Well, they're manipulating their currency. They're devaluing it so that the exports coming into the United States are artificially cheaper than they would normally be, already with benefits of no EPA, no OSHA, no regulations. But in…

I saw Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago mayor. He was saying these are 100-year-old systems in Chicago. Do we really think that Pittsburgh and Cleveland and Akron and Youngstown and Toledo have $1 billion to go make these investments? But if we…

I think it's $120 billion, maybe, on high-speed rail. They're going to have more tracks in China than in the rest of the world combined in the next 5 or 10 years; and we're sitting here saying we're not going to do anything because we're…

That is correct, the northeastern part, and I'm happy to be joined by my colleague from the northwestern part, Ms. Kaptur, to talk about these issues. I think, as I sat here and I listened, whether it was California or whether it was…

I just think we're competing directly now with China in such a significant and direct way. So we put, say, $8 billion in the stimulus package for high-speed rail. I think China is spending tens of billions of dollars----

When we are already in a fragile economy with a 9-percent unemployment rate, they are talking about job losses of a million and a half, which would increase that unemployment rate up over 10 percent.

In order to avoid these large cuts and the resulting job losses, we're going to have to stop repeating ideological talking points and address our budget problems comprehensively.

In order to avoid drastic job losses caused by cuts to our military and other important programs, revenue must be on the table.

Last year we passed a bill in this House with 350 votes--99 Republicans--to address the issue of currency manipulation around the world, primarily China. Unfair trade practices in China have cost America 2.8 million jobs in the last 10…

If we are serious about not cutting large amounts of funding from the defense budget, something else has to give.

Sequestration would have a similar impact on American workers in cutting other non-entitlement spending.

I thank the gentleman, and I'd like to thank the gentlelady from Florida for making this recognition and the gentleman from North Carolina for all of his leadership in the House on this issue and a variety of others; and I just rise here…