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like to thank our witnesses for joining us and i will now recognize my distinguished colleague, mr. payne, for his opening remarks. >> good morning. mr. chairman, thank you for calling this very important hearing on job creation. and welcome to the governor, governor malloy and governor snyder. i'm pleased we'lling hearing from two state executives about their efforts to expand job opportunities. you're right there where the rubber meets the road. and i'm pleased we'll have an additional panel of experts to advise this committee on how best to move forward on this very important issue of creating jobs. last week in his state of the union, president obama challenged us to work together, to move the economy forward. i couldn't agree more. job creation is urgent issue for millions of families and businesses across

i'd like to thank our witnesses for joining us and i will now recognize my distinguished colleague mr. payne for his opening remarks. >> good morning. mr. chairman, thank you for calling this very important hearing on job creation. i welcome to the governor maloy and governor snyder. i'm pleased we'll be hearing from two state executives about their efforts to expand john opportunities. you're right there where the rubber meets the road. and i'm pleased we'll have an additional panel of experts to advise this committee on how best to move forward on this very important issue of creating jobs. last week in a state of the union, president obama challenged us to work together, to move the economy forward. i couldn't agree more. job creation is the most urgent issue for millions of families and businesses across the country. in 2008, our economy went over the cliff. the recession brought on by wall street greed was long and deep. almost immediately four million jobs were lost. another four million were losted before things started to turn around. it took strong and decisive action by the last co

wrapped up with the questions here and before i thank and excuse the panel, i'd like to recognize mr. payne for any closing remarks he might have. >> well, thank you very much. i think that you have all added to the hearing today. i appreciate your coming and spending time. i also like to commend the governors. i thought that they had a very balanced approach, and i think that we really need to see how we can get america back on the job track. i think that a lot of the bickering that goes on is really discouraging to american people. there are things that we can do together to help our nation in this time, and i just hope that at some point in time the congress will come together and try to put american people first. also, i'd like to agree with one of the governors that mentioned the secretary lahood was doing an outstanding job. i have to agree that he's one of the more accessible and energetic and forward-thinking members of the cabinet. i want to be on the record. i thank you and yield back. >> i thank the gentleman and of course, ray lahood has been a friend of ours for a long time and

mr. payne? >> let me thank you for your very interesting testimony. let me ask both of you this question. we all know too well that many public schools and community colleges across the country are in desperate need of repairs. and the folks who can make those repairs are ready, willing and able to work. very anxious. every dpovgovernor knows the challenge is, and we do, too, in congress, is paying for it. the americans job act directly addressed this need with a common sense approach to both fix schools and put folks back to work. it's a win/win across the board. specifically under the aja the president seeks to invest $25 billion in school infrastructure that will modernize at least 35,000 schools, putting thousands of unemployed americans back to work. both michigan and connecticut stand to benefit from this proposal and i'm confident that both of you support it. that's going to be my question. under aja, governor snyder, michigan will receive nearly $1 billion for school repairs and with support as many as 12,000 new jobs in your state. governor m

we've got to put our questions here before i choose to think the panel i would like to recognize mr. payne for in the closing remarks he might have. >> thank you very much. i think that you have all added to the hearing today. i appreciate you coming and spending time. i also like to commend the governors. i thought that the had a very balanced approach, and i think that we really need to see how we can get america back on the job truck. i think a lot of the bickering that goes on is really discouraging to the american people. and i think that we can do together to help the nation in this time and i just hope that at some point in time the congress will come together and try to put american people first. also i would like to agree with the governor mentioned this secretary ray lahood did an outstanding job and i would have to agree he is one of the more accessible and energetic forward thinking members. estimates before. i yield back to the estimate of course ray lahood has been a friend of many of ours for a long time and shows the value of the education that you get here in congress and

we've got to put our questions here before i choose to think the panel i would like to recognize mr. payne for in the closing remarks he might have. >> thank you very much. i think that you have all added to the hearing today. i appreciate you coming and spending time. i also like to commend the governors. i thought that the had a very balanced approach, and i think that we really need to see how we can get america back on the job truck. i think a lot of the bickering that goes on is really discouraging to the american people. and i think that we can do together to help the nation in this time and i just hope that at some point in time the congress will come together and try to put american people first. also i would like to agree with the governor mentioned this secretary ray lahood did an outstanding job and i would have to agree he is one of the more accessible and energetic forward thinking members. estimates before. i yield back to the estimate of course ray lahood has been a friend of many of ours for a long time and shows the value of the education that you get here in congress and

mr. inahosa. >> thank you. chairman klein and congressman don payne. i am pleased to see such a distinguished first panel of governors here for our committee discussion on job creation. today, i want to urge my colleagues to work in a bipartisan manner on a jobs agenda that creates jobs at home, educates our young adults, and reignites the american dream. i certainly support that last discussion that you had on the supporting the federal investment made in community colleges. as you know, u.s. congress has not reauthorized wea, which we passed in 1998. i think that's shameful. governor malloy, in your testimony you urge us to reauthorize it. what are your top -- this question is to governor malloy. what are your top three priorities that we in congress should look at to reform wea and improve the job training program for the next five years? >> well, let me say that i -- wea is an important program which i think connecticut has used quite effectively. and so i'm not here to criticize the program. what i'm saying is, is we've done the right thing. we ha

mr. press ent, we remember exactly how we got here, you won the election. leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses. another era of american crisis, thomas payne is reported to have said lead, follow or get out of the way. well, mr. president you were elected to lead. you chose to follow and now it's time for you to get out of the way. >> romney responded to suggestions the bitter fight with gingrich could hurt the party chances in november. 92% of the ads run in the florida primary were negative with romney owning the air waves there. >> primary contests are not easy. and they are not supposed to be. as this primary unfolds are our opponents in the other part have been watching, and they like to comfort themselves with the thought that a competitive campaign will leave us divided and weak. but i've got news for them. a competitive primary does not divide us, it prepares us and we will win. [ applause ] >> and when we gather back here in tampa seven months from now for our convention, ours will be a united party with a winning ticket for america. >> as romney moves forward out of florida, sources within the campaign have not confirmed he will

. >> another era of american crisis, thomas payne, is reported to have said, lead, follow, or get out of the way. well, mr. president, you were elected to lead. you chose to follow. and now it's time for you to get out of the way. [ applause ] >> florida was not only the largest of the contests held this election year so far. it was also a winner-take-all primary. and even after yesterday's loss, former house speaker newt gingrich and the other republican candidates are vowing to stay in the race. nbc's tracie potts is live in tampa now with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, what we saw here in florida was a race that turned pretty nasty. at least with the advertising, especially those that were backed by the pacs, the political action committees. now looking forward to nevada and to colorado and some of the other caucus states, mitt romney has the momentum coming out of florida, not only with a win but with a big win, not just overall 46% to 32% for gingrich, but in specific categories. women supported him, his panic voters here supported him. seniors supported him. now he can afford t

mr. president we remember exactly how we got here. you won the election. [ cheers and applause ] >> leadership leadership is about taking responsibility not making excuses. in another era of american crisis thomas paynerted to have said, lead follow or get out of the way. [ cheers and applause ] >> well, mr. president, you were elected to lead, you chose to follow, and now it's time for you to get out of the way. [ cheers and applause ] >> now i stand -- i stand ready to lead this party, and to lead our nation. as a man who spent his life outside washington, i know what it is like to start a business. know how extraordinarily it is to build something from nothing. i know how government kills jobs, and yes, i know how it can help from time to time. my leadership helped build businesses from scratch. my leadership helped save the olympics from scandal and give our american athletes to make us all proud as they did. [ cheers and applause ] >> my leadership cut taxes 19 times and cashed over 800 vetoes. we balance the budget every single year, and we kept our schools first in the nation. my leader slip end the obama era and begin a new era of american prosperity. [ cheers and applause ] [ chanting mitt ]

mr. president. we remember exactly how we got here. you won the election! leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses. in another era of american crisis, thomas payne is reported to have said, lead, follow or get out of the way. well, mr. president, you were elected to lead. you chose to follow. and now it's time for you to get out of the way. >> so it was a very electrifying speech. both mitt romney's and newt gingrich's speech attacked president obama. will both of these candidates continue to attack the president and not one another because many people believe that has been detrimental to do that. their negatives have both risen as a result. other interesting fact is this is the first time in history that the person who won the south carolina primary did not win in modern history at least florida. that's another interesting note. >> one -- and brian had a great guest on in the first hour, he made a terrific point. you know, and so much is being made today and last night about how much money that mitt romney was able to spend on negative ads and his super pac and what not. at the end of the day, he spent a lot of money in south carolina as well.

mr. president, we remember exactly how we got here. you won the election! leadership is about taking responsibility. not making excuses. in another era of american crisis, thomas payne is reported to have said lead, follow or get out of the way. well, mr. president, you were elected to lead. you chose to follow. and now it's time for you to get out of the way. >> it's interesting because the candidates seem to have two different strategies. in the heat of the moment, they attack each other. when there's a decisive victory, they go back to attacking president obama. we'll see if that continues now as we move forward into the next primaries. why? because newt gingrich is saying he's not getting out of this race. he's taking it all the way to the convention in tampa. that's in august, by the way, so how will that affect the negatives that these candidates continue to get? i think one of the most interesting facts that have come out of these polls is that mitt romney is losing some of the independents now because of the continued attacks going on within the republican party. will that become an issue moving forward? >> a big part of that was newt gingrich's anti-capital

. >> another era of america crisis thomas payne said lead, follow or get out of the way. mr. president, you were elected to lead. you chose to follow. and now it is time for you to get out of the way. >> florida was not only the largest of the contest held this election year so far. it was also a winner-take-all primary. >>> the next state up for grabs is nevada. it holds its caucus this saturday. maine voters will be caucusing for a whole week starting this saturday. and then next tuesday, colorado and minnesota hold their caucuses. missouri holds its primary that day but that contest won't count for delegates towards the gop convention. that early primary would have been in violation of republican national committee rules which only allow certain states to hold their contests that early. and instead the missouri republican party will hold a caucus in march to determine the delegates sent to the convention. >>> romney's now solidified front-runner status earning him some new protection. according to two sources with the romney campaign, the former governor will have the prot

. >> thomas payne is reported to have said lead, follow or get out of the way. well... mr. president, you were elected to lead. you chose to follow. now, it's time for you to get out of the way. >> primary contests are not easy. they're not supposed to be. this primary and polls our opponents have been watching and they like to comfort themselves that a campaign will leave us divided and weak but i've got news for them. a competitive primary does not divide us. it prepares us, and well win. >> greta: it's not over yet. speaker gingrich is rouing to fight on. >> i'm not going to compete with obama in singing because i'm not running for entertainer in chief. i'm running for president. and i would say, mr. president, you cannot sing past a disaster of your presidency. now... we will immediately i put down my teleprompter. i said to my staff earlier, i'm having to wait because of a staff failure, if barack obama gets reelected it will be a disaster for the united states of america. make no bones about it. if he can have a record this bad, unemployment this bad, deficits this ba

. >> another era of american crisis, thomas payne, is reported to have said, lead, follow, or get out of the way. well, mr. president, you were elected to lead. you chose to follow. and now it's time for you to get out of the way. [ applause ] >> florida was not only the largest of the contests held so far. it was also a winner-take-all primary. >>> this is mitt romney's second win of the primary season. while the 14-point margin isn't his biggest, it may be his most important victory so far. take a closer look now at the results. more than 1.6 million voters took part in last night's primary. 46% voted for romney. again, that is a substantial 14-point victory over newt gingrich. electability was the biggest factor. more than half of republican voters said in exit polls that unseating the president was their top priority. the others in the race, rick santorum and ron paul, spent little time in florida and it showed with them earning 13% and 7% respectively. the win also gives mitt romney a sizable lead in the delegate count. he received all 50 of florida's delegates. now giving him a total of 70 toward th

mr. president, we know exactly how we got here -- you won the election! leadership is about to taking responsibility, not making excuses. another crisis, thomas payneported to have said, lead, follow or get out of the way. mr. president, you were elected to lead. you chose to follow, now it's time for you to get out of the way. [ cheers and applause ] >> i stand ready to lead this party and lead our nation. as a man who spent his life outside washington, i know what it's like to run a business, i know how extraordinarily difficult it is to build something from nothing, i know how government kills jobs and yes, i know how it can help from time to time. my leadership helped build businesses from scratch. my leadership helped save the olympics from scandal and give our american athletes to make it all proud as they did. [ cheers and applause ] >> my leadership 19 times and cashed over 800. we balanced the budget every single year and we kept on our schools first in the nation. my leadership will end the obama era and begin a new era of american prosperity. [ cheers and applause ] >> this campaign is about more than the replacing a president. it's abou

mr. president, we remember exactly how we got here. you won the election! [ applause ] leadersh leadership, leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses. in another era of american crisis, thomas payneo have said, lead, follow or get out of the way. well, mr. president, you were elected to lead. you chose to follow, and now, it's time for you to get out of the way. [ applause ] i stand ready to lead this party and to lead our nation as a man who spent his life outside washingt washington, i know what it's like to start a business, i know how extra ordinarily difficult it is to build something from nothing. i know how government kills jobs and, yes, i know how it can help from time-to-time. my leadership helped build businesses from scratch. my leadership helped save the olympics from scandal and give our american athletes the chance to make us all proud as they did. [ applause ] my leadership cut taxes 19 times and cast over 800 vetoes. we balance the budget every single year and we kept our schools first in the nation. my leadership will end the obama era and begin a new era of american prosperity. [ applause ] mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt m

mr. president, we remember exactly how we got here. you won the election! [ applause ] leadersh leadership, leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses. in another era of american crisis, thomas payneo have said, lead, follow or get out of the way. well, mr. president, you were elected to lead. you chose to follow, and now, it's time for you to get out of the way. [ applause ] i stand ready to lead this party and to lead our nation as a man who spent his life outside washingt washington, i know what it's like to start a business, i know how extra ordinarily difficult it is to build something from nothing. i know how government kills jobs and, yes, i know how it can help from time-to-time. my leadership helped build businesses from scratch. my leadership helped save the olympics from scandal and give our american athletes the chance to make us all proud as they did. [ applause ] my leadership cut taxes 19 times and cast over 800 vetoes. we balance the budget every single year and we kept our schools first in the nation. my leadership will end the obama era and begin a new era of american prosperity. [ applause ] mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt mitt m

mr. president, we remember exactly how we got here. you won the election. [cheers and applause] leadership, leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses. another era of america crisis, thomas payne said, "lead, follow, or get out of the way." well, mr. president, you were elected to lead, you chose to follow, and now it's time for you to get out of the way. [cheers and applause] i stand ready to lead this party and to lead our nation. as a man who spent his life outside washington, i know what it's like to start a business, i know how extraordinarily difficult it is to build something from nothing. i know how government kills jobs, and yes, i know how it helps from time to time. my leadership helped build businesses from scratch. my leadership helped save the olympics from scandal and give our american athletes the chance to make us all proud as they did. [cheers and applause] my leadership cut taxes 19 times and cashed over 800 vetoes. we balanced the budget every single year, and we kept our schools first in the nation. my leadership will end the obama era and begin a new era of american prosperity. [cheers and applause] [chanting] this campaign is about more than replacing a

mr. president, we remember exactly how we got here, you won the election. leadership is about taking responsibility not making excuses. in another era of american crisis, thomas payner get out of the way. well, mr. president, you were elected to lead, you chose to follow, and now it's time for you to get out of the way. >> before we get to go to the various balls that night, we are going to have a work period because this is going to be a working presidency. i may not get in as much golf as obama, but i'll get in a lot more job creation. and i'll tell you up front, i'm not going to compete with obama in singing because i'm not running for entertainer in chief, i'm running for president. and i would say to him now, mr. president, you cannot sing your way past a disaster of your presidency. >> mitt romney won the florida primary yesterday with 46% of the vote easily outpacing newt gingrich. gingrich took 32% followed by rick santorum at 13% and ron paul who did not campaign in florida at 7%. welcome back to "morning joe," everyone, top of the hour, mark haleprin and donny deutsch are still with us. and joining the table, the editor of "newsweek," tina brown is with u

. >> another era of american crisis thomas payne is reported to have said, lead, follow, or get out of the way. well, mr. president, you were elected to lead. you chose to follow, and now it is time for you to get out of the way. [cheers and applause] jon: well the former speaker of the house, newt gingrich refuses to give up. he says we will continue his fight to win the white house. >> this is the most important election of your lifetime. if barack obama gets reelected it will be a disaster for the united states of america. jenna: phil keating live in tampa with more on this phil, one of the things we talked about when it comes to mitt romney in florida, his money, his organization, the infrastructure there in the state. what appears to be the lesson today as we take a look at this race? >> reporter: not only well-organized campaign here in florida going back about a year when he first started establishing it but millions and millions of dollars and domination of the tv airwaves in florida, especially in the miami, orlando, and tampa markets over the past 10 days right after of course gingrich beat hi

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mr. baucus: in common sense, the american patriot thomas payne rote in 1776 as follows: the land holder, the farmer, the manufacturer, the merchant, the tradesman in every occupation prospers by aid which each receives from the other and from the whole. common interest regulates their concerns and forms their law. common interests produces common security. end quote. in the 240 years since payne helped define who we are as americans, our transportation has become the cornerstone of common interest. there are few things under the sun that are not impacted by our highways, roads, bridges and transit systems. yet we can too easily take our network for granted. the recent rockefeller foundation survey found that two-thirds of all respondents believe america should invest more in infrastructure. it's a common interest. that same survey found that two-thirds of all americans believe they should not have to pay any more for this increase in infrastructure investment. that means we have to rise to the challenge in congress to come up with a highway bill that invests in infrastructure without ask