ms. delauro, who is an ovarian cancer survivor.the principal co-sponsors, the gentleman from california, mr. issa, the gentleman from indiana, mr. burton, and the ovarian cancer national alliance for their critical help with this resolution. and with that i yield as much time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts controls the time. mr. lynch: mr. speaker, i yield for such time as she may consume to ms. delauro, the lead sponsor of this resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized for as much time as she may consume. ms. delauro: i thank the gentleman for this time. the gentleman from massachusetts for this time. i thank the gentleman from new york for his leadership on this issue and it is an honor to serve with him. he has been a champion of the cause of cancer and in particular ovarian cancer. i strongly urge my colleagues to support the ovarian cancer awareness resolution. this is an easy call for me bec

ms. delauro: madam speaker, i rise in support of this jobs bill. we have seen 23 straight months of job losses. what does this mean? it means that families are under huge stress. it means there are hungry children in the united states of america. it means a lost generation of american workers. we owe a response to those families, contending with joblessness and the financial havoc it wreaks on their lives. it is not only the moral thing to do. it is our obligation as legislators and as citizens. i urge my colleagues to support this bill. it redirects $75 billion of tarp funds, money that was spent on wall street, and it moves it toward key infrastructure investment which will provide jobs now. it provides a foundation for long-term prosperity. it helps to stabilize our public sector work force. it supports teachers, police officers, firefighters and other public servants. and as important, it cuts taxes for 16 million struggling families by making the child tax credit available to working families with children. they lost their jobs, they lost thei

ms. delauro: madam speaker, i rise in support of this jobs bill.e have seen 23 straight months of job losses. what does this mean? it means that families are under huge stress. it means there are hungry children in the united states of america. it means a lost generation of american workers. we owe a response to those families, contending with joblessness and the financial havoc it wreaks on their lives. it is not only the moral thing to do. it is our obligation as legislators and as citizens. i urge my colleagues to support this bill. it redirects $75 billion of tarp funds, money that was spent on wall street, and it moves it toward key infrastructure investment which will provide jobs now. it provides a foundation for long-term prosperity. it helps to stabilize our public sector work force. it supports teachers, police officers, firefighters and other public servants. and as important, it cuts taxes for 16 million struggling families by making the child tax credit available to working families with children. they lost their jobs, they lost their

ms. delauro. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. delauro: i'm pleased to join my colleagues in support of this amendment. it grants the cftc and the s.e.c. the authority to prohibit specific swaps, including the abuse of naked credit default swaps that distorted the derivatives market. it's now a bona fide end user exemption in the bill to prevent loopholes that might allow major financial players to evade the requirements of the bill, while ensuring that legitimate end users still have access to this financial tool. it ensures that no illegal swap transaction will remain a valid contract in a court of law. we should not countenance predatory behavior in any way. we should make sure market players are not financially benefiting from the abusive and corrupt practices that helped initiate this debilitating rere-session. companies took bets that others would fail without facing any risk thems in the case of default. other institutions took those bets even though they could not pay out if the unthinkable happened -- happened. it was a ca

ms. delauro: i rise to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. delauro: i rise against the stupak amendment. it represents an overreach that denies women the right to buy abortion coverage with their own money. it will deny all but the wealthiest women access to reproductive choice. were it up to me and my colleagues on both sides of the issue, abortion would have never sfwruded in our health care debate like this. but sadly the conference of catholic bishops had other ideas. they chose to hold comprehensive health care reform hostage to the abortion issue. they lobbied for this legislation in a manner that was unbecoming to our faith and in doing so they failed their obligation to help the poor and heal the sick. nonetheless, i'm heartened to see yesterday our colleagues in the other body rejected a similarly overreaching amendment. i hope that we will get back to a common ground approach when it returns from conference. america's women need a health care bill that ends discrimination against them, not encodes it ever further into our system of l

ms. delauro: madam speaker, i rise in support of this jobs bill.ave seen 23 straight months of job losses. what does this mean? it means that families are under huge stress. it means there are hungry children in the united states of america. it means a lost generation of american workers. we owe a response to those families, contending with joblessness and the financial havoc it wreaks on their lives. it is not only the moral thing to do. it is our obligation as legislators and as citizens. i urge my colleagues to support this bill. it redirects $75 billion of tarp funds, money that was spent on wall street, and it moves it toward key infrastructure investment which will provide jobs now. it provides a foundation for long-term prosperity. it helps to stabilize our public sector work force. it supports teachers, police officers, firefighters and other public servants. and as important, it cuts taxes for 16 million struggling families by making the child tax credit available to working families with children. they lost their jobs, they lost their hea

ms. delauro: madam speaker, after 23 straight months of job losses we must do more to preserve and createrican jobs and we must ensure a fair and level playing field for u.s. manufacturers. the w.t.o. recently found that airbus has been receiving illegal subsidies that violate global rules and stifle real competition in the aerospace industry. we should not reward these illegal trade practices. as such the pentagon should take into account this ruling when considering bids for the next generation air refueling tanker contract. awarding this contract to airbus means the loss of at least 14,000 american jobs to europe and in today's economy we cannot afford any more job loss. we cannot continue to allow our foreign competitors an unfair economic advantage nor can we let our domestic defense manufacturing base erode as we have. i strongly urge d.o.d. to consider these billions of dollars in illegal european subsidies when bidding the tanker contract. it is time to put our workers, american workers, and our security first and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the ge

ms. delauro, but they and other members were part of bringing together this important and obsession for us. i just want to say this. when we began this year, i think it is important to note, when we began this year, the first month of the year, this economy lost 740,000 jobs. because of our recovery package and the leadership of president barack obama, in this last month, the economy lost 11,000 jobs. 740 a year ago, 11,000 last month. we do not want to lose any jobs. we're going on the path of creating a net gain of creating new jobs. in that same period, the stock market went up over 3,000 points, from the day president obama took office where the market was about 7000, to now over 10,000. economists tell us a lot of that change relates to our recovery package and other fiscally sound measures taken by congress. and i think it is important to note what has happened to the gdp. think of this. we have stimulated the economy to grow. in the first quarter, of this year, as a result of the failed economic policies of the previous administration, we were down -6.4%. the gdp growth or lack ther

ms. delauro, ms. slaughter, i don't know if she's joined us yet.inging about this important, important end of session for us. i want to say when we began this year, it's very important to note, when we began this year, the first month of the year, this economy lost 740,000 jobs. because of our recovery package and other actions of congress and the leadership of president barack obama, in this last month, the economy lost 11,000 jobs. 740,000 a year ago. 11,000 last month. we don't want to lose any jobs. now we're going on a path of creating a net gain of many more jobs. but it's important to note that . in that same period, the stock market went up over 3,000 points. from the day president obama took office, where the market was about 7,000, now over 10,000. a will the of that change relates to our recovery package and other fiscally sound measures taken by congress. i think it's important to note that -- it's very important to note what has happened to the g.d.p. think of this. we have stimulated the economy to grow. in the first quarter of this