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AND WATCH WHAT IS HAPPENING AS
THIS DEVASTATION IS CONTINUING
IN THESE COMMUNITIES.
AND SO I WOULD YIELD BACK THE
BALANCE OF MY TIME AND THANK YOU
ONE MORE TIME FOR ALLOWING US TO
BE HERE THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU,
CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN LEADING THE JOBS
TASK FORCE FOR THE C.B.C. AND
FOR BEING SUCH A STRONG VOICE
FOR THOSE WHO ARE CONTINUALLY
BEING LEFT OUT AND LEFT BEHIND.
AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO YIELD
SUCH TIME AS HE MIGHT CONSUME TO
CONGRESSMAN BUTTERFIELD FROM
NORTH CAROLINA.
LET ME THANK
YOU, CONGRESSWOMAN CHIFTENSEN,
FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK, --
CHRISTENSEN, FOR ALL OF YOUR
WORK, FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH THE
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS ALL
ACROSS AMERICA.
WHAT HASN'T COME OUT TONIGHT IS
THAT YOU'RE THE FIRST VICE CHAIR
OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK
CAUCUS AND YOU WORK SO HARD FOR
ALL OF US AND WE WANT TO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
CONVENING THIS SPECIAL ORDER
TONIGHT.
HAPPEN.
YOU WORK SO HARD TO MAKE IT
I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND MY
APPRECIATION TO CONGRESSWOMAN
MAXINE WATERS WHO WORKED SO
TIRELESSLY TO HELP MAKE
SUCCESSFUL THE TOUR THAT WE HAD
A FEW WEEKS AGO, SHE AND HER
STAFF WORKED SO VERY HARD AND I
WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK THEM FOR
ALL THAT THEY DID.
I HAD INTENDED TO GO TO TWO OF
THE FIVE EVENTS BUT BECAUSE OF
HURRICANE IRENE IN MY DISTRICT,
I DID NOT MAKE IT TO LOS
ANGELES, BUT I DID GO TO THE
FIRST ONE.
I WAS THERE IN CLEVELAND WITH
CONGRESSWOMAN MARCIA FUDGE WHEN
WE HAD THE JOBS FAIR AND THE
TOWN HALL MEETING.
AND IT MADE SUCH A POWERFUL
IMPRESSION ON ME.
FOR US TO GET UP THAT MORNING
AND TO DRIVE OVER TO THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND TO SEE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LINED UP
TRYING TO GET AN INTERVIEW FOR A
JOB.
THERE WAS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT,
THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE SIN VEER,
THEY WERE JOBSLESS THROUGH NO
FAULT OF THEIR OWN -- SINCERE,
THEY WERE JOBLESS THROUGH NO
FAULT OF THEIR OWN, MANY TOLD US
THEY WERE JOBLESS FOR MORE THAN
TWO YEARS, THEY WERE STANDING IN
LINE, HOPING TO THE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTERVIEWED
BY SOME OF THE FINE COMPANIES
THAT HAD COME WITH JOBS IN HAND.
AND SEE I WANT TO ENCOURAGE US
TO CONTINUE OUR WORK.
WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO.
THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
NOW IS 9.1% AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN
UNEMPLOYMENT IS AT LEAST 16.7%
AND PROBABLY MORE.
AS CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS SAID A
FEW MOMENTS AGO, AMONG
AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH THE
NUMBER NOW APPROACHES 50%.
SO WE HAVE WORK TO DO.
THE PRESIDENT HAS ANNOUNCED A
VERY BOLD JOBS PLAN THAT I HOPE
THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AS A
CONGRESS, BOTH DEMOCRAT AND
REPUBLICAN, HOUSE AND SENATE,
THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER
AND -- I HOPE THAT WE CAN COME
TOGETHER AND COMPLETE THAT
PACKAGE IN JUST A FEW DAYS
BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
DEMANDSING THAT WE DO IT.
WE HAVE A DEFICIT PANEL THAT IS
NOW -- THAT HAS NOW BEGUN ITS
WORK, 12 MEMBERS EQUALLY DIVIDED
BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS AND HALF FROM THE
SENATE AND HALF FROM THE HOUSE
AND WE'RE HOPING AND PRAYING
THAT THAT DEFICIT PANEL WILL BE
ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND TO
PRESENT BOLD IDEAS TO THIS
CONGRESS ON NOVEMBER 23 SO THAT
WE CAN DEMONSTRATE TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT WE ARE
SERIOUS, WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT
TRYING TO CREATE JOBS.
BUT YOU KNOW, CONGRESSWOMAN, WE
AS A CONGRESS CANNOT DO THIS
ALONE.
WE AS THE C.B.C. CANNOT DO THIS
ALONE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE SHARED SACRIFICE
FROM PEOPLE ALL ACROSS AMERICA
AND THAT INCLUDES AMERICA'S
CORPORATIONS.
I'VE BEEN DISTURBED OVER THE
LAST FEW DAYS THAT THE REPORTS
NOW INDICATE THAT AMERICA'S
COMPANIES ARE SITTING ON MORE
THAN $2 TRILLION IN RETAINED
EARNINGS AND THAT IS SO
DISAPPOINTING.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CREATION,
CREATING JOBS, AMERICAN
CORPORATIONS HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY, TOO.
TO PUT PEOPLE TO WORK AND TO
START SPENDING AND INVESTING IN
THEIR OWN COMPANIES AND SO WE GO
FORWARD NOW AND WE HAVE A LOT OF
WORK TO DO, WE HAVE A
SHORT-TERM, AS THE MINORITY WHIP
SAID A FEW MOMENTS AGO, AND HE'S
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, AND I WANT TO
THANK STENY HOYER FOR HIS
WILLINGNESS TO COME TO THE FLOOR
TONIGHT AND TO MAKE THE
STATEMENTS THAT HE MADE, BUT WE
MUST HAVE A SHORT-TERM SOLUTION
AND A LONG-TERM SOLUTION.
IN THE SHORT-TERM WE'VE GOT TO
CREATE JOBS, WE'VE GOT TO GROW
THE ECONOMY, WE'VE GOT TO HELP
BUSINESSES INNOVATE, WE'VE GOT
TO IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE SO
WE CAN START GETTING MORE
REVENUE FROM AMERICAN WORKERS
AND HOPEFULLY IN THE LONG-TERM
WE CAN BEGIN TO PAY DOWN THE
DEFICIT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
COME TO THE FLOOR TONIGHT, THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, I THANK
THE CHAIRMAN OF OUR
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS WHO
WORKS TIRELESSLY, I DON'T KNOW
WHEN HE GOES TO KANSAS CITY, HE
IS FROM KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI,
AND A GOOD FRIEND OF ALL OF
OURS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN HE
RESTS BUT HE IS OUR TIRELESS
LEADER, I UNDERSTAND THAT HE MAY
BE NEXT IN THE QUEUE TO SPEAK
AND I WILL EAGERLY AWAIT THE
STATEMENTS FROM OUR CHAIRMAN.
SO THANK YOU AND I YIELD BACK
THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
THANK YOU,
CONGRESSMAN BETTER --
BUTTERFIELD, AND THANK YOU FOR
POINTING OUT THAT AMERICA'S
CORPORATIONS ARE SITTING ON
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND THEY
HAVE AN OBLIGATION, THEY, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT, THEY CLAIMED THAT
THERE WAS UNCERTAINTY AND SO
THEY'RE HOLDING ONTO THEIR
FUNDS.
BUT THERE CAN'T BE ANY MORE
UNCERTAINTY IN OUR CORPORATION
THAN IN THE FAMILIES AROUND THIS
COUNTRY WHO ARE HURTING BECAUSE
THEY NEED A JOB.
WITHOUT
QUESTION.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU
AGAIN, CONGRESSMAN BUTTERFIELD,
FOR JOINING US.
AT THIS TIME IT'S MY PLEASURE TO
YIELD TO OUR LEADER OF THE
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS, THE
REVEREND EMANUEL CLEAVER AND
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK
IN REMINDING THIS CONGRESS AND
THIS COUNTRY OF THE IMPORTANCE
OF JOB CREATION FOR AMERICA'S
FAMILIES AND FOR LEADING US ON
.
THAT TOUR OVER THE AUGUST RECESS
I YIELD YOU AS MUCH TIME AS YOU
MIGHT CONSUME.
THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR, VICE CHAIR OF THE C.B.C.,
AND TO CONGRESSMAN BUTTERFIELD
WHO I THINK HIT ON ALL THE
PROPER AND NECESSARY AREAS OF
CONCERN.
IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN THAT OURS
WILL BE THE LAST GENERATION IN
IN THIS COUNTRY TO EXPERIENCE
SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS
GENERATION, THAT OUR CHILDREN
WILL NOT ACHIEVE WHAT WE HAVE
ACHIEVED, THAT THE JOBS ARE NOT
THERE.
AND WHILE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT THIS AND
PRESENTED RESEARCH ON IT ARE
CERTAINLY BRILLIANT AND WISE, I
WILL GENTLY REBUKE THEM AND
DISAGREE WITH TRARE PREDICTION
-- WITH THEIR PREDICTION.
I AM NOT IN ANY WAY WILLING TO
ACCEPT THE FACT, THE FATALISM,
THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL
INEVITABLY FALL TO NUMBER TWO IN
THE WORLD BEHIND CHINA.
YESTERDAY THERE WAS A NEW STORY
THAT SAID AT BEST THERE WILL BE
TWO SUPERPOWERS EQUAL IN TERMS
AND THEIR ECONOMIES
, CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES.
THIS NATION THAT PLACED MEN ON
THE MOON, THIS NATION THAT
CREATES A NEW TECHNOLOGY ALMOST
HOURLY SHOULD NEVER SURRENDER
ITS PLACE IN THE WORLD TO ANY
OTHER NATION AND FURTHER I DON'T
TCHI THAT IT IS IN OUR BEST
INTEREST -- I DON'T THINK THAT
IT IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO
EVEN GIVE A HINT THAT WE BELIEVE
THAT WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO CREATE
JOBS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
THE JOBS TOUR THAT WE HAD DURING
THE MONTH OF AUGUST WAS
EYE-OPENING AND
EARTH-SHATTERING.
WHEN WE WALKED FROM OUR CARS
INSIDE THE CLEVELAND STATE
UNIVERSITY PLACE WHERE WE HELD
THE JOB FAIR, THERE WERE PEOPLE
WHO HAD BEEN IN LINE SINCE 5:00
A.M. THAT MORNING AND SO IT
ALWAYS TROUBLES ME TO HEAR
PEOPLE SAY, AND IS A BASELESSLY,
WELL, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE
DON'T WANT TO WORK, 5:00 A.M. IN
THE MORNING STANDING IN LINE AND
AT BEST OF THE 5,000 OR 6,000
PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE, WE ONLY
HAD ABOUT 2,000 JOBS, BUT PEOPLE
STOOD PATIENTLY IN LINE AND ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT
I THINK SOME OF YOU MAY ALREADY
KNOW ABOUT WHO ARE IN THE C.B.C.
, AN ANGLO GENTLEMAN, AND THERE
WERE PEOPLE FROM EVERY RACE IN
EVERY STAYS CITY, BUT THIS
PARTICULAR GENTLEMAN CAUGHT MY
ATTENTION BECAUSE HE SAID, LOOK,
I LISTEN TO BLACK RADIO, HE
SAID, I JUST LIKE RY AND B, HE
SAID, I -- R&B, HE SAID, I HEARD
ABOUT THE JOBS FAIR AND THOUGHT
I'D COME OVER SINCE I'M
UNEMPLOYED AND HE SAID, IS IT
ALL RIGHT?
AND OF COURSE OUR POSITION HAS
BEEN, IS AND SHALL ALWAYS BE ONE
OF INCLUDING EVERYBODY,
PARTICULARLY AT A TIME OF
CRISIS, BUT EVEN IF IT WERE NOT,
THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD WANT.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED, IF
HE WAS ONE OF THE SUCCESSFUL
APPLICANTS OR NOT.
BUT THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS
THE PAIN EXPERIENCED IN THIS
NATION IS NOT JUST BEING
EXPERIENCED BY US, IT IS TRUE
OUR NUMBERS ARE HIGHER BUT THEY
ARE HIGHER FOR A VARIETY OF
REASONS.
NUMBER ONE, AFRICAN-AMERICANS
HISTORICALLY HAVE TRIED OR
SOUGHT EMPLOYMENT IN
GOVERNMENT.
ONE OF THE REASONS WASHINGTON,
D.C. IS PREDOMINANTLY BLACK IS
PAUSE AFRICAN-AMERICANS FROM
THE SOUTH CAME TO WASHINGTON BY
THE TENS OF THOUSANDS BECAUSE
THEY BELIEVED IF YOU COULD GET
TO THE CAPITAL OF THE UNITED
STATES, YOU WOULD EXPERIENCE
FAR LESS BIGOTRY AND
DISCRIMINATION SO BY THE
THOUSANDS THEY CAME TO
WASHINGTON.
THE SAME THING HOLDS TRUE WITH
GOVERNMENT.
AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE SOUGHT
EMPLOYMENT WITH STATE, LOCAL,
AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS.
SO EVERY TIME PEOPLE READ IN
THE PAPER, OR CHEER, THAT SOME
STATE LAID OFF 200 OR 300
PEOPLE THEY NEED TO UPS THAT
THOSE ARE 200 OR 300 REAL HUMAN
BEINGS AND CHANCES ARE GREAT
THAT THEY'RE -- THAT THEY'RE
DISPROPORTIONALITYLY
MINORITIES.
THAT'S ONE REASON OUR NUMBERS
ARE SWELLING LIKE THEY ARE.
ALSO, I THINK WE'VE GOT TO
REALIZE THAT THERE ARE SOME
OTHER FACTORS.
THROUGH NO FAULT OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE UNEMPLOYED, I SERVED AS
MAYOR OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI,
FROM 1991 TO 1999, TWO TERMS,
EIGHT YEARS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD TO
ALWAYS FIGHT WAS EXPANDING.
URBAN SPRAWL IS WHAT IT'S
CALLED SOSE YO LOGICALLY.
KANSAS CITY IS A --
SOCIOLOGICALLY.
KANSAS CITY IS A CITY THAT
STRETCHES 200,000 SQUARE MILES.
YOU CAN PLACE THE ENTIRE CITY
OF SAN FRANCISCO INSIDE THE
CITY LIMITS OF KANSAS CITY 30
TIMES.
OR THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, I
THINK IT'S LIKE 42 TIMES.
WE -- IT'S A HUGE CITY.
NOW WHILE MANY POLITICIANS BRAG
ABOUT THAT, THE TRUTH OF THE
MATTER IS, WE STRETCHED OUT OUR
RESOURCES AND ONE OF THE THINGS
I LEARNED DURING THE JOBS
FAIRS, WE STARTED OUT IN
CLEVELAND, WENT TO DETROIT,
LEFT DETROIT, WENT TO ATLANTA,
LEFT ATLANTA, WENT TO MIAMI,
LEFT MIAMI AND WENT TO LOS
ANGELES.
THERE'S ONE THING THAT WAS
PRESENT IN ALL OF THOSE.
THAT THIS CONGRESS NEEDS TO
DEAL WITH.
AND IT IS THIS.
THE JOBS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO
OUR FAIRS WERE NOT EVEN JOBS.
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS,
THEY WERE JOBS THAT ALREADY
EXISTED EXCEPT THEY WERE IN THE
SUBURBS.
AND SO AS THE CITIES HAVE
EXPANDED, THE JOBS THAT MOVED
TO THE SUBURB -- THE JOBS MOVED
TO THE SUBURBS.
WE CANNOT SPEAK OF CREATING
JOBS WITHOUT DEALING WITH THE
ISSUE OF TRANSPORTATION.
THERE'S AN INEXTRICABLE
CONNECTION BETWEEN JOBS AND
TRANSPORTATION.
HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE IN THE
HIGHEST UNEMPLOYED --
UNEMPLOYMENT AREAS TO THE AREAS
WHERE THE JOBS ARE?
AND FOR THOSE WHO LIVE ON THE
EASTERN SEABOARD, YOU HAVE A
LITTLE BETTER SITUATION, YOU
HAVE, AS WE DO IN WASHINGTON, A
METRO BUT WHEN YOU START MOVING
TOWARD THE WESTERN PART OF THE
UNITED STATES, OR THE
CARIBBEAN, THERE IS NO MASS
TRANSPORTATION THAT IS AS
EFFECTIVE AS IT IS ON THE EAST
COAST.
THEREFORE, IF JOBS ARE IN
SUBURBAN KANSAS CITY AND PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN THE URBAN AREA ARE
UNEMPLOYED AND DO NOT HAVE A
CAR AND DO NOT HAVE ANY WAY OF
GETTING TO THE JOBS, THERE'S NO
WAY THEY CAN GET THERE.
REMEMBER, KANSAS CITY IS A CITY
OF 322 SQUARE MILES, WHICH
MEANS THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
COULD NEED TO GO, ESSENTIALLY,
30, 40, 50 MILES, ESSENTIALLY,
TO GET A JOB.
LET ME ALSO SAY THAT NOTHING
HAS BEEN DISCUSSED THUS FAR
DEALING WITH TRANSPORTATION.
THE JOBS BILL IS SEEKING TO
HAVE WHAT I THINK MOST OF US
WOULD SUPPORT, WHICH WOULD BE
SOME KIND OF TRANSPORTATION
BANK WHERE WE WOULD END UP, THE
GOVERNMENT WOULD PUT MONEY IN
AND HOPEFULLY THE PRIVATE
SECTOR WOULD COME IN AND WE
WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THESE
INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS GOING.
BUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS
BEING DISCUSSED IS WOEFULLY
INADEQUATE AND THERE'S PROBABLY
LITTLE CHANCE THAT WE'RE GOING
TO BE ABLE TO CREATE ANY NEW
MASS TRANSIT PROGRAMS IN THE
COUNTRY.
IN FACT, THE URBAN MASS TRANSIT
ADMINISTRATION IS VIRTUALLY
BROKE.
THERE'S VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY
OF HELP COMING FORWARD.
NOW THERE'S SOME POLITICS
INVOLVED AND WE'RE ALL IN THE
POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT, THE
PEOPLE AT HOME MAY NOT
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND
I THINK TRAGICALLY, I HAVE
WATCHED OUR COUNTRY MOVE TO A
STATE WHERE PEOPLE ARE
CONSTANTLY ANGRY, THEY'RE BEING
TOLD TO HATE THEIR GOVERNMENT,
AND THEN BOTH SIDES OF THE
AISLE USE INAPPROPRIATE
LANGUAGE TO DISCUSS THINGS WITH
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE AND
IT'S CONTINUING TO RATCHET UP
AND IT'S GETTING WORSE AND
WORSE.
THE PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY
ARE NOT ONLY PARTICIPATING IN
IT, THEY ARE ENCOURAGING IT.
THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
MY HOPE AND MY DREAM IS THAT
THIS NATION WILL BE AROUND FOR
MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
BUT I'M TELLING YOU THAT WHAT
OUR CHILDREN ARE SEEING IS NOT
A PLEASANT SIGHT BECAUSE THEY
ARE LOOKING AT A NATION THAT'S
BECOMING MORE AND MORE DIVIDED,
YOU CAN'T LOOK AT TELEVISION OR
RADIO WITHOUT THIS CONSTANT
ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK.
AND IT'S JUST SICKENING TO SEE
THIS AND THEN AS WE'RE MOVING
INTO AN ELECTION CYCLE, WE'RE
GOING TO SEE THERMONUCLEAR
CAMPAIGNS, AND THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC NEEDS TO COME TO GRIPS
WITH THE FACT THAT IF PEOPLE
WILL RUN A NASTY CAMPAIGN WHERE
ALL THEY DO IS ATTACK, CHANCES
ARE, WHEN THEY COME TO
CONGRESS, THEY'RE GOING TO DO
THE SAME THING.
THE MORE WE BRING PEOPLE IN
HERE WHO COME FOR THE SOLE
PURPOSE OF FIGHTING AGAINST THE
OTHER SIDE, THE LESS BUSINESS
WE'LL TAKE CARE OF FOR THE
PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY.
I SAID LAST WEEK, THERE'S
PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO DEFEAT
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
FINE.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST HIM.
GET YOUR SPOUSE, YOUR CHILDREN,
YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, YOUR
FRIENDS AND EVERYBODY, VOTE
AGAINST HIM.
IF YOU CAN VOTE TWICE, VOTE
TWICE.
DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO DEFEAT
THE PRESIDENT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, VOTE FOR THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC.
FIGHT HIM LATER, VOTE NOW FOR
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS IN
TROUBLE.
WE'VE GOT TO CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOBS TO GROW
AND DEVELOP, OR WE'RE GOING TO
FIND OURSELVES FACED WITH A NEW
NORMAL, A NEW NORMAL WHERE
UNEMPLOYMENT IS CONSIDERED
NORMAL AT 8%, RATHER THAN 3.5%
WHICH IS WHAT THE -- WHAT OUR
PREDECESSOR DECEMBER SIDED.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
UNEMPLOYMENT AT 3 PPT 5% SO WE
CAN'T ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN.
I THINK WE'VE GOT TO FIGHT
AGAINST IT.
BUT MORE THAN THAT, WHAT WE'VE
GOT TO DO IS QUIT FIGHTING EACH
OTHER.
NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN
WORTH ANYTHING IF WE'RE
FIGHTING EACH OTHER.
LET ME CONCLUDE, CONGRESSWOMAN
CHRISTIANSEN, DR. CHRISTENSEN,
MY FAMILY MAKES FUN OF ME --
WILL THE GENTLEMAN YIELD?
I WILL.
YOU BROUGHT UP
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
YOU SERVED EIGHT YEARS AS A
MAYOR OF A MAJOR CITY.
WOULD YOU SPEAK TO THE
IMPORTANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE
AND WHAT IT CAN MEAN TO JOB
CREATION AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT IN COMMUNITIES
ACROSS AMERICA?
I'M FROM A RURAL COMMUNITY, I
HAVE 88 SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS
IN MY DISTRICT AND THEY DON'T
HAVE ACCESS TO MONEY TO BUILD
INFRASTUCKTURE.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE UH BANK YOU
MADE REFERENCE TO WOULD BRING
NEW LIFE TO RURAL COMMUNITIES.
I KNOW YOU SERVED AS A MAYOR.
TALK ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOB
CREATION.
WHAT IS GENERALLY
SAID IS THAT YOU GET 4-1, JOBS
TO MONEY SPENT, IF WE DO AN
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT AND
THOSE JOBS ARE LONG LASTING.
MOST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN
THIS COUNTRY IS IN DECREPIT
CONDITION.
MOST STORM WATER SUERS IN
CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE
OVER A CENTURY OLD.
OUR ROADS ARE COLLAPSING, OUR
BRIDGES ARE COLLAPSING, WE SAW
IN MINNESOTA TWO YEARS AGO WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN WE NEGLECT OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE WORST
THING ABOUT IT IS WE'RE
BUILDING ROADS AND BRIDGES
RIGHT NOW IN IRAQ.
NEW ROADS AND BRIDGES AND
SCHOOLS IN IRAQ RIGHT NOW.
I'M JUST A DUMB METHODIST
PREACHER BUT SOMETHING DOESN'T
ADD UP.
WE'RE DOING ALL OF THIS IN IRAQ
AND OUR ROADS ARE CRUMBLING AND
WE HAVE AMERICAN WORKERS READY
TO DO THE WORK IF WE CAN CREATE
THE OPPORTUNITIES AND WE CAN,
WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK
BUT WE'VE GOT TO PUT ENOUGH
MONEY IN THE FWOONK ATTRACT
PRIVATE SECTOR DOLLARS.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE
PRESIDENT'S PLAN, HOPEFULLY
PEOPLE WILL BUY INTO IT.
BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A LOT
OF TIME TO WASTE.
AMERICANS ARE SITTING AROUND
NOW, HOPING, MANY OF THEM EVEN
PRAYING THAT WE WILL DO
SOMETHING TO HELP THEM OUT OF
THE ECONOMIC DOLDRUMS IN WHICH
THEY FIND THEMSELVES.
SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO COME AND SHARE TONIGHT IN
THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE I THINK
PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO
ARE WATCHING THIS NEED TO KNOW
AT LEAST THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
IN WASHINGTON WHO ARE LOOKING
AT -- LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR
BEST INTERESTS.
I THINK BASED ON WHAT WE ARE
DOING, WE ARE PART OF IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO SUGGEST THAT
OTHER FOLKS ARE NOT INTERESTED
IN HELPING FOLKS, THEY ARE.
I'M SAYING THAT SOMETIMES,
MAYBE EVEN UNINTENTIONALLY, WE
ALLOW POLITICAL IDEOLOGY TO
ELSE.
TRUMP ANYTHING AN EVERYTHING
AT SOME POINT WE OUGHT TO BE
DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS.
MORE AMERICANS THAN WE ARE
THANK YOU AND I YIELD BACK THE
BALANCE OF MY TIME.
THANK YOU,
CHAIRMAN CLEAVER.
THANK YOU FOR THE INTERSPECTIVE
YOU BRING TO THESE DISCUSSIONS,
HELPING US TO FOCUS ON THE
IMPORTANT ISSUES.
SOMETIMES THE UNDERLYING ISSUES
THAT OFTEN GET OVERLOOKED.
YESTERDAY AND TODAY, WE'VE
TAKEN TIME OUT OF OUR DAILY
ROUTINES TO REMEMBER THE OVER
3,000 PEOPLE WHO WENT TO WORK
ON A BRIGHT, SUNNY MORNING,
WHOSE LIVES WERE SNUFFED OUT IN
THREE DASTARDLY ACTS OF
TERRORISM.
WE REMEMBER THAT NONE OF THEM,
THE FAMILIES AND FIRST
RESPONDERS WHO RUSHED TO HELP
AND MET THEIR DEATH ON
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, AND WE PAY
TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF
THE ARMED FORCES WHO LOST THEIR
LIVES IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN,
CONTINUING OUR FIGHT AGAINST AL
QAEDA AND OTHER TERRORIST
GROUPS.
AND THOSE WHO ARE STILL THERE,
PROTECTING US AN THE WORLD FROM
ATTACK.
TODAY I HAD THE HONOR OF
ADDRESSING OUR POSTMASTERS AT
THEIR ANNUAL CONVENTION AND
REMEMBERED TWO POSTAL WORKERS
DIED -- WHO DIED AFTER BEING
EXPOSED TO ANTHRAX SENT THROUGH
THE MAIL AFTER THE 9/11 ATTACK.
WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THOSE WHO
DIED AS REPUBLICANS OR
DEMOCRATS OR INDEPENDENTS.
THEY WERE WORKERS IN BOTH THE
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR WHO
SOME GROUPS TODAY ARE TRYING TO
PIT AGAINST EACH OTHER.
WE HONOR THEM ALL.
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
FOR THEIR SACRIFICE.
TONIGHT, WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE
WORKERS WHO REMAIN WITH US.
MOST ESPECIALLY, WE ARE
SINGLING OUT FOR OUR ATTENTION,
THE ATTENTION OF THIS CONGRESS
AND FOR ALL AMERICANS, THOSE
WHO HAVE NO JOBS.
THOSE WHO HAVE NO JOBS.
AND -- AND FOR WHOM UNTIL NOW
IT APPEARED AS THOUGH THERE
WOULD BE NO LEGISLATION TO COME
THIRE AID.
BUT THANKS TO OUR GREAT
PRESIDENT, THERE'S NOW A BILL
BEFORE US AND WE'RE CALLING ON
BOTH BODIES TO PASS IT AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE AND WITHOUT TAKING
IT APART.
THE 1.9 MILLION JOBS AND 2%
ECONOMIC GROWTH PROJECTIONS ARE
DEPENDENT ON THOSE TWO THINGS
THAT WE PASS IT PROMPTLY AND
INTACT.
MOST IMPORTANTLY AS PRESIDENT
OBAMA SAID AND ALL OF US KNOW,
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CANNOT WAIT
14 MONTHS UNTIL AFTER THE NEXT
ELECTION.
THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN HURTING
TOO LONG AND THEY NEED THOSE
JOBS, THEY NEED OUR HELP TODAY.
AS YOU HEARD, THE CONGRESSIONAL
BLACK CAUCUS DID NOT WAIT
EITHER.
WE FELT THE PAIN AND ANXIETY
THAT OUR COMMUNITIES AND
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND USED OUR AUGUST RECESS TO
PARTNER WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR
AND SOME GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO
BRING JOBS THAT ARE NEED SOD
DESPERATELY INTO OUR COULDN'TS
NOW.
PEOPLE OF ALL AGE, ALL
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS AND
LEVELS CAME OUT IN THE THOUSANDS
EVERYWHERE THAT WE HELD THOSE
JOBS FAIRS.
MR. SPEAKER, THE PEOPLE OF THIS
COUNTRY ARE CRYING OUT TO US TO
PUT THEM BACK TO WORK, TO ALLOW
THEM TO MAKE IT IN AMERICA.
AND TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF
THEIR FAMILIES AND OUR NATION
ONCE AGAIN.
SURE THERE ARE THINGS IN THE
PRESIDENT'S BILL THAT SOME OF US
ARE NOT PARTICULARLY FOND OF
THAT WE'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT FOR
THE INTEGRITY OF THE ENTIRE
PACKAGE AND FOR THE GOOD OF OUR
COUNTRY AND OTHERS LIKE SOCIAL
SECURITY AND MEDICARE, WE ACCEPT
THE PRESIDENT'S GOAL AND HOPE
THAT WE CAN WORK WITH HIM TO
ACHIEVE THEM THROUGH ANY
ALTERNATIVE MEASURES, WHEREVER
OUR APPROACHES MIGHT DIFFER.
YOU KNOW, THE LADIES IN THE
MARKETS IN THE CARIBBEAN, HOME
IN THE *** ISLANDS, USED TO
WHAT WE CALL MARRY DIFFERENT
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR SALE.
YOU HAD TO BUY THE TWO OF THEM,
WHETHER IT WAS LIMES AND PEPPERS
OR YAMS AND OAK REMARKS YOU HAD
TO BUY THE TWO.
THE VEGETABLES WERE MARRIED.
THE PURPOSE THAT HAVE WAS TO GET
EVERYTHING SOLD BY TYING
SOMETHING EVERYONE WANTED TO
SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NOT BE AS
POPULAR.
NOW I KNOW THAT WAS NOT OUR
PRESIDENT'S APPROACH, BUT HE DID
PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE THAT
COULD BEST APPEAL TO US SO THAT
WE COULD ALL COME TOGETHER AND
BUY IT AS A PACKAGE.
AND SO, MR. SPEAKER AND
COLLEAGUES, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
WE SHOULD AND MUST DO.
CREATING JOBS AND STIMULATING
OUR ECONOMY IS CRITICAL NOT JUST
TO OUR PRESENT BUT TO OUR
FUTURE.
THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT'S
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND IT OUGHT
NOT TO BE ABOUT THE NEXT
ELECTION.
NEITHER IS IT ABOUT THE C.B.C.
OR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OR ABOUT
REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS OR
INDEPENDENTS.
IT'S ABOUT THE WELFARE AND THE
WELL-BEING OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND OF OUR COUNTRY.
WHO I KNOW ALL OF US CARE ABOUT.
WE ARE AT A CRISIS AND CRISES
PEOPLE ALWAYS COME TOGETHER FOR
THE AID OF EACH OTHER AS WE DID
ON 9/11, 2001, AND THEN THE
WEEKS AND MONTHS AFTER.
SO IT'S OUR HOPE AND PRAYER THAT
THIS CONGRESS CAN DO THE SAME
THING NOW.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD
BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
UNDER
THE SPEAKER'S ANNOUNCED POLICY
OF JANUARY 5, 2011, THE
GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, MR.
CARTER, IS RECOGNIZED FOR 60
MINUTES AS THE DESIGNEE OF THE
MAJORITY LEADER.
THANK YOU, MR.
--
SPEAKER.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
LAST WEEK WE WERE
HERE TALKING ABOUT JOBS.
WHOA.
NEED A REPAIRMAN IN TO REPAIR
THIS THING.
THIS WEEK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT
JOBS AGAIN.
BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY THE
PROBLEM THE UNITED STATES HAS IS
WE HAVE TO GET OUR PEOPLE BACK
TO WORK.
THESE FINE FOLKS JUST THE HOUR
BEFORE US, THEY WERE TALKING
ABOUT JOBS.
TALKING ABOUT THE ABILITY TO GET
TO A JOB.
DISCUSSION.
I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INTERESTING
WE ARE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT JOBS
AND WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS
OF HOW THEY SHOULD BE DONE.
THE PRESIDENT LAID OUT A BROAD
AGENDA FOR ANOTHER STIMULUS BILL
THAT HE BELIEVES WILL CAUSE US
TO HAVE NEW JOBS.
AND WE'RE -- HE'S GOING TO
DELIVER THAT I THINK TODAY IN
WRITING SO WE CAN ALL SIT DOWN
AND LOOK AT IT AND ANALYZE JUST
EXACTLY WHAT IT ACTUALLY SAYS,
SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH OF
THAT WILL CREATE JOBS AND THOSE
-- IF THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT,
WE'LL AT LEAST KNOW WHAT WE
DISAGREE WITH.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THERE ARE
SOME THINGS THAT ARE BASIC.
PEOPLE TAKE THEIR MONEY AND THEY
INVEST THEIR MONEY WHEN THEY
FEEL LIKE, A, IT'S GOING TO MAKE
THEM MONEY AND, B, THAT IT'S
GOING TO BE -- THEY'RE GOING --
THEY CAN FEEL RELATIVELY SAFE
THAT THE FUTURE THAT THEY
ENVISIONED IS A FUTURE THAT'S
GOING TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK DOWN THE ROAD
IN ANY ARGUMENT DRG ORGANIZATION
AND GET YOURSELF A PERSPECTIVE
OF JUST WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE
YOUR BUSINESS OR YOUR OPERATION
THRIVE AND GO FORWARD.
AND THERE'S SOME BASIC THINGS
YOU WANT TO KNOW.
YOU WANT TO KNOW BASICALLY,
LET'S SAY YOU'RE DOING A
FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, SOME
KNOW.
SIMPLE THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO
WHAT ARE MY TAXES?
WHAT TAXES AM I GOING TO HAVE TO
PAY ON MY BUSINESS?
AFFECT MY BUSINESS?
WHAT REGULATIONS ARE GOING TO
AND ARE THEY GOING TO CHANGE?
WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF MONEY TO
BORROW OR INDEBT IN MY BUSINESS
IF I WANT TO EXPAND?
LET'S SAY I WANT TO PUT A NEW
ASSEMBLY LINE IN MY FACTORY?
OR I NEED A NEW BUILDING FOR MY
BUSINESS, TO GROW AND PUT MY
EMPLOYEES IN.
AM I GOING TO BE ABLE TO FINANCE
THAT BUILDING, AM I GOING TO BE
ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE
MORTGAGE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO DO
THAT?
KY ENVISION A PATHWAY -- CAN I
ENVISION A PATHWAY TO INCOME
THAT WILL SUPPORT THAT MORTGAGE
AND THE PAYCHECKS FOR THE PEOPLE
I'M GOING TO HIRE TO RUN MY
BUSINESS WITH ME, TO OPERATE THE
BUSINESS?
THESE ARE NOT MIND-SHATTERING
THINGS.
THIS IS VERY SIMPLE STUFF.
IF YOU WERE STARTING A LEMONADE
STAND YOU'D HAVE TO MAKE SOME
KIND OF PROJECTION ON THE
LEMONADE STAND, TO FIGURE OUT
WHETHER YOU WERE JUST GOING TO
SELL LEMONADE TODAY OR MAYBE YOU
CAN SELL IT ALL WEEK, IF YOU'RE
A LITTLE KID.
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHAT THE
PLAYING FIELD IS ABOUT.
AND TONIGHT I'M GOING TO ALK
ABOUT THE SAME THING WE TALKED
ABOUT LAST NIGHT, SOMETHING THAT
MAYBE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES --
MAY BE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES,
IT MAY BE A DIFFERENT AGENDA, A
DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE WORLD, OR
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
BUT THERE ARE VERY, VERY ONEROUS
REGULATIONS THAT ARE POPPING UP
NOW ON A BASICALLY DAILY BASIS
THAT ARE SURPRISING PEOPLE IN
THE INDUSTRY AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THE ONE THAT IS A FRONTPAGE
HEADLINE AND WILL BE THE SUBJECT
OF LEGISLATION I BELIEVE THIS
WEEK IN CONGRESS IS ON THIS
BOARD RIGHT HERE.
AND CONGRESSMAN TIM SCOTT OF
SOUTH CAROLINA HAS A BILL TO
BLOCK THIS REGULATION, THIS
ACTION BY ONE OF OUR REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES, THE NATIONAL LABOR
RELATIONS BOARD.
THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
BOARD HAS FILED A COMPLAINT
AGAINST BOEING TO PREVENT THEM
FROM BUILDING A NEW AIRCRAFT
PLANT IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
BOEING CURRENTLY HAS A LARGE
COMPLEX OF PRODUCTION IN
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.
OR SOMEWHERE IN WASHINGTON.
I DON'T THINK IT'S IN SEATTLE.
AND PROBLEM THAT THE NATIONAL
LABOR RELATIONS BOARD HAS WITH
THE SOUTH CAROLINA SITE, WHICH
IS NOT GOING TO DISPLACE, TO MY
KNOWLEDGE, ANY OF THE UNION
EMPLOYEES THAT ARE IN PUGET
SOUND, IT'S A NEW FACTORY WITH
NEW EMPLOYEES, BUT BECAUSE THIS
FACTORY IS AT A RIGHT TO WORK
STATE WHERE A PERSON DOESN'T
HAVE TO JOIN THE UNION IN ORDER
TO GET THE SALARY AND BENEFITS
THAT THE COMPANY PAYS, THE
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
HAS FILED SUIT AGAINST BOEING TO
PREVENT THEM FROM HIRING THESE
PEOPLE AND OPENING THIS PLANT.
NOW, AT A TIME WITH OVER 9%
UNEMPLOYMENT, CLOSE TO 10% IN
SOME ESTIMATES, AND AS YOU HEARD
IN SOME COMMUNITIES THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, 16%
OR 18% UNEMPLOYMENT, THIS
COMMUNITY HAS THE SAME NUMBERS
WITH THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, WHY
WOULD A BOARD IN WASHINGTON,
D.C., THE NATIONAL LABOR
RELATIONS BOARD, WHY WOULD THEY
WANT TO SAY TO A COMPANY WHICH
HAS MADE A FINANCIAL
DETERMINATION THAT THE WISE
PLACE FOR THEM TO BUILD THEIR
NEXT FACTORY IS IN THE GREAT
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BUT
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT A UNION
STATE THEY SAY, NO, WE'RE NOT
GOING TO LET YOU BUILD IT THERE.
WHEN IT DID IT BECOME THE
GOVERNMENT'S JOB -- WHEN DID IT
BECOME THE GOVERNMENT'S JOB TO
HAVE REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
TELLING PEOPLE WHERE THEY COULD
AND COULD NOT BUILD A PLANT
BASED SOLELY ON UNION
MEMBERSHIP?
THIS IS VERY, VERY ONEROUS.
IT'S VERY, VERY UNFORTUNATE.
WITHOUT ANY ARGUMENT PRO OR CON
TOWARD THE UNION MEMBERSHIP,
THIS STATE, WHICH IS A SOVEREIGN
STATE OF OUR NATION, HAS CHOSEN
TO HAVE RIGHT TO WORK LAWS WHICH
MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE TO JOIN THE
UNION TO GO TO WORK.
OTHER STATES CHOOSE TO HAVE
UNION LAWS.
AND CLOTHES -- CLOSE SHOPS WHICH
MEANS YOU CAN'T WORK IN PLACE
UNLESS YOU JOIN THE UNION.
WHETHER YOU LIKE ONE VERSION OR
THE OTHER DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU
SFAND.
BUT THE FACTS ARE -- STAND.
BUT THE FACTS ARE THAT IN THIS
COUNTRY WE HAVE BOTH UNION SHOPS
AND RIGHT TO WORK STATES.
AND I DON'T THINK THE GOVERNMENT
SHOULD BE PICKING WINNERS AND
LOSERS.
I THINK IT'S INAPPROPRIATE FOR
THE GOVERNMENT TO BE PICKING
WINNERS AND LOSERS SO THAT'S WHY
TIM SCOTT IS BRINGING A BILL TO
THE FLOOR THIS WEEK AND I
BELIEVE IT'S THIS WEEK, TO
DISCUSS THIS VERY ISSUE AND
BASICALLY RESTRICT THE NATIONAL
LABOR RELATIONS BOARD FROM
HAVING THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING
LIKE THIS.
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
BOARD JOB IS TO DEVELOP A
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LABOR AND
MANAGEMENT.
IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE OF UNION
MEMBERSHIP.
AND THAT'S THE REAL -- THIS IS
-- THE REASON WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THIS FIRST AND FOREMOST IS
THIS IS THE CURRENT EVENT IN
REGULATIONS AND GOVERNMENT
INTERFERENCE IN A COMPANY'S
BUSINESS.
AND BY THE WAY, WHAT IS A
CORPORATION?
THIS IS SOMETHING I'M ALWAYS
AMAZED.
THE MINUTE YOU SAY THE WORD
BOEING CORPORATION IT'S LIKE
THEY BECOME SOMETHING SOME GIANT
-- SOME GIANT SOMETHING, AND
IT'S SOME RICH MAN THAT OWNS
BOEING, IF YOU OWN A 401-K, IF
YOU HAVE A RETIREMENT PLAN, IF
YOU ARE INVOLVED IN EVEN THE
GOVERNMENT, IF THAT'S THE PLAN
WE HAVE FOR OUR FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES, THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD
CHANCE YOU MIGHT OWN BOEING
STOCK.
YOUR PLAN MIGHT OWN BOEING
STOCK.
SO WHAT IS THAT CORPORATION?
WELL, IT'S YOU.
IF YOU OWN BOEING STOCK.
BECAUSE THE OWNERS OF THAT
COMPANY ARE THE PEOPLE WHO OWN
THE STOCK.
SO WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT IT'S
NOT ONE OR TWO RICH PEOPLE THAT
OWN BOEING, IT IS A MULTITUDE OF
AMERICANS WHO HAVE BOUGHT A
SHARE OR 10 SHARES OR A MILLION
SHARES, WHETHER THEY CAN AFFORD
A BOEING STOCK.
SO WE GOT THIS CONCEPT THAT CAME
OUT OF THE 1960'S IS, DON'T
STEAL FROM THE INDIVIDUAL BUT
STEAL FROM QUOTE, THE MAN.
IN CRIMINAL LAW WHERE I SPENT
MUCH OF MY LIFE, THAT WAS ALWAYS
AN AMAZING THING FOR ME.
THE MAN SEEMED TO BE ANYBODY
THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
BUT IT CERTAINLY WAS THE
CORPORATIONS.
AND YELTSIN AN AWFUL LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE THEIR LIFE -- AND
YET AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
THEIR LIFE STAVINGS -- SAVINGS
INVESTED IN CORPORATIONS LIKE
BOEING AND UNITED STATES STEEL,
IF THEY EXIST, LIKE CONTINENTAL
AIRLINES, LIKE AMERICAN
AIRLINES, LIKE UNION PACIFIC
PEOPLE.
RAILROAD, THOSE ARE ALL OWNED BY
PEOPLE OWN THOSE CORPORATIONS.
WHY SHOULD THE NATIONAL LABOR
RELATION BOARD TELL THE
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE
THAT OWN BOEING STOCK THAT THEY
CAN'T BE IN SOUTH CAROLINA
BECAUSE IT'S NOT A UNION SHOP?
I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD.
I THINK THIS BILL WILL PASS OUT
OF THIS HOUSE AND HOPEFULLY WILL
GET THE SUPPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
AND THE REALIZATION BY THE
DEMOCRATS OVER IN THE SENATE
THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING
AND A VERY BAD PRECEDENT FOR THE
GOVERNMENT TO BE PICKING WINNERS
AND LOSERS.
SO WE STARTED WITH THIS BOARD.
NOW, I TALKED ABOUT MY BILL THAT
I HAD WHICH WE MAY OR MAY NOT
TAKE UP, BUT FIRST OF ALL, LET
ME TELL YOU SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN
DOING.
THE NATIONAL CONGRESSIONAL
REVIEW ACT IS IN EXISTENCE AT
THIS TIME AND IT ALLOWS CONGRESS
TO REVIEW EVERY FEDERAL
REGULATION ISSUED BY THE
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND BY THE
PASSING OF A JOINT RESOLUTION,
OVERRULED THOSE REGULATIONS.
THE AGENCY SHALL, WHICH MEANS
THEY MUST, SUBMIT TO EACH HOUSE
OF THE CONGRESS, THAT'S THE
SENATE AND THE HOUSE, TO THE
GENERAL, A
COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON ANY
MAJOR PROPOSED RULE.
CONGRESS HAS 60, THAT'S
LEGISLATIVE, DAYS TO PASS A
JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL
OF ANY RULE.
THE SENATE MUST VOTE ON A
CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW
ACTRESSLUSION OF DISAPPROVAL.
SO THERE IS A TOOL TO ACTUALLY
DISAPPROVE OF SOME OF THESE
RULES AND WE'RE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, WE'RE
GOING TO BE USING THAT TOOL,
WE'VE ALREADY STARTED USING IT,
IT.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO USE
I WON'T PUT IT DOWN HERE AT THE
BOTTOM, SO WE REMEMBER WE HAVE A
TOOL.
PEOPLE HAVE REQUEST ASKED ME WHY
I PUT A BILL FORWARD THAT WOULD
BE SO GENERAL AS TO SAY, LET'S
HAVE A GENERAL REGULATION
MORATORIUM ON ALL REGULATIONS
UNTIL 2013.
LET ME READ YOU SOME -- THIS IS
NOT AN ORIGINAL IDEA BY JOHN
CARTER, THAT'S ME.
THIS IS SOME REGULATIONS THAT
COME -- I MEAN, SOME ARTICLES
OUT OF SOME NEWSPAPERS, LET ME
READ YOU A COUPLE OF THEM.
THE DETROIT NEWS D, THE FLORIDA
FEDERAL REGULATIONS COMING OUT
OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ADDS
COST, STIFLES ECONOMIC GROWTH
AND LIMITS JOB CREATION.
GROWTH IS A SMARTER WAY TO
GENERATE ADDITIONAL TAXES FROM
BUSINESSES THAT ARE RAISING THE
RATES AND THUS OPERATE -- THUS
THE OPERATING COSTS.
. BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS ALSO
WARNING THAT A FLOOD OF FEDERAL
REGULATIONS WILL LIMIT GROWTH
AND JOB CREATION.
OBAMA SHOULD SUSPEND
IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY REGULATION
WITH POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE
ECONOMY UNTIL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
FALLS BELOW 6%.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY, IN PARTICULAR, MUST BE
THROATLED.
THE E.P.A.'S WAR ON COAL AFFECTS
POWER PLANTS THAT PROVIDE
ROUGHLY HALF OF THE NATION'S
ELECTRICITY.
IN MICHIGAN, D.T.E. ENERGY SAYS
THE NEW RULES WILL TAKE 20% OF
ITS CAPACITY OFFLINE WITHIN
THREE YEARS.
WITHOUT AN ASSURED SUPPLY OF
ENERGY, COMPANIES WILL NOT
INVEST IN NEW FACILITIES.
THAT'S THE CLIP FROM "THE
DETROIT NEWS."
"WALL STREET JOURNAL".
MANY OF THE SUGGESTIONS ARE
FAMILIAR.
THE C.E.O.'S WANT LOWER
CORPORATE TAXES IN THE U.S.,
WHICH HAS, AMONG THE HIGHEST
CORPORATE RATE IN THE WORLD AND
MORATORIUM OR ROLLBACK OF
BUSINESS REGULATIONS.
THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE A
BETTER PARTNER WITH THE BUSINESS
WORLD, SAYS THE HEALTH SERVICES
C.E.O.
THE SENTIMENT IS EXPRESSED BY
MANY, C.E. OMPLE OF ERNST-YOUNG.
THE REGULAR TOWER -- EXCUSE ME,
THE REGULATORY POLICY FROM 2013
BY HALTING NIGS OR I AM I AM
PLEATATION COULD HARM JOBS OR
ECONOMIC GROWTH.
NEWSPAPER.
THOSE ARE TWO QUOTES OUT OF THE
AND THERE ARE MORE HERE.
BUT THE POINT BEING, THAT THE
PEOPLE WHO CREATE JOBS, THE JOB
CREATORS, SMALL, MID SIFE SIZED
BUSINESSES IN THIS WORLD AND BIG
BUSINESSES, BUT THE REAL
GENERATOR IS THE SMALL
BUSINESSMAN IN AMERICA.
90% OF ALL THE JOBS HELD IN
AMERICA ARE HELD BY THOSE
WORKING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
WHAT'S A SMALL BUSINESS?
WELL, THE OTHER DAY, WE HAD
DISS YES OR NOING TO THE --
WELL, LISTENING TO THE
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH, MCDONALDS IS
A SMALL BUSINESS AS IT BE LONGS
TO A PERSON WHO PURCHASED A
FRANCHISE FOR THAT BUSINESS.
ANOTHER MAN WITH SPORTS CUTS,
WHICH IS A HAIRCUT FRANCHISE AND
THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE WHO
GET A NATIONAL NAME AND A
NATIONAL PRODUCT AND THEY PAY
MONEY FOR THE RIGHTS, BUT THEY
ARE A SMALL BUSINESS, USUALLY
RUN BY ONE OR TWO INDIVIDUALS.
AND THEY ARE TELLING US THE
UNCERTAINTY OF REGULATORY
PROCEDURES OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS MAKING THEIR JOB
UNTENABLE.
I SEE I'M JOINED BY MR. MANN
ZULEO AND HE -- MANZULLO AND HE
WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS
CONCERNING REGULATIONS AND HOW
YOU SEE THEM AFFECTING FOLKS IN
YOUR PART OF THE WORLD.
I SPENT MOST OF MY
TIME WORKING ON MANUFACTURING
ISSUES.
OUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN
THE NORTHERN PART OF ILLINOIS IS
HOME TO OVER 2,000 FACTORIES AND
ONE COUNTY IS HOME TO SOME OF
THE MOST HIGH-TECH PLASTIC
COMPANIES IN THE WORLD.
THE PRESIDENT LAST WEEK SPOKE
BEFORE CONGRESS AND TALKED ABOUT
REGULATIONS AND SAID EVERY RULE
SHOULD MEET THE SO-CALLED
COMMONSENSE TEST.
SHOULD PROTECT PEOPLE FROM
UNSAFE COMPANY PRACTICES.
WE AGREE.
BUT OVERREGULATION HAS A
TENDENCY TO DESTROY JOBS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES UNDER THE
DIRECTIVE OF THE NATIONAL
TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM HAS LABELED
RECENTLY ST YMPRMP ENE AS A
CANCER-CAUSING.
AND 50% OF OTHER PLASTIC RESINS
AND THEIR USES.
AND SOME OF THE USES FOR
PRODUCTS WITH STYRENES AND USED
IN PACKAGING AND DISPOSEALS,
FOOD TRAYS, CARTONS, FURNITURE,
OFFICE FIXTURE, AND THE PLASTICS
THAT IS USED ON ELECTRIC THRONIC
EQUIPMENT, REFRIGERATOR
COMPONENTS, LINERS, TOYS,
HIGH-TECH PRODUCTS, MAJOR
APPLIANCES, INSULATION, FLOOR
BACKING, PIPE AND CITING,
COMPUTER MONITORS, STEREO
COVERS, IT'S ALMOST ANYTHING
THAT IS USED IN MANUFACTURING
--
AND THE FIBERGLASS TUBS, SHOWERS
I BELIEVE THIS BOARD
IS MADE OUT OF THIS.
THIS IS A PLASTIC -- WHAT WE
CALL PLASTIC BOARD.
AND IT'S PROBABLY MADE OUT OF
THAT.
COULD BE.
IT DEMONSTRATES THE FACT THAT
STYRENE IS PERVASIVE IN OUR
CONSUMER PRODUCTS.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED, THE NATIONAL
TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM SAID THAT IT
IS A CANCER-CAUSING AGENT.
THEY HAVE DONE A POOR JOB IN
LOOKING AT THE OTHER STUDIES
ABLE.
CANADA CAME TO THE OPPOSITE
CONCLUSION AND SAID IT DOES NOT
CAUSE CANCER.
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS GET
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF
SCIENCES, WHICH IS THE FINAL
WORD, TO CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT
STUDY ON STYRENE.
IF NOTHING HAPPENS AND IT
REMAINS ON THIS LIST ON
SOMETHING THAT IS LIKELY TO
CAUSE CANCER, IT COULD END UP
DESTROYING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF JOBS IN AMERICA.
LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
THE COMPANY THAT MAKES ALL THE
PLASTIC UTENSILS FOR MCDONALD'S.
THAT COMPANY USES ST YMP RENE.
AND WHAT WE SEE DEVELOPING HERE
ARE INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT ARE
LOOKING AT THE PLASTIC COMPANIES
THAT USE STYRENE AND GETTING
NERVOUS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS
TAKING A POSITION THAT WITHOUT
GOOD CASE STUDY THAT IT IS A
CANCER-CAUSING AGENT.
SO INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE
STARTING TO BALK TO COMPANIES
WHO USE THIS.
LAWYERS ARE EXAMINING THE BEST
WAY THEY CAN BRING CLASS-ACTION
LAWSUITS FOR ALL THESE PRODUCTS
THAT CONTAIN STYRENES.
AND WHAT COULD END UP HAPPENING
BECAUSE OF THE REGULATIONS THAT
WILL COME DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNMENT WILL
SAY, IN ITS FINISHED PRODUCT,
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG, BUT IN
THE MANUFACTURING OF IT, THAT'S
WHERE THE PROBLEM IS.
WE COULD LOSE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF JOBS, OUR PLASTIC
INDUSTRY COULD BE DESTROYED.
THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS
THAT ABSOLUTELY DO NOT MAKE
SENSE.
WHERE BECAUSE OF THE JUNGLE OF
RULES THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS THAT MAKES IT
VERY DIFFICULT TO GET IN A
COUNTERARGUMENT WHERE PEOPLE
MAKE DECISIONS, NOT BASED UPON A
COST ANALYSIS, BUT BASED UPON A
COUPLE OF STUDIES HERE AND THERE
AS OPPOSED TO VOLUMES OF STUDIES
THAT HAVE GONE ON EXAMINING
WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE
CANCER-CAUSING AGENTS.
WE COULD USE THE PLASTICS
INDUSTRY IN AMERICA AND THOSE
JOBS COULD GO OVERSEAS ALL
BECAUSE OF POOR SCIENCE ON THE
PART OF REGULATORS.
CONTROL.
REGULATION IN AMERICA IS OUT OF
AND I WORK NOT ONLY WITH THIS
INDUSTRY, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
INVOLVED IN FOUNDRIES, WHERE
REGULATIONS ARE UNDER WAY, WHERE
IF NOT DONE CORRECTLY COULD LOOK
AT THE SILICAS AND IF WE KNOW
THAT THE REGULATIONS ARE DONE
IMPROPERLY WE COULD LOSE THAT
INDUSTRY IN AMERICA.
AMERICA IS GREAT BECAUSE OF OUR
MANUFACTURING BACKGROUND.
AMERICA WILL ONLY RECOVER FROM
THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS WHEN THE
MANUFACTURING JOBS ARE SECURE
AND COME BACK.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE BEEN
PLEADING WITH H.H.S. SAYING, YOU
DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM THE
IMPACT OF THE POOR DECISION THAT
YOU HAVE MADE WITH REGARD TO
THESE STYRENES.
IF WE COULD GO ON TO OTHER
PRODUCTS, TO OTHER MANUFACTURERS
AND IT'S THE SLEW -- YOU HAVE A
CHART WITH THE SCISSORS CUTTING
THE RED TAPE -- IT WOULD TAKE A
BLOW TORCH TO GO THROUGH IT, A
CHOPPER OR BUZZ SAW BE SIDES THE
SCISSOR A I SHARE THE DEEP
CONCERN BECAUSE OF
OVERREGULATION BY FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
I THANK MY FRIEND
AND SAY THAT I HOPE THAT ALL
THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS HOUSE AND
OTHERS THAT MIGHT BE LISTENING
HEARD YOU SAY AMERICA COULD LOSE
THIS INDUSTRY.
DIDN'T SAY THAT THE WORLD WOULD
LOSE THIS INDUSTRY, BECAUSE,
QUITE HONESTLY, ONCE AGAIN, A
GREAT INDUSTRY THAT PRODUCES
GOOD, PAYING JOBS WILL ALL OF A
SUDDEN, NOT BECAUSE OF TAXES OR
NOT BECAUSE OF HIGH LABOR COSTS
WHICH A LOT OF THE ARGUMENTS WE
GET, A NEW FACTOR, THE
REGULATORY AGENCY THROWS THIS
INDUSTRY OUT OF OUR COUNTRY
BECAUSE OF POSSIBLY VOODO
SCIENCE THAT THEY DIDN'T
INVESTIGATE ENOUGH.
THEY HAVE A CONCEPT AND THEY
STICK TO THAT CONCEPT ON THEIR
SCIENCE ARGUMENT AND THEY DON'T
GO OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THEIR
VIEW OF THE WORLD AND GOING TO
SHUT DOWN AN INDUSTRY.
ARE WE GOING TO STOP MAKING
PLASTICS?
THE WORLD ISN'T, BUT THE UNITED
STATES IS GOING TO.
THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WHY ARE
THESE JOBS OFFSHORE.
IT'S NOT JUST THE COST OF LABOR
THAT DRIVES PEOPLE OFFSHORE.
OUR REGULATORY AGENCIES HAVE AS
MUCH TO DO WITH THAT.
THE PRESIDENT SAID HE FOUND OUT
THAT ALL SHOVEL-READY JOBS ARE
NOT ALL SHOVEL-READY JOBS.
I HAVEN'T CHECKED ALL THOSE
JOBS, BUT I WOULD BE WILLING TO
BET YOU THAT THERE IS EITHER AN
ENDANGERED SPECIES OR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
IS IN BETWEEN THE SHOVEL, TAKING
THE FIRST LOAD OF DIRT ON A
PROJECT AND SOMEBODY TRYING TO
GET A PROJECT DONE, BECAUSE THE
AGENCIES ARE SHUTTING DOWN OUR
HIGHWAYS OUR BRIDGES, OUR SEWER
PROJECTS, OUR WATER PROJECTS AND
SOMETIMES FOR VERY BIZARRE
REASONS.
WOULD THE
GENTLEMAN YIELD?
LOOK AT THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE
COMING DOWN FROM CANADA TO TEXAS
THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
IT HAS BEEN TIED UP BY THE
E.P.A. AND OTHER REGULATORS FOR
THREE YEARS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT 20,000 NEW
JOBS.
I THINK IT IS A $5 BILLION TO $8
BILLION PROJECT.
DOESN'T COUNT THE PEOPLE WHO
MAKE THE PIZZAS, SHOES.
I WAS TALKING TO RED WING SHOES
THAT ARE MOSTLY MADE IN AMERICA
AND THOSE ARE THE INDUSTRIAL
SHOES AND I SAID HOW IS
BUSINESS?
HE SAID, DONE, E DON WHEN
MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION
IS DONE, MY SALES OF SHOES ARE
DOWN.
SO IT CONTINUES -- IT'S NOT JUST
THE COST, THE ACTUAL COST OF THE
IMPACT TO THAT PARTICULAR
ENTITY, THE PARTICULAR
CONSTRUCTION SITE, THE
PARTICULAR REGULATION, BUT ALL
THE OTHERS THAT COME AS A RESULT
OF IT, THEY DESTROY OUR ECONOMY.
TAKING BACK A LITTLE
TIME JUST TO CONTINUE THIS
CONVERSATION, I THINK IT'S
INTERESTING WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT
THE PIPELINE.
IT IS BRINGING HEAVY CRUDE FROM
THE -- FROM CANADA TO THE UNITED
STATES.
IT WAS IN THE ALL STREET JOURNAL
SOMETIME THIS WEEK BSH "WALL
STREET JOURNAL," SOMETIME THIS
WEEK, THAT ALLESTERA, CANADA,
EVERYBODY HAS THESE GREAT JOBS,
BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS GOING
FORWARD AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS
ARE STANDING OUT OF THE WAY AND
DEVELOPING THIS TAR SANDS THEY
HAVE THERE AND THAT'S WHAT WE
ARE SHIPPING DOWN HERE TO BE
REFINED IN THIS PROPOSED
PIPELINE DOWN TO WHERE THE
MARKET IS IN THE UNITED STATES.
CANADA IS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST
EXPORTERS TO THE UNITED STATES
OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.
WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS
PICTURE IS, THAT SAME FIELD THAT
IS ACROSS THAT IMAGINE AREA LINE
IN CANADA IS DOWN IN NORTH
DAKOTA AND IN MONTANA AND IT'S
PROBABLY IN A LOT OF OTHER
PLACES THAT ARE CALLED, QUOTE,
PUBLIC LANDS IN THIS COUNTRY
RIGHT NOW.
THOSE ARE LANDS HELD BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY OWN THOSE LANDS.
NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
THAT MEANS THEY AREN'T LETTING
THE LAND ON OUR LAND FOR THE
SAME PETROLEUM PRODUCTS WE ARE
BUYING FROM CANADA AND BUILDING
A PIPELINE TO SHIP DOWN HERE.
WHY?
E.P.A. AND OTHERS, REGULATORS
AND BUREAUCRATS ARE PREVENTING
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE
.
PRODUCTS.
IT GOES BACK TO THE GLOBAL OR
CLIMATE CHANGE ARGUMENT.
YOU WONDER WHY THERE'S NO JOBS.
250,000 JOBS HAVE BEEN CREATED
IN ALBERTA, CANADA IN THE LAST
18 MONTHS.
250,000 JOBS.
ALL DOING WITHOUT OIL.
RIGHT ACROSS THE BORDER.
WE COULD BE DOING THE SAME
THING.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE OIL.
IT'S NATURAL GAS.
IT'S NATURAL GAS.
AND I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING
ELSE,ISTS JUST DOWN IN SAN
ANTONIO, MEETING WITH SOME
FRIENDS DOWN THERE, ONE OF THEM
WAS A BANKER, HE SAID, GO TO
SOUTH TEXAS, MAN, YOU SHOULD SEE
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SOUTH TEXAS.
THEY HAVE FOUND THAT THERE'S --
BESIDES THE OIL AND GAS WE'D
ALREADY FOUND MANY YEARS DOWN
THERE THEY'VE NOW FOUND OUT THAT
THE SHALE OIL, THERE'S SHALE OIL
AND SHALE GAS DOWN IN THE GROUND
, AMAZING DEPOSITS DOWN THERE,
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO USE THE
FRACKING SYSTEM TO GET IT OUT,
BUT ALREADY THEY'RE BUILDING
HOTELS AND TOWNS THAT ONLY HAVE
8,000 PEOPLE IN THEM.
THEY'RE BUILDING FOUR-STORY
HOTELS.
WHY?
BECAUSE THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE,
WORKING MEN AND WOMEN ARE GOING
TO BE IN THOSE HOTELS BECAUSE
THEY'VE GOT A JOB THERE AND SO
THEY FIND A PLACE A TO LIVE.
BUILDERS ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT
DEVELOPING SUBDIVISIONS.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO START WORK
BOOTS ARE SELLING WORK BOOTS IN
SOUTH TEXAS AND ALL THOSE THINGS
THAT COME OFF OF THAT DISCOVERY
AND THAT DEVELOPMENT OF THAT
DISCOVER CREATES THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF JOBS.
IT MULTIPLIES AS IT GOES.
JUST EXACTLY AS YOU WERE
DESCRIBING.
AND THAT'S THE EXACT KIND OF
COUNTRY BACK.
PROGRESSION THAT WILL BRING THIS
IF WE LET THOSE FOLKS CONTINUE
TO MANUFACTURE AND THE NEW -- I
GUARANTEE YOU THERE'S NOT A
PERSON WATCHING THIS OR
LISTENING TO THIS OR IS IN THIS
CHAMBER, THERE'S NOT SOMEWHERE
ALMOST WITHIN THEIR REACH
SOMETHING THAT'S MADE OUT OF
WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DESCRIBING TO
US.
IT IS ALMOST AS ABUNDANT AS
WOOD.
IN FACT, IF YOU REMEMBER THE OLD
MOVIE "THE GRADUATE," WHAT WAS
IT HE SAID?
THE GUY GAVE THE KID PLASTIC.
THAT'S THE FUTURE.
PLASTIC.
WE'RE IN THAT FUTURE NOW AND IT
IS THE FUTURE.
IN FACT, ONE OF THE REASONS WE
HAVE SUCH AN OUTSTANDING MEDICAL
WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN IS WE'RE
NOT HAVING TO REWASH AND
STERILIZE METAL AND GLASS
INSTRUMENTS, WE'RE MAKING THESE
-- ALL OF OUR INSTRUMENTS OUT OF
THIS PLASTIC AND THEN WE'RE
THROWING THEM AWAY.
THEY'RE DISPOSABLE.
WE CAN MAKE THEM IN A PLACE THAT
WE CAN DISPOSE OF THEM FOR
HEALTH PURPOSES.
WHICH HAS CHANGED THE LIVES OF
MANY OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS
IN THIS COUNTRY EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
THE HEALTH PLUSES OF HAVING THAT
PRODUCT ON THE MARKET.
BUT WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S
INTERFERENCE WE'LL BE GETTING IT
FROM CHINA OR INDIA OR WHO KNOWS
WHERE, BUT IT WON'T BE FROM
HERE.
I KNOW AMERICA WON'T HAVE A GOOD
JOB ON.
THAT IT'S ALMOST CRIMINAL.
I YIELD BACK.
PLUS WE WOULD END
UP LOSING THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE
THE MACHINE TOOLS, THE MOLD, THE
ACTUAL MOLDS, THE DYES FOR THE
INJECTION SYSTEMS AND OTHER
TYPES OF SYSTEMS AND MOLDING
SYSTEMS THAT ARE USED IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF THESE PLASTICS.
I APPRECIATE CONGRESSMAN CARTER
YIELDING FOR ME FOR A FEW
MINUTES TO EXPLAIN THIS ISSUE
AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE REST OF
YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU.
I THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO STAY WE'D LOVE
TO HAVE YOU.
GOING BACK TO ANOTHER QUOTE,
CNBC C.E.O., FROM A REGULATION
STANDPOINT, GOVERNMENT JUST
NEEDS TO GET OUT OF THE WAY.
WE ASKED EVERY SEW'S LEADING UP
TO THE SPEECH, WHAT -- C.E.O.'S,
LEADING UP TO THE SPEECH, WHAT
BOLD STEPS COULD OBAMA TAKE TO
REDUCE THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE?
JOHN SCHILLER, CHAIRMAN AND
C.E.O. OF ENERGY 21 SAID, IF THE
GOVERNMENT WOULD GET OUT OF THE
WAY FROM A REGULATION STANDPOINT
AND LET US, 21, DO WHAT WE DO
GOOD, YOU'LL SEE US CONTINUE TO
HIRE AND GROW THIS ECONOMY.
I THINK THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM
ACROSS THE BOARD, SAID SCHILLER.
FROM THE WASHINGTON ARE "THE
WASHINGTON EXAMINER," IF
PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS SERIOUS
ABOUT BOOSTING JOB CREATION HE
WOULD STOP HIS ADMINISTRATION
FROM CREATING EVEN MORE
REGULATORY UNCERTAINTY.
THIS IS THE PRESIDENT WHO ONCE
QUIRPED, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY ALWAYS COMPLAINS, IS
ALWAYS COMPLAINING ABOUT
REGULATIONS.
BUT FRIDAY'S DECISION CAN ONLY
BE VIEWED POSITIVELY IF IT IS
INDEED A FIRST STEP.
THERE ARE STILL SIX OTHER
PROPOSED REGULATIONS FROM THE
E.P.A. THAT WOULD COST THE
ECONOMY DEALER.
ACCORDING TO THE E.P.A.'S OWN
ESTIMATES, THE COST TO SMALL
BUSINESS FOR OBTAINING CARBON
EMISSIONS PERMITS ALONE WOULD BE
$76 BILLION PER YEAR.
NOT INCLUDING THE HUNDREDS OF
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
WIDESPREAD ECONOMIC DAMAGE FROM
HIGHER ENERGY PRICES.
IF OBAMA REALLY WANTED TO REMOVE
REGULATORY UNCERTAINTY FROM THE
ECONOMY HE WOULD USE HIS
THURSDAY JOBS SPEECH, THAT WAS
LAST THURSDAY, TO ANNOUNCE THAT
HE IS ORDERING THE E.P.A.
ADMINISTRATOR, LISA JACKSON, TO
HALT ALL HER AGENCY'S WORK ON
GLOBAL WARMING REGULATIONS.
NOW, THESE ARE JUST SOME QUOTES
FROM SOME OF THE MEDIA OUT THERE
THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT JOB
CREATION.
I'M FOR A MORATORIUM, WE'LL SEE
IF WE CAN GET THAT DONE.
RED TAPE REALITY.
THE WHITE HOUSE PROMISES TO SAVE
$10 BILLION IN FIVE YEARS.
THE WHITE HOUSE JUST PUT FORWARD
$17.7 BILLION IN REGULATIONS IN
ONLY TWO MONTHS.
NEXT ONE.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE CALL THE
TRAIN ACT.
THE PURPOSE OF THE TRAIN ACT IS
VERY SIMPLE.
TRANSPARENCY AND REGULATORY
ANALYSIS -- IN REGULATORY
ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS ON THE
NATION, TRAIN.
THESE GUYS SIT UP LATE AT NIGHT
TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN HAVE
AN ACRONYM TO COVER WHATEVER
THEY'RE DOING.
BUT THIS IS VERY SIMPLE.
TRAIN DELAYS MACT AND CSAPR
RULES UNTIL THE FULL IMPACT OF
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S
REGULATORY AGENDA HAS BEEN
STUDIED.
IT BASICALLY SAYS 1,000 POWER
PLANTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
AFFECTED, THE ANNUAL ELECTRICITY
BILL INCREASES IN MANY PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY FROM 12% TO 24%.
NOW, WHAT IS THIS?
THE ADMINISTRATION'S NEW MAXIMUM
ACHIEVABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
STANDARDS AND CROSS-STATE AIR
POLLUTION RULE FOR UTILITY
PLANTS WILL AFFECT ELECTRICITY
PRICES FOR NEARLY ALL AMERICAN
CONSUMERS.
A TOTAL OF 1,000 PLANTS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED.
AMERICANS CAN EXPECT THEIR BILL
TO GO UP BETWEEN 12% AND 22%.
MR. SULLIVAN IS SAYING, LOOK,
LET'S MAKE AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY IMPOSE THESE
REGULATIONS.
SEE WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO, HOW
IS IT GOING TO HURT THE
INDIVIDUAL CONSUMER, AND HOW IS
IT GOING TO HURT THE ABILITY OF
PEOPLE TO GET A JOB?
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SHUT DOWN IN
SOME INSTANCENESS UP TO 1/3 TO
1/2 OF POWER PLANTS BECAUSE
THEY'RE EITHER COAL EMISSION
POWER PLANTS OR BECAUSE THEY'VE
GOT BOILER CHANGE ISSUES HAVE TO
BE DEALT WITH, THEN WHAT
HAPPENS?
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE'S
JOBS GETTING LAID OFF.
YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO
COAL-POWERED PLANTS, THERE'S
SOME PLACES WHERE THE MAJORITY
OF THE ELECTRICITY IN THE
MIDWEST, FOR INSTANCE, IS
COAL-POWERED.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SHUT DOWN
COAL-POWERED PLANTS TO MAKE THEM
RETOOL FOR NEW REGULATIONS,
WHICH, HERE'S AN INTERESTING
THOUGHT, THEY'VE ALREADY
RETOOLED TO PUT SCRUBBERS ON
THESE THINGS THREE OR FOUR
TIMES, IT'S ANOTHER SET OF
RETOOLING ON TOP OF THE
RETOOLING BEFORE THE RETOOLING
OF THE OTHER RETOOLING, THEN HAD
THEY GET TO THIS THING AND THEY
-- FINALLY AT SOME POINT THE
GUY'S GOING TO SAY, MY GOSH, I
THINK I'VE HAD ABOUT ALL THIS
REGULATION I CAN STAND.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU AN AMUSING
STORY BUT IT'S TRUE.
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG LAWYER I
WORKED FOR THE AGRICULTURE
COMMITTEE OF THE TEXAS HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES AS THEIR LAWYER.
AND WE HAD A HEARING ONE DAY
ABOUT NEW FEDERAL REGULATIONS ON
SAUSAGE MANUFACTURERS.
NOW TEXAS IS -- OUR HERITAGE HAS
A LOT OF FOLKS FROM THE SAUSAGE
MANUFACTURING PARTS OF EUROPE.
WE HAVE GERMANS, WE HAVE
CZECHES, WE HAVE SWEDES, WE HAVE
NORWEGIANS, WE HAVE A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO IN THEIR OLD COUNTRY,
THEY MADE SAUSAGE.
AND SO WE HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF
SMALL SAUSAGE OPERATIONS IN
TEXAS.
ALMOST EVERY TOWN YOU GO TO IN
TEXAS, SOME BUTCHER SHOP
SOMEWHERE IS MAKING THEIR OWN
BEST SAUSAGE MADE IN TEXAS.
AND YOU CAN GO TO OUR GROCERY
STORE AND YOU'LL SEE SAUSAGE
THAT'S PRODUCED -- I'M JUST
TALKING ABOUT TEXAS NOW, IN
MULTIPLE CITIES ALL OVER THE
STATE, MOST OF THEM ARE SMALL
TOWNS.
NOW, THIS IS A TRUE STORY, WE'RE
HAVING A TESTIMONY ABOUT NEW
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
CONCERNING THE MANUFACTURERS OF
SALT SAUSAGE BY SMALL
BUSINESSES.
AND THEY BROUGHT A MAN IN WHO
WAS IN A PRISON UNIFORM FROM THE
STATE PRISON IN HUNTSVILLE.
AND THEY PUT HIM ON THE STAND
AND THEY SAID, WHY ARE YOU HERE?
HE SAID, WELL, MY BROTHER AND I,
WE MADE THE BEST SAUSAGE IN EAST
TEXAS.
BUT WE -- THIS GUY CAME IN OUR
OFFICE AND HE SAID, I GOT THESE
REGULATIONS HERE, YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS IN
YOUR BUTCHER SHOP ANYMORE,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REDO
YOUR BUTCHER SHOP.
THEY GAVE US A LIST OF STUFF WE
HAD TO DO.
WE TOOK IT TO OUR BANKER, HE
SAID, YOU BOYS HAVE THE BEST
SAUSAGE IN EAST TEXAS, I'LL LOAN
YOU $25,000, YOU CAN FIX YOUR
PLACE UP.
SO THEY PUT IN TILE FLOORS WITH
DRAINS AND THEY PUT IN BUTCHER
BLOCKS AND THIS, THAT AND THE
OTHER, AND HE SAID, WE BORROWED
$25,000 AND ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS
LATE THAT ARE SAME BOY CAME
THROUGH THE DOOR AND SAID, I GOT
SOME BAD NEWS FOR YOU,
GENTLEMEN.
WE GOT NEW REGULATIONS.
ALL THAT STUFF YOU HAD TO DO
LAST TIME, IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
EVERYTHING'S GOT TO BE STAINLESS
STEEL.
YOU GOT TO HAVE A CEMENT FLOOR
WITH A POWER DRAIN IN IT.
SAWS.
YOU GOT TO HAVE CERTAIN KINDS OF
SO ME AND MY BROTHER WE WENT TO
THE BANKER AND WE SAID, HEY,
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
HE SAID, WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER
$50,000, BUT YOU'RE GOOD, YOU
GOT A GREAT BUSINESS, I'M GOING
TO LOAN YOU THAT $50,000.
YOU BOYS DO THE WORK.
SO WE DID THE WORK.
AND IT WAS WORKING GREAT.
WE WERE MANUFACTURING SAUSAGE
AND WE STILL MADE THE BEST
SAUSAGE IN EAST TEXAS.
HE SAID, THEN THAT SAME OLD BOY
CAME WALKING IN OUR DOOR AND HE
SAID, BAD NEWS FOR YOU, BOYS, HE
SAID, THAT'S WHEN I SHOT HIM.
NOW, THAT'S A TRUE STORY.
WAS SERVING TIME FOR
MANSLAUGHTER IN THE PEN TRENCHRY
FOR SHOOTING THAT --
PENITENTIARY FOR SHOOTING THAT
REGULATOR.
I'M NOT ADVOCATING SHOOTER
REGULATORS.
I'M TELLING YOU HOW FRUSTRATED A
SMALL BUSINESSMAN CAN GET JUST
FOR REGULATIONS ON THE
MANUFACTURING OF SAUSAGE IN A
BUTCHER SHOP.
NOW, THINK HOW FRUSTRATED AN
EMPLOYER COULD GET WITH A
REGULATION CAUSES HIM TO LAY OFF
1/3 OF HIS WORK FORCE, TO AFFORD
TO DO WHAT HE'S DOING.
THIS IS THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF WHY
REGULATIONS ARE SO -- HAVE TO BE
SO CAREFULLY PLANNED AND DONE
AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE STUDIES
DONE AS TO THE ECONOMIC EFFECT.
AS JOHN SULLIVAN, MY FRIEND FROM
OKLAHOMA, HAS BROUGHT BEFORE
THIS HOUSE.
THIS IS CALLED THE E.P.A.
REGULATORY RELIEF ACT.