mr. lynch: $60,000 more. mr. issa: at $175,000, one congressman to another, yes, the typical american making $35,000 to $40,000, understand we make a lot more. limpling lynch the typical federal employee makes $60,000 more? mr. issa: in pay and benefits. mr. lynch: if the gentleman would produce some type of -- i'm sure we have kids working for $30,000 or $45,000. how are they making $60,000 more than their counterparts? mr. issa: i'd be glad to, even though it's not germane today, to make that available to the gentleman. mr. lynch: mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield five minutes to the gentlelady, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton from the district of columbia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from the district of columbia is recognized for five minutes. ms. norton: i thank the gentleman from massachusetts for yielding. i particularly thank him for his leadership on many issues in our subcommittee, not the least of which is this issue which he has shepherded it to the floor so rapidly. and i cer

mr. lynch from massachusetts. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. lynch: i rise this evening to talk about a united states supreme court decision that could have far-reaching social and economic impacts on the american indian population. a 6-3 decision by the united states supreme court decision issued held that the secretary of the interior exceeded his authority in taking land into trust for an american indian tribe that was not recognized at the time the indian organization act was enacted in 1934. i speak tonight to the injustice of that result and to the moral imperative that we as members of the united states congress have to see that that decision is corrected. for sentries now the american indians who call these lands home long before europeans arrived have been pushed to the fringes of this great country 1 fringes of this great country and suffered disruption, violence and relocation to make way for continued expansion. the indian reorganization act irronically sought to actually rectify many of those mistreatments. from 1934 to 2009, the de

mr. lynch, job creation or deficit reduction? >> we cannot fix anything in this country until we put people back to work. i have been involved and represented thousands of people over the years, small business people who i see on a regular basis, whose main complaint is they do not have access to capital. they can barely stay afloat. i would never have supported giving $800 billion to big banks and wall street and than $15 billion to be spread across the country for job creation. that is when i talk about priorities in washington being wrong. that is what i am talking about. we have to put pressure for making any stimulus money available to get that money into the lending community so people can get access, including here in rhode island. it is incomprehensible to me to hear the mayor talked about responsible budgeting. providence has over a $50 million deficit this year, and more in unfunded pension liabilities. it is important that people look not just at what candidates say but look at their

it is about me endangering ree re-engaging. >> a lynch mr. -- mr. lynch? >> tonight you have had a lot of talk about who can best stand up for you. if you are happy with the course the state is on in providence and you want to see more of the same, you have options to vote for other candidates. but if like me you are fed up with washington and looking for someone who will call it as it is, if you believe it is time for term limits in congress, i ask for your support and will advocate for you on a daily basis. >> thank you to the candidates. thank you for a wonderful audience. they have been waiting to applaud the candidates. here is your opportunity to applaud the four candidates. [applause] we are not done yet. we have more coming up. but before we go off the air, i want to thank the providence performing arts center for hosting our debate tonight. we have tackled a lot of questions and issues so far. we have much more coming up on our website. we will be doing that from a clock until endicott 30. will have a complete wrapup coming up tonight falling the

mr. lynch, it being your birthday, might give to you is the first question. -- my gift to you is the first question. >> i told my wife we were going out for my birthday. i do not think this is what she had in mind your >> the economic recovery -- in mind. >> the economic recovery has been slow to take hold. the last thing many people here want to see is more taxes. in 2011, the bush tax cuts are scheduled to expire. which of those tax cuts would you allowed to expire? >> as a country, the last thing we can do is tax our way out of this economic crisis. as someone who has run all law office for almost 25 years now and represented many small businesses, and here every day that they are taxed to the hilt. there is no more money to pay. as a priority, we need to, in order to ensure and grow jobs here, reduce the tax pressure on these businesses. one way to do that is to look at the bush tax cuts -- the consequence of the bush tax cuts. they saved the wealthiest, to the detriment of the middle class

mr. lynch, it being your birthday, might give to you is the first question. -- my gif to you is the first question. >> i told my wife we were going out for my birthday. i do not think this is what she had in mind your >> the economic recovery -- in mind. >> the economic recovery has been slow to take hold. the last thing many people here want to see is more taxes. in 2011, the bush tax cuts are scheduled to expire. which of those tax cutsould you allowed to expire? >> as a country, the last thing we can do is tax our way out of this economic crisis. as someone who has run all law office for almost 25 years now and represented many small businesses, and here every day that they areaxed to the hilt. there is no more money to pay. as a priority, we need to, in order to ensure and grow jobs here, reduce the tax pressure on these businesses. one way to do that is to look at the bush tax cuts -- the consequence of the bush tax cuts. they saved the wealthiest, to the detriment of the middle class. >>

. >> it is mr. lynch right? >> reform is an issue of work long and hard on. i founded the rhode island chapter of a group called fair vote. i sat before the u.s. house and senate on the issue of electoral reform. i believe we need to do things to open up our systems of governance. i believe in passing a pair elections law that removes the influence of corporate tax dollars from our system. that is the thing into undertake first. that will provide drastic change to t way people feel about their government and about who controls the government. if we implement such laws and people are still feeling as cycal as the bill today, and i understand why, would be happy to reconsider a term limit. >> i have a different view of it. i believe we will not take washington -- we will not break what is broken in washington until we break the connection betweenoney and policy. we need to pass the third elections act, which will remove the influence of bigoney in campaigns. we need to enact a ban -- a lifetime ban that you can never become a lobbyist if you were a member of co

mr. lynch's perspective on that are from the republican side of the aisle, but it is a theory that we would like to know what to think about. john, good morning, thank you for being here. caller: thank you for having me. host:. and counterpoint between the white house and give this, the house democrats had a meeting last night. caller: it is remarkable what happened, robert gibbs said what everybody already knew in washington, but sometimes saying the obvious what happens is he met with president obama and his top staff, politics was discussed. nancy pelosi, a veteran politician brought a list of what she wanted from the present administration. recognizing that she has the upper hand and the controversy caused by the white house, she saw some more explosive commitments for political help for candidates. when it comes to policies in trying to articulate what this administration is doing in terms of policy and its members. host: the fact that some of the concerns went forward as moderated by the senate? caller: that is exactly right. part of this frustration is not just the fact that house me

. >> mr. lynch, would you care for further questions? >> sure. thank you. since the beginning of the war in iraq and up to the present there's been a trend to to contract out core government services. the argument initially made by the bush administration is this is going to allow us to save money here. there were efficiencies gained here. after all of our experience, i just don't see that. is there cause to revisit that assumption that contracting out, while it does allow us to tap into some expertise that is not available or wasn't available at the time, is there cause here for us to review that decision to contract out government services rather than have, rather than to build internally our government capacity to do this with government employees? >> yeah. i think i would divide that into two separate points. first is on the cost. and providing comprehensive costs comparisons between contractors and government personnel carrying out the same function and our gao colleague may be able to say more on this it's proved to be exceedingly difficult for a vari

mr. speaker, i'm proud to offer today h.r. 5390 which renames the office located at 13301 smith road in cleveland, ohio, as the david john donafee post office building. i would like to thank chairman lynch for his efforts to bring h.r. 5390 to the floor of the house. david john donafee was a lifelong ohioan who committed his life to family and community. he was born and raised in brook park, ohio, and graduated from high zool in -- school in berea. he served as a postal carrier for 14 years. his co-workers knew david for his positive spirit, sense of humor, and willingness to go out of his way for anyone. one co-worker remarked, he was the guy that made the place a little better. david was well-known in local hockey community for his support of and involvement in his son's youth hockey league. he announced and scored the games. he was the heart of all the teams, according to his wife. mr. speaker, on february 14, 2008, valentine's day, david donafee was walking his mail route in parma heights, ohio, delivering the mail to people on his route just like he did every other day. but this day was different. he was struck by a car while in the line of his duties as a postal worker, as a mail