavy price, madam speaker. the approximately 41,000 casualties, roughly 16,000 were from allied forces. today i ask all of my colleagues to join me in honoring one armed division, the