Almost no one in Washington is talking about jobs. For 2 months now, both Chambers of the Congress have been locked down in talking about the debt ceiling. Meanwhile, if you look back at the Bush years, America lost over 8 million jobs…

I appreciate the Senator's comments about where we were. About 10 years ago, we had a budget surplus in this country, as you recall. We had a number of years of quarter after quarter of economic growth, and we know that when you have…

I think it's going to get 218, and we'll send it to the Senate. At some point we may be able to get two-thirds. That's our whole goal. This bill needs 218.

I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from the great State of Louisiana (Mr. Landry).

I now yield to my good friend, the Congresswoman from Florida, Corrine Brown.

I thank the gentlelady, and I would also like to thank Representative Fudge for her leadership. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlelady may not yield blocks of time.

I thank the gentleman. I would also like to thank our ranking member for carrying the flag here on our side and combating some of the misinformation that's coming out from the other side. And I know the other side certainly feels the same…

Oh, that's really worked well over the last 40 years. I yield 15 seconds to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton).

I thank the gentlelady. I would also like to thank Representative Fudge and the Congressional Black Caucus. This issue of voter identification and voter suppression goes to the heart of our Constitution in this country. Eleven percent of…

Before yielding to the gentleman from Indiana, let me just say this: This idea that there's no chance this will pass the Senate, how do we know? We don't know until we send it over there. Maybe Harry Reid will have the courage to bring it…

I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Duncan).

What defies logic is a $14 trillion debt and the Democrats' unwillingness to say let's do what everyone else has to do. Let's put a balanced budget requirement in the Constitution so that politicians have to do what they have to do in…

You know why it was rejected? Because it is the same old game. It is exactly the same old game. The cuts come in the outyears; the tax increases come now. And, oh, here we go again. And, yes, there are no specifics to it. It is the same…

Our national unemployment rate is stuck at over 9 percent. We're currently borrowing 43 cents on every dollar that's spent around here, and our national debt stands at a staggering $14.5 trillion. The American people are demanding that we…

I would just add, 38 of those 50 States would have to agree to this before the Constitution would be amended. The gentleman can say, oh, we're going to write this in. The States get to decide this. That's the other part of this equation. I…

That's good to know. Reclaiming my time, so what you're saying is you guys actually think the balanced budget amendment is a good idea and something we need.

Reclaiming my time, is the gentleman from Maryland suggesting that if there are some changes made to the balanced budget amendment in our legislation that there would be 50 votes in the House to support it on your side?

Mr. President, I am here today to celebrate a friend and a statesman, a former Member of the Senate, a marine aviator, a pioneering astronaut, a beloved family man, and an American hero. Today is the 90th birthday of John Herschel Glenn. I…