>> well, we all understand that complete economic collapse would hurt people in youngstown and all overhe country. it would further damage this tepid recovery that we're having in the first place. so we understand that argument and we've tried to do the mature thing. i actually voted for the reid bill yesterday when it was on the house, begrudgingly voted for it. but in the end of the day a lot of us would like the see the president, months and months ago, even when we were dealing with the tax issues, we have to make the demand that the welt yes, sir in this country sacrifice. they're not being asked to sacrifice anything, chuck. we've got soldiers at war, two wars going on, a bad economy, 20% unxloiemployment in the construction strayed atrade and asking the wealthiest in this country to make a trade. we need revenues to make these investments. if you want to appease the bo bondholders down the line, let's ask the wealthiest to contribute. putting the brunt of the cuts on main street while the top 1% get off scot-free, quite frankly for a problem that main street did not create, i thi

i was at youngstown university talking, there are programs there, there's a group through magnet in youngstown in northeast ohio about putting -- getting -- helping soldiers and sailors and marines leaving the service, integrating into the classroom and helping them find jobs in that region, someplace we've fallen woefully short. manufacturing, which was moving along steadily earlier this year, we had seen 12, 13, 14, 15 months of job growth in manufacturing, not enough job growth but some, that's even slowing down. steps taken through the auto rescue and other things we did in the last couple of years dealing with this terrible, terrible recession created in 2007 and 2008 the auto rescue saved millions -- auto rescue and other efforts saved millions of americans from joining the unemployment rolls and we're seeing a better auto industry, an auto industry coming back, especially in places like defiance and toledo and northwood and cleveland and lordstown, ohio. bit the challenges remain severe. like many in this chamber, i believe manufacturing is key not only to our economic recovery but to t

the federal aviation administration to fund a $4.365 million project to improve a runway at the youngstown regional airport in his ohio district. how about joe walsh, sponsor of the balanced budget amendment and who has said -- >> this is a spending problem, and we have an unbelievable opportunity here to use this debt ceiling issue as a real opportunity to get once in a generation spending reform. >> well, according to the huffington post, stan stein, congressman walsh wrote the department of agriculture asking for $798,000 for contributions for the american foundation in niguragua. sounds like a good use of money, but that's the point. a lot of so-called wasteful spending doesn't look wasteful when spent on your priorities. republican lawmakers have pressed for tens of millions of dollars to help their districts. they don't want government in the abstract and are happy to rail against it when the cameras are on, but more than happy to get theirs when the camera is off. joining me now, washington bureau chief, ryan grim, how are you doing? >> pretty good, how are you doing? >> i wonder ho

my constituents in youngstown and akron, ohio, pay a heck of a lot more than 17%. we hear our friends on the other side of the aisle, how all these changes need to occur, how all these problems need to be solved, but heaven forbid, mr. speaker, we ask the 400 wealthiest families in the united states of america to maybe be a little bit patriotic and help us ou and you'll say, well these are the job creators. these taxes won't go into place for another year or two. we've got to get through this downturn. but we need to send a message to the bond market that we are serious. and for us to be this irresponsible and not ask the wealthiest, what a they being asked to sacrifice here? what are the top 1%, what are we asking them to sacrifice? i ask for an additional 15 seconds. mr. van hollen: i yield an additional 15 seconds. mr. ryan: one final point. the debt we are now debating was run up by our friends on the other side. two wars, the bush tax cut and a prescription drug plan, all on the credit card, and now the same people who worked their way up in the leadership pos

and that over 30 years if you take cities like youngstown or cleveland or detroit you will see cities that need investment. and we may not have had a natural disaster, but over the last 30 years we have had an economic disaster. where we have had a lack of private investment. and i'm rising here to say that high-speed rail can have -- can be a force multiplier in our economic improvement in our community and across the country. and many -- the gentleman from california just cited the number of jobs, the billions of dollars that could be invested. and in youngstown, ohio, we would be linked up to a pittsburgh to cleveland corridor that would then go over to toledo and detroit, that would make its way over to chicago. this is essentially connecting the united states of america. but you take an economic region like ours with two major powerhouses in education and in health care, that would be connected by high-speed rail, and in ohio we gave away the high speed rail money, too. our governor gave it away. there were hundreds of millions of dollars in private investment that was going to f

bob in youngstown, ohio writes, you only have 49 more years to go, jack. were turning 149 the answer would be yes. if you want to read more on this, we have funny e-mails, go to the blog. candy. >> those were great. i love those today. your guys should go into sta standup. >> xexcept for the guy that sai i have 49 years to go. i don't like him at all. nasty. >> i'll write him back for you. thanks, jack. >>> for our north american viewers, john king usa starting at the top of the hour, and up next jeanne moos looks at reaction about the casey anthony verdict. introducing the schwab mobile app. it's schwab at your fingertips wherever, whenever you want. one log in lets you monitor all of your balances and transfer between accounts, so your money can move as fast as you do. check out your portfolio, track the market with live updates. and execute trades anywhere and anytime the inspiration hits you. even deposit checks right from your phone. just take a picture, hit deposit and you're done. open an account today and put schwab mobile to work for you. right no

i don't know a business person from toledo to dayton to youngstown to akron, ohio, that think that ithrough this again in six months. it just freezes any kind of activity or investment or job creation when you do this. it injects more uncertainty into an already uncertain economy in going through this again in six months would be just such an irresponsible thing to do. i don't think -- i think senators understand that. i'm not sure why john boehner's troops in the house think that it makes sense to do this again in six months. >> in terms of the senate action, it's now friday night, what happens tomorrow, sunday, monday, how quickly does this go through the process in order to avert an economic disaster on tuesday? >> we're working late into the night tonight. late into the night tomorrow night. we'll be hear sunday and i think the timetable is such with the way senate rules work that unless we get unanimous support or what's called unanimous consent, wolf, to send it to the house monday morning. we would like to do it earlier. i think the house then will get a lot of pressure from ma

jim from youngstown, ohio one of the best cities that produce football coaches ever.h the partisan struggle. what frufs you as you sit here and watch all of this. >> i think what's frustrating when i watch television, see the riots going on in greece, you know, i'm afraid it's going to have to get to that here in the united states before washington does something. and it trufs me because it doesn't have to get that bad here, but scares me maybe it will have to get that bad before ne solve the problems. >> dave: deliver a message to the republicans and democrats. >> the time is now to fight the debt. whether with the debt ceiling or the next budget. we don't have to wait until there's rioting to solve it, however you have to get it done. >> dave: maybe all of you people need to be at the table next week when they debate this. where is that "fox & friends" onesie, where did it go? we're going to get that homemade "fox & friends" unzy. is that spectacular? >> sfaft viewers. >> get a look at that, guys. >> i think our fox viewers made more sense on the issues than half of

but what about a youngstown steelworker, what about a columbus store clerk, what about a cincinnati nurse, what about a toledo sheet metal worker? what about an akron -- an akron worker in an auto plant, in a rubber plant? do they get that option? of course not. they have to wait until 65 or 62 and a discounted amount to receive retirement benefits. no longer, mr. president, should any congressman, no longer should any congresswoman, no longer should any senator be treated differently from other americans. that's what the congressional retirement act of 2011 would ensure. this bill would amend the federal employees retirement system and the civil service retirement system to directly tie current and future members of congress access to their federal benefits, their federal retirement benefits, tie it to the social security retirement age. it's that simple and it's bipartisan. senator mccaskill of missouri, a democrat, senator johnson of south dakota, a democrat, are cosponsors. the house companion introduced by representative bobby shilling of illinois, a republican, has seven republican

400 wealthiest people in the united states of america pay a tax rate of 17% while the fellow in youngstown, ohio, is paying a much higher tax rate and the sky is falling and the republican party wants to make these huge decisions about how to fix our country. we need the wealthiest in our country to become patriots and step up to bat and help us solve this problem. everyone is being asked to sacrifice, the military, the middle class, children going to college with pell grants, all being asked to sacrifice but for the top 1% of the wealthiest people in this country. it is absent from this debate and irresponsible for us to continue this process without asking the wealthiest in the united states of america who have been blessed to live in this country to help us solve this problem. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? >> address the house for one minute and ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, this evening is a mo

my constituents in youngstown and akron, ohio, pay a heck of a lot more than 17%. we hear our friends on the other side of the aisle, how all these changes need to occur, how all these problems need to be solved, but heaven forbid, mr. speaker, we ask the 400 wealthiest families in the united states of america to maybe be a little bit patriotic and help us out. and you'll say, well these are the job creators. these taxes won't go into place for another year or two. we've got to get through this downturn. but we need to send a message to the bond market that we are serious. and for us to be this irresponsible and not ask the wealthiest, what are they being asked to sacrifice here? what are the top 1%, what are we asking them to sacrifice? i ask for an additional 15 seconds. mr. van hollen: i yield an additional 15 seconds. mr. ryan: one final point. the debt we are now debating was run up by our friends on the other side. two wars, the bush tax cut and a prescription drug plan, all on the credit card, and now the same people who worked their way up in the leadership

my constituents in youngstown and akron, ohio, pay a heck of a lot more than 17%. we hear our friends on the other side of the aisle, how all these changes need to occur, how all these problems need to be solved, but heaven forbid, mr. speaker, we ask the 400 wealthiest families in the united states of america to maybe be a little bit patriotic and help us out. and you'll say, well these are the job creators. these taxes won't go into place for another year or two. we've got to get through this downturn. but we need to send a message to the bond market that we are serious. and for us to be this irresponsible and not ask the wealthiest, what are they being asked to sacrifice here? what are the top 1%, what are we asking them to sacrifice? i ask for an additional 15 seconds. mr. van hollen: i yield an additional 15 seconds. mr. ryan: one final point. the debt we are now debating was run up by our friends on the other side. two wars, the bush tax cut and a prescription drug plan, all on the credit card, and now the same people who worked their way up in the leadership

my constituents in youngstown and akron, ohio, pay a heck of a lot more than 17%. we hear our friends on the other side of the aisle, how all these changes need to occur, how all these problems need to be solved, but heaven forbid, mr. speaker, we ask the 400 wealthiest families in the united states of america to maybe be a little bit patriotic and help us out. and you'll say, well these are the job creators. these taxes won't go into place for another year or two. we've got to get through this downturn. but we need to send a message to the bond market that we are serious. and for us to be this irresponsible and not ask the wealthiest, what are they being asked to sacrifice here? what are the top 1%, what are we asking them to sacrifice? i ask for an additional 15 seconds. mr. van hollen: i yield an additional 15 seconds. mr. ryan: one final point. the debt we are now debating was run up by our friends on the other side. two wars, the bush tax cut and a prescription drug plan, all on the credit card, and now the same people who worked their way up in the leadership