mr. pascrell: thank you, mr. speaker. will lead to widespread prosperity for businesses and the people who work there. anufacturing jobs pay 23% more than workers in other parts of the economy. every dollar in manufacturing sales creates $1.40 worth of economic impact. mr. speaker, it's time to stop the shortsighted policies that stifle investment here in america. d focus on what we can do to incentivize in job creation. i urge a no vote on the previous question. i yield back. i thank you for your time, sir. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. we've opened quite a range of things to talk about with mr. woodall's remarks and mr. polis' response, and my good friend mr. pascrell's proposal. let me take some of them up in order. my friend, who i know is sincere from colorado, talked a

mr. pascrell. mr. pascrell: the stadium overlooks the great falls of pat erson, new jersey, one of the largest water falls in the united states. it was built by the citizens of paterson as a public works project during a difficult situation in the united states, 1932, and it was named for the mayor at that time. the stadium sits adjacent to the great falls national historical park. and new york black yankees played there and new york cubans, these games featured pat erson and other greats such as gibson and charleston and johnson made their appearances here. besides baseball, the stadium hosted events in professional football, boxing, wrestling, soccer, even auto racing throughout its long and storied history. it also was the home of the panthers, a professional football team and the great concerts that went on there. recently, it played host to all high school sports under the stewardship of the public school system, but sadly, the stadium has sat in a state disuse since 1997 when the school system can

mr. pascrell: i want to thank our ranking member, mr. speaker, and i want to thank our chair, our ranking member who was here a few moments ago. it's ironic, asry said earlier today, when we take up the transportation and infrastructure legislation that just a few hours ago the champion of transportation and infrastructure passed away. he was the chairman of the transportation committee. at that time it was the public works committee. he left the congress in 1992. so it's ironic. and mr. chairman, you got -- through the speaker -- you have to understand the frustration that exists on both sides of the aisle on this legislation. we know what's needed. we know what's going to happen by the end of august. many projects throughout the united states of america will just shut down or begin to shut down. bills will not be paid. that's not good. that's not acceptable. but on the other hand, when the dust settles, the very committee that we represent where everything goes through, the ways and means committee, will have voted for close to $1 tril

mr. pascrell: the estimates of how much we need to repair our ystem run as high as $57 trillion a year, the actual spending was only $103 billion. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. camp: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the entleman from oregon mr. blumenauer: i recognize the gentlelady, ms. schwartz, who has been a valued member of the committee, we are going to miss her, for one and a half minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one and a half minutes. ms. schwartz: our manufacturers, small business owners and everyday commuters require a modern transportation system. simply put, our daily lives, our safety, and our economy all require a first rate transportation system. but our nation's infrastructure is crumbling, endangering travelers, lengthening commutes and holding back economic growth. in their latest report card, the american society of civil engineers gave my own home state's roads and transit a d-minus. sadly, pennsylvania has the largest number of crumbling bridges in our nation at over 5,000. this is simply unacceptable. wi

mr. pascrell. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. pascrell: thank you, mr. speaker. managers of this legislation, unemployment, the deficit, outsourcing, higher education, immigration, tax reform, gun control, medicare, social security, transportation, a continuing resolution, the kraine, syria, nigeria, libya, israel, iran, instead about alking about any one of these, -- talk about suing the president for implementing a policy that the majority supports. go figure. what a colossal waste of time. what a colossal waste of taxpayer money. we know why the majority's focusing on this instead of trying to solve the country's problems. it's because they have no solutions. we haven't heard any unless you're keeping them in a secret black box. their only goal is indulge the partisan impulses within your own party. 57% of whom want to impeach president obama. the house of representatives is apparently taking its marching orders from sarah palin. good for us. the fact of the matter is that the american people are tired of the relentless partisa

mr. pascrell. >> there is no doubt in my mind, mr. chairman f. we put -- mr. chairman, if we put ms. turner, and ms. tiller, and ms. reynolds as a theme, ther to address the theme of these meetings that we have been having in hearings, that the three of you, regardless of your difference of opinions, and there is common factors as the doctor just pointed out, would come up with a better solution than we would come up with. up to this date. let's get this straight right now. it's clear the two parties want to do something about this problem. neither party is privy to virtueousness, but we have widely different ideas about what direction we should go in. i hear many times the culture of poverty. you better examine the pull ture of the congress -- culture of the congress, because the culture of poverty means that there is an essential part of poverty which will continue inevitably. on the other hand, i have heard, how do we become -- how do we help folks become self-sufficient? that's an interesting term. self-sufficient. how do you become self-sufficient? how do children 3, 4, 5 years

mr. pascrell: madam speaker, i rise today with the sad news that former congressman robert roe passed away today at the age of 90. a native of new jersey, he served in the army during the second world war. he was elected to represent the eighth district in 1969. some of our longer tenured colleagues will remember bob for his noted ability to reach across the aisle. during his time in congress, he rose to the chairmanship of the committee on science, space, and technology. he also chaired the committee on public works and transportation from 1991 until his retirement in 1993. a true public servant, he wasn't in it for power. when he became chairman of public works, he lasted only one term. because he exhausted himself writing the greatest highway bill in the history of the country. however, that highway bill, through it he achieved changes to the transportation policy to focus on connecting different modes, his favorite term was intermodal transportation. redefining how we invest in our infrastructure. with this emphasis on safety and planning, its ironic that today, this day, we are going

mr. pascrell that there is capital investment has been less, so what are some of the policy differences enacted in the '80s versus what you've seen here or not seen here that may have contributed to this? >> congresswoman, we haven't tried to quantify the policy influences directly. people who looked at the experience of other countries that have gone through financial crises as we went through generally found slow recoveries. we think that the initial actions by the federal government to stabilize the financial system, to boost spending and cut taxes, the federal reserve to provide stimulus through low interest rates, we think those actions did help to boost the economy relative to what would have happened without them, but we think they were just not enough to overcome the other forces. >> i doubt if you looked at it, probably not part of perhaps your analysis, but i would say that the uncertainty coming from washington has contributed to it, as i visit with the business owners in,000 district, they have capital, they want to expand, they want to hire and grow their business, but because of t