mr. welch: mr. chairman, i request a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by offered by the gentleman from vermont will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition? the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 3 printed in the congressional record offered by ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. chairman. as i listened today i listened to some enormously bipartisan commentary about jobs. as mr. waxman knows, our ranking member, we have been working on creating jobs for a very long time. democrats are hoping for a vote in the other body on the president's american jobs act. in the last congress, although we documented three million jobs, i can assure you that our stimulus package created unless of -- millions of jobs unrecorded because it was emergency funding that did not require that funding -- that recording. my a

amendment number 20 of mr. welch of vermont. amendment number 2 by ms. moore of wisconsin. amendment number 14 by mr. ellison of minnesota. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 11 printed in the congressional record offered by the gentleman from california, mr. waxman, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 11 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. waxman of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. will the house suspend the rules and pass house of representatives -- any u

mr. welcher have a chance to sit down, meet with him, talk with him at length? >> yes, i talked to him several times. he was a real different guy. i first met him in the early '80s, mid '80s. and he was different. he had a vision of changing the world then. and you know, everybody's talking about him in terms of apple, disney. most of all i think you've got to think about his family tonight. what a loss. and i -- we've had an experience at this house tonight. we have two kids in college. and within minutes of hearing about it, they both called, devastated. you wouldn't believe their reaction to it. and these are kids that aren't normally touched by this sort of thing. this guy touched everybody in this country and perhaps the world in some way or another. remarkable. >> it's really amazing when you think about once in a generation kind of ceo, a technology genius. but i don't know if we can compare anyone in our generation with steve jobs for the impact he's had on the world. >> people young an

two, there's so much positive happening out there, and mr. welch the back room talking about it, and the president's got to figure out how he begins to -- to, from a posture standpoint project that confidence, project the strength of the country, and hopefully we find ourselves people wanting to employ people more, stimulating prosperity and growth in other parts of the economy. >> you know, david -- >> harold, keep pushing that. >> i took it from you. >> david, this is an interesting poll, and it shows whom the american people blame for economic problems in the country. 78% blame wall street. 87% blame the federal government. one of the big questions that you've posed about president obama is can he run a conventionally liberal campaign, a populous campaign, tax the rich more, and prevail? >> no. you know, the most important public statistic in our lifetime is they ask people, do you trust government to do the right thing most of the time? through the '50s, '60s, '70s, it was like 80% trusted government. then that drops, vietnam, watergate, gets d

mr. welchut and say he was the greatest ceo of our time, maybe ever? >> well, i -- somebody might argue with that, but i'd have trouble finding anyone better. >> it was really amazing. mr. welch, thanks very much for sharing a few thoughts with us. >> thanks, wolf. >> the tech world is entirely different because of what steve jobs did. people are using his products right now. many of you are probably watching on something steve jobs was directly responsible for. let's talk a little bit about the technology impact. joining us is the "new york times" technology reporter, nick built bilton. give us your thoughts on what this means. >> i think, you know, we're not really going to see the effects as far as apple the company for a couple of years. steve was a genius at looking out into the future. and a lot of the products we'll see come out in the next couple of years were things that had his hands on it. but it's going to be difficult for the company to continue, to keep this -- one of the things i

the chair recognizes the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch, for five minutes. mr. welch: thank you. madam speaker, i first of all wish to associate myself with the remarks of mr. duncan, mr. jones, mr. mcgovern who spoke earlier. and i intend to address the issue of the war in afghanistan. this war's got to end. it's got to end because it's making us weaker not stronger. it's a dead end strategy that is the result of decision that is were made that do not treat with the respect they are entitled to the willingness of our men and women in uniform to serve. they will doll whatever it is we ask them -- do whatever it is we ask them to do. our job is to give them a policy that's worthy of the sacrifice that they are always willing to make. this war in afghanistan has been going on for 10 years. it has morphed into the united states military and the united states taxpayer having the burden of building a nation in afghanistan. that can't be done. we know if can't be done. but there is an unwillingness to have a reckoning in this congress and in this country to turn the direction of our na

mr. welch: i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a rored vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is order. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a fife-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 275, the nays are 142, the bill is passed. without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair is prepared to entertain one-minute requests. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the motto inscribeden on the prisoner of wa

mr. wolf. this is's a lot of good republicans but they have to crack the leadership mold. >> congressman welch, you said earlier mr. mcconnell made it his single focus to get one man out of the job, the president. >> right. >> are you telling me -- are you telling me that mr. mcconnell has no regard for the 14 million who are out of work at the moment? is it really the case that getting the president out has precedence over the 14 million americans desperate to work? >> that's certainly not my view and not the view of the 14 million americans. i am quoting senator mcconnell. that's a shocking thing to say. we have our fights. the election comes up and it's no holds barred, and the voters make the decision of who will be the majority or minority, and whether you are a leader or rank in file, you can express your differences but the idea that you will fight for failure and that's what your agenda will be, and justify that by saying we bring it down to the ashes, and then when we were fully in charge we will rescue it, and that obviously is anti-democratic. >> it's horrendous. i would like for you

mr. cain for many years. he's also the managing director for investments at lowery, smith welch management, and he's on the advisory board of the american conservative union. he was previously senior vice president at mcdonald investments. rich, welcome. >> thank you. thank you, kevin. and thank you to aei for putting this on and allowing us to address, you know, some legitimate and some not so legitimate concerns. um, i'm not sure where to begin, but let me just kind of go through and respond to a number of these, you know, as i have been able to take notes. you know, the first thing that mr. cain did by being bold is made it safe for politicians to follow. um, now that we've steered the debate towards pro-growth tax reform, pro-growth, pro-job, pro-export tax reform, we can get away from this debate over a austerity economics. the next discussion we're going to have is over the difference between the incidents of a tax and the burden of that tax. and let me explain. if you think that the incidents of a tax is the same as the burden of that tax, all you look at is your paycheck to understand how much taxes are bei