mr. pascrell. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. pascrell: thank you, mr. chairman, thank you, mr. speaker. you know, many things are said across the aisle in the heat of a debate. and if it hasn't been said yet, maybe the reason it has been said by everybody. i believe that the ranking member's an honorable person, i believe my chairman is. but you really hit rock bottom when you accuse us on this side of the aisle of not caring about our veterans. even the president of the national -- the vietnam veterans of america said this is shameless. you're fear mongering, it's not right, tell the truth and then let the chipping fall where it may. it's utterly dishonest to suggest, mr. chairman, that we are seeking to deny any soldier the health care they deserve and the benefits that nearly all republicans and democrats have spent our careers in congress working to protect and prove. why need we go to that? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. time has -- the gentleman's time has expired. mr. camp: i ask that the gentle

mr. pascrell: i thank you for yielding, i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, if you look at the data it is clear that since the start of the obama administration and the passage of the recovery act which you've heard depicted by the three former speakers we are stemming in number of job losses per month. there is no doubt about that. but we need to do everything we can to actually start gaining jobs instead of just losing fewer. and it would seem by the charts, it would seem by the facts that in the next several months we will see finally for the first time in several years a plus in terms of the creation of jobs. the u.s. jobs deficit has reached millions. our unemployment rate is 9.7%, that is in intolerable rate. and the problem we are face something how to address the shortfall in employment opportunities and articulate a new strategy that targets and edge gauges our small -- engages our small businesses and american workers. mr. speaker, we simply need jobs. which brings me to what i think is the most obvious answer. it was obvious many years ago

mr. pascrell: thank you for yielding, mr. chairman. no more loopholes, no nor sheltered tax havens. no more privileged class perks, period. that's how we are paying for this bill. mr. chairman, mr. speaker, once again the day after significant legislation has been passed we are back at our greatest priority, putting people back to work. there are many sections of this bill that do that. i want to highlight just one of them. the sustainable water infrastructure investment act. i hope you support that part of the legislation. it was introduced, this provision will generate significant investment to the use of tax exempt bonds. if we don't go that way, our communities are going to have to find the money to fix their infrastructure. to fix their sewer systems, to fix their water systems. you know that's not going to happen. our communities look to us for help. our infrastructure is in disrepair, and it's just not our roads and just not our bridges. early this year the american society of civil engineers gave the nations water and water system the lowest grade of any infrastructure categ