Barbara Boxer: “I am very encouraged by the way the JOBS bill is moving. I am a strong supporter of the bill. I support it in particular…”

“I am very encouraged by the way the JOBS bill is moving. I am a strong supporter of the bill. I support it in particular because I have been working in four areas. One area is to stop runaway film production, and we have good incentives in the bill to help us with that, which is very important to California. Another area is to encourage the bringing back of capital that has been parked overseas for a 1-year experiment to see if jobs will be created. It is a very good provision, and I hope my colleagues will support it as it was written. That was done in conjunction with Senators Ensign and Smith. Third, there is a provision to give farmers a tax credit for water conservation. Fourth, there is a good provision in there to help our local governments that have been paying the salaries of National Guardsmen and reservists to help them with that financial burden. So I am pleased about that. I am also hopeful we can get the highway bill, the transit bill, moving because the Senate bill is excellent and I think if the two parties can reach some accommodation, we should be able to get that moving. So between the JOBS bill and the highway bill, we are looking at a tremendous number of jobs. Certainly, regardless of what State one is in jobs are wanted. These are good jobs and I am very hopeful.”