mr. sarbanes: yes. mr. garamendi: they could start tomorrow if congress acts today to pass the american jobs act. because the resources, that is the money, would be there tomorrow. the day the president signs this bill those men and women can go to work rebuilding those schools. and there's one other thing that's in the president's bill that i am really excited about because we've been talking about this forever and a day around here and that is make it in america. there is a buy america provision in this legislation so when they go out and buy the paint, redo the air conditioning system, the heating and air conditioning system, those are going to be american-made paint, american-made air conditioners and heaters. that's the kind of thing we can do, we can use the american taxpayer money to rebuild the american manufacturing industry, just as you said. we can do it. it's billions of dollars of american money in transportation, bridges, roads, buses, trains, used for american-made equipment. making it once a

mr. sarbanes thank that means a lot of things, but first and foremost it means investing in our infrastructure, rebuilding our tunnels and highways, and this would put resources toward that task, investing in human capital, education, innovation, technology, entrepreneurship. this would make sure that teachers go back to work to teach our young people in the classroom, investing in strong communities. this bill would support resources for our firefighters, to put more police officers out there on the beat. that's investing in communities. we have to rebuild this country. the american jobs act does that let's pass the american jobs act and put this country back to work. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> madam speaker, i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> this past weekend, california's central valley lost a great leader a leader in the dairy construction field a man that's been a support