mr. pascrell: this is what governor signed, 2005, mr. speaker. increased waiver authority, allow work activities, availability of partial work credit and the ability to coordinate state programs are all important aspects of moving recipients from welfare to work. quote/unquote. i didn't say it. he didn't say it. mitt romney signed the letter. the administration's policy has nothing to do with waiving the work requirement. if anything you're increasing the work requirement, if you read the words and not conjecture. this resolution would block governors across the country for putting more people back to work. how do you like that? thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp. mr. camp: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. mr. levin: it's now my pleasure to yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from new york, mr. crowley. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. cro

mrs. pascrell is recognized. >> you've been in the business forty years, and your expertize is the reasonhy you're here. are you familiar with the report that came out a few days ago taxes in the economy with the top tax rate since 1945, it's put out by the congressional research service, thomas, a specialist in public finance. are you familiar with that? >> no, sir. i'm not. >> i wouldn't like your opinion on it. this is what it says. advocateds of lower tax rates argue that reduced rates would increase economic growth, increase saving in investment, and boost productivity. in other words increase the economic [inaudible] the components of higher tax rates argue that higher tax revenues are necessary for debt reduction. you've heard that many times. and tax rates on the rimp -- rich are too low and violate the "buffet rule" we've heard that today. the higher tax rates on the rich would moderate increasing income inequality. in other words change our that economic is distributed. i'm not afraid of that word. but it says this, there is nonconclusive evidence to substantiate a clear relatio