These are the kinds of jobs that really don't require a Ph.D. People can take these jobs that were working on the line in a manufacturing industry or working in the housing industry. They may already have some skills that are available to…

I thank you for bringing up the question of innovation and research. It was a very big portion of that. I'm going to come back a little later to another piece of legislation that has passed this House, yet to pass the Senate. But with…

So thank you so very much for talking about down home and what's going on there. I will note that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which the economists suggest has created 2.8 million jobs, provided the largest middle class tax…

And a person that was working, was receiving insurance, is now going to be on welfare.

We're really faced with a choice. First of all, this is unemployment insurance. This has always been a program in which over time employers pay into a fund for insurance if their workers become unemployed. Because of the downturn in the…

Thank you. Following on Congressman Lungren, my colleague from the neighboring district, I didn't realize that Senator Dave Cox had died. I join him in the eulogy that he so graciously gave here on the floor. An extraordinary individual…

I said, Yeah, it was a good decision. But what's the point here? He said, Well, you know, this Wall Street bunch, before your reform, it was like an NFL football game without any rules, and the referees were sent into the locker room. And…

The heart and soul of America's manufacturing sector was the Midwest, and Ohio at one point was the strongest part of America's manufacturing economy. I know it can be restored. And right here in this area with the rolling stock of…

The gentleman is absolutely right. I know I see this in my own district, and in fact in my own neighborhood and in the families of my staff. We have on my staff families who have lost their home; who have had to do the short sale; who got…

Let's just go through this. Who's side are you on? Democrats supporting jobs and bills. We talked about the Cash for Caulkers and other programs and the jobs bill, every single one of them opposed. No jobs bills. Unemployment insurance…

On the other side of the aisle, on the Republican side, they're standing with Big Oil, big banks consistently, and the big health insurance industry. Now, let me make this point perhaps more clear, and that is, the Republican minority…

Where do you stand? Where do the Democrats stand? We clearly voted today for a major overhaul of the banking industry, the financial industry, and the mortgage markets, to put in place strict rules and regulations. That's where we…