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womack and mr. olivo come in your mind, this health care bill is more likely or less like a for you to go out and hire people at this point? >> well, without a doubt it's created a tremendous amount of uncertainty. and its frozen of the credit markets as far as restaurants go. those are just now starting to loosen up. but as we get closer, the applications become more clear. credit markets are going to freeze up. it's going to be harder to borrow money to build a restaurant. the other thing is as i stated earlier, the only way to pay for this in our business is to cut costs. and we are a lean mean industry now. we don't have a lot of fat. you know, the thing that we can control, our payroll, and to minimize the impact of these penalties so that means cutting jobs. it doesn't mean adding jobs. >> we're getting to the tipping point where risk-reward no longer make sense for someone to go out a small business owner and take a string ago and started business. the other part, maybe i can bring this back

he still likes brad womack.nene leakes, my girl. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] i love nene leakes. >> she was terrific on the show. >> jimmy: i love nene. she's -- so wait, she -- she fights star jones? >> well, they don't get along. they don't like each other very much -- >> jimmy: why? >> -- i will tell you. they're not good pals. and you would of thought they might be but, i'll tell you they went -- they went at it -- i don't think i've ever seen anything like it on television, so you'll see. >> i don't -- i would never fight with nene leakes. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: jose canseco. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] he's one of the first 40-40 -- >> right, big, strong guy. >> jimmy: [ clears throat ] yeah. [ light lauger ] >> a very interesting character. >> jimmy: he got really strong, yeah? didn't he, yeah? [ laughter ] he was one of the first people to -- yeah, come out with the whole steroids thing. >> he did. and actually, he was right. what he wrote was right, you know, so? whether they like itr not, he wasn't w

brad womack.used to be brad picklesheimer. for real. his parents slit up. he took his stepfather's last name which was picklesheier. can you imagine if he had that name now. will you be mrs. brad picklesheimer? no. what woman would take the name picklesheimer besides her? so far this season three bachelorettes have signed brad's pickle. tonight the bachelor got it down by three. megan was cut. she is a fashion marketer from new york and here she is leaving the house after she was -- look at that walk. she walks like richard kind in "a serious man." make it to the end of 9 driveway without dropping the walnut she wins $100. one more thing. for some reason somewhere between 200 and 800 times per episode amazing is said. everything is amazing. brad is amazing. the view is amazing. the women are amazing. they're easily amazed so tonight we've turned that into a drinking game. we got my uncle frank, aunt chippy and security guards together. the rules are simple. every time you hear the word amazing you

my name is scott womack, president of womack restaurants. hi am pleased to be here to testify on behalf of the chamber of commerce and come before you on behalf of my company, my industry and small business entrepreneurs. my first jobs or as a busboy and a coat. i joined the grocery industry after five years and then got fired. i found myself starting over. i was working as a manager at and with the $50,000 loan from my parents are bought my first franchise. after ten years i began building restaurants. in 2006 i purchased a development agreement to expand into ohio. this would mean jobs in ohio not just in my restaurants but in construction, real estate and manufacturing. thanks to this new law those are not going to happen. the restaurant industry serves a certain role in the economy employing 12.7 million people. i like to say it is an industry of first opportunities and second chances. first job is, first career as, first shot at small-business ownership and second chances for people starting over. maybe from a forced career change or re

womack, do you want to comment as well? >> i think any time you allow people to accumulate money in an account like an hsa for the purpose of their expenses, it becomes a huge incentive for them to manage all of those little costs. sometimes a hidden cost can be significant. you know that when you have the money in the account and you can keep it, you have a very the incentive to manage your costs. >> thank you for the testimony. i have talked to numerous small businesses and their employees who feel like they have had the rug pulled out from under them to take care of their own health care, and they are going to have to make a huge adjustment as the law changes. i would like to see an expansion in flexibility to help these costs. >> i thank the gentleman. at this point, everyone has gone through inquiring at least once. >> [inaudible] >> i am aware. the gentleman from california will be recognized after i inquired. you currently indicated you have 45 employees, and prior to the recession, you had 54 employees. i assume lik

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womack and mr.ith this health care bill, is it more or less likely that you will go out and hire people. >> there is a lot of uncertainty. it has frozen credit markets. as we get closer, the implications become more clear. credit markets are pointing freeze up. it will be hard to borrow money to build new restaurants. as i stated earlier, the only way to pay for this and our business is to cut costs. we are a lean, mean industry. we do not have a lot of that. the things -- we do not have a lot of fat. are think that we control ou personnel and health care. >> back to douglas holtz-eakin. with regard to medicare, i live in the state that has the largest medicare expenses. florida and texas have economies that are doing relatively better. the same number of citizens living in that states have twice the medicaid expenses. with the passage of this bill, is it a point to increase or decrease the medicaid costs we are seeing in new york state? >> the states are at great risk. they are obligated under the

brad womack is back. he's at bachelor from season 11 who didn't pick any of the girls.viewers were angry about that. you're supposed to propose to one of the women, whether or not if you have any intention of marrying them. it's law. this time around, brad wanted to make absolutely sure that people know he is a changed man. >> i needed to make a change right then and there. i wanted to figure out, how can i change because i am damn sure not going to wind up alone. >> and that moment would change brad's life forever. >> i want to prove to myself that i've changed. >> i see a change in brad. >> you seem to be a changed man. what's changed? >> would not be here if i didn't think i was a changed man. >> changed man? >> it did change me. >> you say you're a changed man. >> i needed to change. people change. are you really changed? i've changed. i've changed. >> what's changed? >> there's a huge change in him. >> three years is a long time to change. >> what do you want me to know about you? >> i've changed. >> jimmy: change. i think the message -- if i had to boil brad's mes

womack: thank you for the time. throughout this debate, there has been talk about jobs and there should be. there is little doubt that this law impacts american workers. take for example, an electric company in my district. it has 6,000 employees across america and the impact is $2.9 million. how does a company like valdor absorb that cost by automating its processes and through attrition, allowing 50 jobs to disappear. eliminating 50 jobs in the first year of this law for a company like valdor not to mention thousands of companies across america similarly situated is not my idea of restoring economic prosperity for america. i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 2 and begin the process of crafting a meaningful, affordable and workable solution. that's the way forward. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. velazquez: i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the the gentleman from new york, mr. wiener. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recog

womack? boehner. woodall? boehner. woolsey? >> our neighbor, nancy pelosi. >> pelosi. wu? pelosi.yarmuth? pelosi. yoder? boehner. young of alaska? boehner. young of florida? boehner. young of indiana? boehner. >> but reading clerk will now call the names of representatives elect to did not answer the first call of role -- who did not answer the first call of the roll. >> ok. [inaudible] >> defazio? [inaudible] next one? >> yeah. go ahead. [inaudible] >> gohmert? boehner. velazquez? pelosi. johnson of illinois? boehner. >> if there are any representatives-elect to did not answer the roll call, they may come to the well and vote at this time. [low and indistinct chatter] [low and indistinct chatter] [low and indistinct chatter] [low and indistinct chatter] [low and indistinct chatter] [low and indistinct chatter] [low and indistinct chatter] [low and indistinct chatter] [low and indistinct chatter] [gavel] >> the tellers agree in their telling that the total number of votes cast by surname, 432, of which the honorable john boehner. -- honorable john boehner of ohio has received 241,

womack: thank you for the time. throughout this debate, there has been talk about jobs and there should be. there is little doubt that this law impacts american workers. take for example, an electric company in my district. it has 6,000 employees across america and the impact is $2.9 million. how does a company like valdor absorb that cost by automating its processes and through attrition, allowing 50 jobs to disappear. eliminating 50 jobs in the first year of this law for a company like valdor not to mention thousands of companies across america similarly situated is not my idea of restoring economic prosperity for america. i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 2 and begin the process of crafting a meaningful, affordable and workable solution. that's the way forward. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. velazquez: i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the the gentleman from new york, mr. wiener. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recog

womack. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. womack: last night a few seats down from where i stand, i listened to our president say he would offer his support to eliminate whatever we can honestly afford to do without. i stand here today in this house chamber feeling a little less like a freshman representative of the united states congress and more like a guy presiding over the people's choice awards. there is no better program in my judgment that is tailor made for elimination than this program. in overwhelming fashion, the people of arkansas and indeed the people of america spoke loud and clear last year about the need to reduce spending in this country. the gentleman from oklahoma talked about the fact that this program does not educate anyone, doesn't feed anyone, doesn't produce a mile of interstate highway. the gentleman from california articulating the declining participation in this check-off program. i don't think there's a better barometer out there for the overwhelming support the people have for this particular mea

womack: mr. speaker, i rise today with a heavy heart to remember the brave service to sergeant ethan c. hardin of fayetteville, arkansas, who died in service to this great nation on january 7, 2011, in afghanistan. he served with b company, second battalion, 30th infantry regiment of the 10th mountain division. an italian affectionately bone as the wild boars. nicknamed easy for his easy going personality, sergeant hardin was also a veteran of the conflict in iraq. sergeant hardin was the product of a loving christian family and a 2004 graduate of fayetteville christian school. his dedication to god and country defined him as both man and soldier. while we mourn with his parents, tom and ceil hardin, we know he has eternal life of the grace and glory of almighty god. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio. >> request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. kucinich: everyone knows that insuran

womack? boehner. woodall? boehner. woolsey? >> our neighbor, nancy pelosi. >> pelosi. wu? pelosi.yarmuth? pelosi. yoder? boehner. young of alaska? boehner. young of florida? boehner. young of indiana? boehner. >> but reading clerk will now call the names of representatives elect to did not answer the first call of role -- who did not answer the first call of the roll. >> ok. [inaudible] >> defazio? [inaudible] next one? >> yeah. go ahead. [inaudible] >> gohmert? boehner. velazquez? pelosi. johnson of illinois? boehner. >> if there are any representatives-elect to did not answer the roll call, they may come to the well and vote at this time. [low and indistinct chatter] [low and indistinct chatter] [low and indistinct chatter] [low and indistinct chatter] [low and indistinct chatter] [low and indistinct chatter] [low and indistinct chatter] [low and indistinct chatter] [low and indistinct chatter] [gavel] >> the tellers agree in their telling that the total number of votes cast by surname, 432, of which the honorable john boehner. -- honorable john boehner of ohio has received 241,

womack: each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from maryland, ms. edwards. ms. edwards: each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy, and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire -- discretion of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. miller. mrs. miller:neither house, during the session of congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting. . mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: section 6. the senators and representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the unite

that is richard womack, cynthia, ronald thomas. thank you. [applause] those of you who know me know that i always have the young person next to me because that is how i was raised in atlanta, georgia. i have a young man who works with me who is now my deputy director who is a national advocate in domestic violence against women and children. you do not see a lot of brothers that are out there. he is dynamic. [applause] you asked me to say something about concrete achievements in my area of expertise that dr. king would be proud of. i have a script and i will try to stay with us. i stayed up all night. i went to sleep at 5:00 this morning because i realize that after 25 years, that is all my adult life. the first thought that comes to mind, it was through my father. i remember my father crying about dr. king. i was to young to understand it. i did not move -- i did not learn non-violent until i moved to atlanta. my father was fighting the kkk. we all had to lay down on the floor. they did not come back. that is all i will say about that. [laug

womack: each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disoerly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from maryland, ms. edwards. ms. edwards: each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy, and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire -- discretion of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. miller. mrs. miller:neither house, during the session of congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting. . mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: section 6. the senators and representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the unite

womack: he personifies the true pursuit of the american dream. the state of arkansas, the united states has lost an original and we mourn the passing. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? mr. cohen: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. cohen: thank you, madam speaker. today's the beginning of a process where the republicans will try to repeal the affordable health care bill. it's about 50/50 in popularity in america. how can a bill with such individual constituent elements that are so popular, such as keeping young people on your insurance until you're 26, eliminating the doughnut hole, seeing to it there's more community health centers, how can it be so unpopular? because the republican mantra has been and it has been said today, a government takeover of health care. well, the journalistic group from "the st. petersburg times" said that was the biggest lie in political 2010. the biggest

that is richard womack, cynthia, ronald thomas. thank you.of you who know me know that i always have the young person next to me because that is how i was raised in atlanta, georgia. i have a young man who works with me who is now my deputy director who is a national advocate in domestic violence against women and children. you do not see a lot of brothers that are out there. he is dynamic. [applause] you asked me to say something about concrete achievements in my area of expertise that dr. king would be proud of. i have a script and i will try to stay with us. i stayed up all night. i went to sleep at 5:00 this morning because i realize that after 25 years, that is all my adult life. the first thought that comes to mind, it was through my father. i remember my father crying about dr. king. i was to young to understand it. i did not move -- i did not learn non-violent until i moved to atlanta. my father was fighting the kkk. we all had to lay down on the floor. they did not come back. that is all i will say about that. [laughter] let me fast-

womack: each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disoerly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from maryland, ms. edwards. ms. edwards: each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy, and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire -- discretion of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. miller. mrs. miller:neither house, during the session of congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting. . mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: section 6. the senators and representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the unite

womack: ch house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disoerly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from maryland, ms. edwards. ms. edwards: each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy, and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire -- discretion of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. miller. mrs. miller:neither house, during the session of congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting. . mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: section 6. the senators and representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the unite