mr. reichert: i yield to mr. young. mr. young: mr. chairman, i want to congratulate and thank the gentleman from washington for bringing this matter before the house today. it is something that mr. dicks and i have worked with ever since these wars began. something that we cannot overlook, something that is extremely, extremely serious, a major debt that we owe to the men and women who serve our country as war fighters. so i would say again to the gentleman, mr. reichert, from washington, thank you very much for bringing this matter before the house today. mr. reichert: i thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the ranking member. look forward to working with mr. langevin and both of you in making sure that our veterans, our wounded veterans returning home are rehabilitated, are counseled, receive the medical care and encouragement they need to continue a fruitful life. mr. dicks: would the gentleman yield? mr. reichert: yes. mr. dicks: i think we have got to solve this problem. this is very unfair that this one program -- this is a national

mr. reichert is recognized for three minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome. mr. ambassador, i've enjoyed working with you and you do enjoy your job. i've noticed that. although it is a tough one, the bottom line is we want to sell america and that is the message. i think you are delivering the message loud and clear. i am pleased to be a part of the export council initiative with mr. tiberi in yourself and secretary locke. and the goal, as i understand it in the two meetings we've had is to create 2 million jobs redoubling exports. the descendents of previous trade hearing, we haven't done my double export 1995 between the period of 95 through 2007. during that period of time can we pass nine trade agreements. one of the first questions i was going to ask was whether or not he thought passing a free-trade agreement agreement for not passing what impact the dublin exports initiatives. your answer was it would be difficult. i also want to say that i really appreciate the recognizing right up front washington state issues as far as canada attract new customers into

mr. reichert is recognized for three minutes. >> welcome, mr. am pass tore. i've enjoyed working with you. you do enjoy your job, i've noticed that. qual though it is a tough one. the bottom line is we want to sell american. that's the mess am. i think you're delivering that message loud and clear. i'm pleased to be part of the export council initiative with mr. tiberi and yourself and secretary lock. the goal, as i understand it so far that the two meetings we've had is to create two million jobs by doubling exports. as save said in some previous trade hearings, we haven't done that, doubling exports, since 1995, between the period of 1995 through 2007 and during that period of time, we passed nine trade afreements. one of of the first questions i was going to ask is whether or not you thought passing the current free trade agreement or not passing it would impact the doubling exports initiative and your answer was, it would be difficult. so i also want to say that i really appreciate your recognizing it right up font, washington state's issues as far as can