mr. langone. and he wrote a piece in "the wall street journal." he said he couldn't start home depot today. he couldn't start it today. because of the environment that exists which is intended or not -- and i say that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have the most honorable intentions, but the result has been a climate which has restrained investment, which then has restrained and killed job creation and caused this economy to be mired in the doldrums, which obviously is of terrible effect on everyday americans. i'd like to ask my friend from kentucky how -- first i'd like to thank him for the key role that he's played in putting this package together. and i hope that this is the beginning of our fight for passage of this legislation. mr. paul: i hope this is the beginning of a conversation with the other side and with the president. i've told the president personally that i want to help the problem we have in our country. 14 million people are out of work. 2 million additional people are out of work since this administration began, an