ms. berkley: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, house resolution 1391, as amended. the speaker pro mpore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1391. resolution congratulating israel for its accession to membership in the organization for economic cooperation and development. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlelady from nevada, ms. berkley, and the gentlelady from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from nevada. ms. berkley: thank you, mr. speaker. i as unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the resolution under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. berkley: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of this resolution and yield myself as much time as i may consume. the chair: the gentlelady-- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady i

ms. berkley. ms. berkley: thank you, ms. wasserman schultz. we start our days together because we are next door neighbors and it's a pleasure to see you 14 hours later here on the floor of the house and i thank you for heading this effort. and i know this is near and dear to your heart and you have done an extraordinary job year after year bringing the jewish american story to our fellow citizens and i appreciate it very much and i can't help but agree with you about the beautiful story that our colleague ms. schwartz. i leaned over and i said is that her grandmother. and you said no that's her mother. and it ps a lump in my throat as well. congressman wasserman schultz, my family story is an american jewish story, not unlike so many millions of other american jews that came to our shores from other places. my mother's side of the family comes from greece where there was a very vibrant jewish community prior to world war ii. half of the population of her community in greece were jewish. but by the time the nazis finished, there were only a tho

ms. berkley: because there's money in here so we can provide summer jobs for high school students. small businesses will receive tax incentives to preserve their jobs. restaurants and retail stores can improve their businesses and expand by the r & d tax credit. major job creating infrastructure products, like the expansion of the airplane, and all of those great downtown building and transportation products are going to continue because of the bonds and the recovery zone bond program. and finally, the extension of medicare reimbursement to america's doctors for 19 months. it's necessary, it's not permanent. it's going to help them care for their patients. i yield back the balance of my time. mr. camp: at this time, i reserve. mr. levin: mr. speaker, i now yield one minute to another member of our committee, a distinguished member indeed, mr. davis of illinois. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of this jobs bill. because this legislation will provide summer jobs for hundreds of thousands