congressman pascrell, my friend, you have the floor. mr. pascrell: i thank you for yielding, i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, if you look at the data it is clear that since the start of the obama administration and the passage of the recovery act which you've heard depicted by the three former speakers we are stemming in number of job losses per month. there is no doubt about that. but we need to do everything we can to actually start gaining jobs instead of just losing fewer. and it would seem by the charts, it would seem by the facts that in the next several months we will see finally for the first time in several years a plus in terms of the creation of jobs. the u.s. jobs deficit has reached millions. our unemployment rate is 9.7%, that is in intolerable rate. and the problem we are face something how to address the shortfall in employment opportunities and articulate a new strategy that targets and edge gauges our small -- engages our small businesses and american workers. mr. speaker, we simply need jobs. which brings

pascrell: thank you, mr. chairman, thank you, mr. speaker. you know, many things are said across the aisle in the heat of a debate. and if it hasn't been said yet, maybe the reason it has been said by everybody. i believe that the ranking member's an honorable person, i believe my chairman is. but you really hit rock bottom when you accuse us on this side of the aisle of not caring about our veterans. even the president of the national -- the vietnam veterans of america said this is shameless. you're fear mongering, it's not right, tell the truth and then let the chipping fall where it may. it's utterly dishonest to suggest, mr. chairman, that we are seeking to deny any soldier the health care they deserve and the benefits that nearly all republicans and democrats have spent our careers in congress working to protect and prove. why need we go to that? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. time has -- the gentleman's time has expired. mr. camp: i ask that the gentleman's words be taken down for the false statements. the sp

pascrell: thank you, madam speaker. economists estimate a $1 billion investment in water infrastructure will create 28,500 jobs. for anybody to stand up here and say this particular legislation does not specifically face off against the job -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. pascrell: they haven't read the bill. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. camp: i reserve at this time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. levin: now it's my privilege to yield a minute and a half to the gentlelady from nevada, shelley berkley. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from nevada is recognized for a minute and a half. ms. berkley: thank you, madam speaker. thank you, mr. chairman, for your leadership. this legislation is yet another strong step towards economic recovery for las vegas, the state of nevada, and the nation. the provisions of this bill will spur the creation and growth of small busine

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the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognize plsmed pascrell: it's critical we approve the $5.1 billion in this emergency legislation to allow fema to continue its work in helping areas of the country like northern new jersey recover from natural disasters. i urge an aye vote on the rule and the underlying bill and i thank you, madam speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from colorado reserves, the gentlewoman from north carolina is recognize. ms. foxx: i'd like to yield two additional minutes to my colleague from arizona, mr. flake. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognize. mr. flake: what got me to the floor was not to talk about fema, but the gentleman talked about jobs and that's what i want to talk about. the gentleman mentioned pre-existing conditions. i said this may or may not be good public policy to deal with it, i think it is. but we need to deal with it in a responsible way. the republican idea was to have existing pools for those with pre-existing conditions to go into. you don't just suspend the laws