Under the present laws of the United States, the Department of Transportation has the opportunity to use our tax money to purchase rail cars made in Philadelphia, or buses made in California or in the Midwest, but they don't often do it…

The gentleman is getting carried away. Let me just cut you off and say that there is no candle that I've lit that was not already lit by the Democratic Caucus. I came here just 8 months ago and much of this work was under way. You did…

Let's do it and then we can export them, too. I notice next to you the gentlewoman from the great State of Ohio. She is determined to change from the Rust Belt to the Future Belt. Congresswoman Betty Sutton is joining us. You are right…

Thank you very much. I want to spend this evening talking about manufacturing. Manufacturing matters. It is the foundation of any solid economy. It is the one part of the American economy that is seriously hurting, and with the great…

First of all, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; 2.8 million jobs created out of that, every single Republican voted ``no.'' This was the stimulus bill. The Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act; 98 percent of the…

This House more than a month ago passed a very, very important tax bill, and what it did is to end the tax subsidies... that will end and no longer will corporations be given a tax break to send jobs overseas. It's $14 billion a year.

It's always good to go back to the district. I was there over the weekend. Among the many things was a family wedding. My 89-year old mother came up to me and said, John, does that Republican leader really mean to cut Social Security to…

Well, these things are critically important. One more bill that I want to take up before I turn to what we can do next is a bill that dealt with the fundamental reason that the American economy crashed in 2007-8, and that was the meltdown…

I thank you so very, very much for raising the critical role of small business in creating jobs. It is where many of the jobs are created, as you so correctly stated. You also referred to two bills that passed this House, H.R. 5297, which…

Let's turn to Ohio, and we will continue on with the story of jobs and what it means in our local districts.

Mr. Larson, thank you so very much. You've brought a great deal of passion to this. I know it's in your heart. I know that you see this problem in your own district among friends and others who are there. I want to turn back to my…

So there is no win in this, and once again, where's the Senate? I know what happened in this House. The Democrats almost universally voted for this. We were able to get 29 Republicans to vote for this unemployment insurance program, and…