Representative Tonko, once again, you have laid it out very, very clearly, the challenge that we have. There are 435 of us here in the House of Representatives. I think we are a little lower than that because of some retirements, but let's…

It is good to be back on the floor once again as we have for most every week to talk about jobs in America, to talk about the unemployed, to talk about those who are less fortunate and those who need a strong Federal program to create…

Thank you, Mr. Grijalva, and I thank the chairman for bringing this bill to the floor. What is there to say? 150,000-or-more men and women from America have gone out across the world to give the very best of this country, the service, to…

And he did too. So actually, before the Erie Canal it was George Washington that laid out an economic growth agenda for the United States. He asked Alexander Hamilton to prepare a policy on manufacturing, or manufactures as they called it…

Mr. Tonko, somehow I knew from previous experience here on the floor that you were going to mention the Erie Canal.

I am delighted that you came here. I think the people of America as they come to know you over the years that you will serve here in Congress will share that delight, your wisdom, your ability to articulate key issues. Thank you so very…

Mr. Tonko, thank you so very, very much. We have got about 10 or 12 minutes here. Let's do kind of one of those back and forth real fast. I am going to go through a bunch of placards here very, very quickly. This is part of our job agenda…

Mr. Horsford, thank you very much for bringing to us the message from Nevada, the message of compassion and the message of hope and the challenge that we face. This House is fortunate, as are the constituents that have elected you, to have…

I thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is good to return from our 3 weeks back in our districts. I suspect that most of us spent time talking to our constituents, observing the good and the bad and the cold and the wet--not in California, where we…

Mr. Horsford, thank you so very, very much. Mr. Tonko, thank you. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to present a true American agenda. I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

If I might just add to that, it is my understanding-- and I get this from the University of California-Davis--that they are losing their new Ph.D.s to other countries, particularly to China and to India, because those countries are not…

I noticed, Representative Speier, that you love charts too. So I borrowed this. I think you used it earlier today. This is instructive. You were just talking with the Representative, our friend from San Diego, about the enormous increase…