mr. mcnerney? mr. mcnerney: i just want to emphasize, i experienced job creation in the green energy sector. i've seen hundreds if not thousands of jobs created. i want to make sure we count those jobs. i don't want this to be a white wash or anything like that. it's important that this analysis be open and fair and balanced. that's all we want on this side. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields the balance. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. whitfield: i say to the gentleman, we all recognize the importance of green energy. there isn't one of these regulations that we are looking for an analysis that has any negative impact on green energy. in fact, every one of these regulations will help green energy. and as i said, the government's philosophy right now is to do everything possible for green energy. more subsidies, studies going on all the time on the impact on jobs. and for that reason we don't -- we do not feel that this amendment would -- is necessary and wou

mr. mcnerney: many of the proposals included in the american jobs act enjoy bipartisan support and i call on speaker boehner and leader cantor to work together in good faith to bring forward good jobs proposals from both parties to congress. we will have an economic recovery without putting people back to work. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? without objection. mr. langevin: madam speaker, too many people in america are out of work. and as the president said in his speech last week, too many people living day to day, paycheck to paycheck, struggling to find work, that's why we need to pass the american jobs act now. consequences of such high unemployment is poverty. yesterday the census bureau reported that our country's poverty rate last year was an astonishing 15.1%, the highest it's been in almost two decades. with totaling 22% of our children living in poverty, this makes clear who has born the brunt of our economic woes. i believe