mr. rangel did. that's one of those things that the president promised wasn't going to happen, but it did. that's one we have to think about. the president promised one thing, we got another. nancy pelosi promised ethical, honest and some of those things don't look ethical and they don't look honest. now, the president of the united states said to the senate and it was confirmed -- excuse me, confirmed by the senate, department -- secretary of treasury geithner. and if you are talking about the financial woes of this country, the treasurer of ts country, the treasurer of the united states is certainly one of those people that the president is talking about, one of those people who is powerful, because he's in charge of the finances of this country and in charge of the value of our money, the insurance of our money, the national debt, all those things are his to take care of to make sure where we're going to report to us, to speak with other countries about the financial problems and the financial sol

mr. rangel, is recognized. mr. rangel: thank you, chairman levin. thank you, mr. speaker. it's good to be here with my friend, dave camp. this is a good day for americans, especially for those of us in the united states congress. as we listen to the partisanship as it relates to the capture of terrorists, the partnership with oil spills, the partisanship as it relates to trying to repair our economic work on wall street, it just seems to me that if we all took a deep breath we'd recognize that as a people we're more than republicans and democrats. we are americans, and we do recognize that when there is a crisis, the whole world looks to us, not just for goods and services, but for leadership and compassion. there's an unlimited number of people that we could thank for coming to the floor today. one has to be dave camp. that you don't have to say what the problem is, that when you say what can we do to help, it's just a question of members and staff coming together seeing what they can do to be of some assistance to people that have tried so hard to rebuild their country,

mr. rangel and owny and miller for working with us to include these provisions. this also includes unemployment insurance, which really is a lifeline for folks struggling to keep their heads above water. just plain surviving, mind you, in both democratic and republicans' districts. our actions today will make a huge difference for millions of americans and help put people to work and close off tax high school loopholes that subsidize companies which ship american jobs overseas. and we will finally pay the debt owed by our government to black farmer and native americans. but we still have a lot to do. we have to create direct jobs for people, which will help turn the economy around and help tackle the deficit. i'll cast my vote today. this lifeline on behalf of all of those individuals who simply refuse to do so. i urge my colleagues to do the morally correct thing and vote yes. people want to work. this bill puts people back to work. it helps them survive until they find a job. and this is the patriotic thing to do. mr. camp: i still reserve, mr. speaker. mr. lev

mr. rangel, traveled through all of the talk radio circuits and talk television sishts and asked them over and over again, which ones would you like to see preserved or go away. there was never an answer, mr. speaker. but the process of elimination brought people to a conclusion over a period of november, 2006, until about february of 2007 that there wasn't a bush tax cut that soon to be chairman, chairman-elect at the time and eventually was chairman, rangel would support. and so we're watching now the evental sunset of that those tax cuts that went in in may of 2003. capital understands when it gets more understand and less gets invested. when less gets invested, there is less advances and less competitive as a nation. it is hard to measure that. but what we can see was from that period of time from november, 2006 until mid-february of 2007, we saw industrial investment go down and the decline in industrial investment was precipitated, the economic decline came about at the time that speaker pelosi. we can see the data that indicated there was less capital investment because not in part,

mr. rangel will recall, muftiah will recall, we sometimes went to 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 in the morning and went home quick low and came back here to open the session at 9:00 or 10:00 and they had to be an hour or so earlier than that. muftiah, we cannot possibly, if i took an hour, which i could take with my one minute as majority leader, but if i took that hour or if i took multiple hours, i could not express the depths of our gratitude to you, for the respect we have for the professionalism that you demonstrated in the performance of your duties. and the extraordinary affection we have for you as our friend, as our colleague, and we wish you the very, very best of success in the years ahead. god bless you and thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: we continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from colorado. mr. perlmutter: i do not have any other speakers and would ask my friend if he's prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my fr

mr. rangel of new york for today after 12:00 p.m. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. poe: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into the following members may be permitted to address the house, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. neugebauer for today, mr. burton for may 18, 19 and 20. myself, mr. poe, for may 20. mr. jones for may 20. mr. moran for may 18, 19 and 20. and mr. wolf for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? ms. sutton: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, to revise and extend their remarks, and include therein extraneous material. ms. sutton from ohio, ms. w

mr. speaker, i don't want to allege that charlie rangel never ve a straight answer, i just don't remember one. but i do know by february of 2007, the smart money had analyzed the answers and the voids in those answers of charlie rangel and concluded there wasn't a single bush tax cut he would like to keep. and here we are today in this year, may, 2010 and it's obvious that the bush tax cuts will expire. and in november and december of 2006 and january and february of 2007 were ack rate and we saw in the beginning -- accurate and we saw in the beginning of 2007 a dramatic drop, because smart money understood that the cost of capital was going to go up because taxes were going to go up and that burden was going to come down on those who invested on their future profits and those who created jobs. jobs get created by the private sector unless you punish the private sector and drop it into the public sector. so we saw this happen in 2006 and 2007. lo and be hold, the dog that had chased the car for 12 years finally caught it. and what happened? what happed was industrial investment dropped of