that s a lesson we all have to remember. as citizens and as a nation. as we meet the tests of our time here at home and around the world. to our marines, to all our men and women in uniform. to our fellow americans, let us always be faithful. and as we prepare for the reading of the citation, let me say god bliss, dakota. god bless our marines and all who serve and god bless the united states of america. semper fi. [ applause ] the president of the united states and the name of the congress takes pleasure in presenting the medal of honor to corporal meyer for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with marine embedded training team 2-8. command 3-7 in kunar province. corporal meyer maintained security at a patrol rally point while other members of his team moved on foot with two platoons of afghan national army and border police into the village for a predawn meeting with village elders. moving into the village, the pat
passed away and i suddenly found myself in a small business where i had one real live customer and that was hanging on trying to succeed. but i know what it means to meet a payroll, to hire people and to create jobs in the private sector. and here in washington there s a fundamental misunderstanding of the economy and it s led to an awful lot of bad decisions. the reality is that employers will hire, if they ve got the right incentives. but the incentives have to outweigh the costs. as an example, businesses aren t going to hire someone because the government s going to give them a $4,000 tax credit. if the government mandates that are imposed on them cost a lot more than that, temporary credit. in recent years these mandates have been overwhelming. private sector job creators of all sizes have been pummeled by decisions being made right here in washington. they ve been slammed by uncertainty from the constant threat of new taxes out of control spending and unnecessary regula
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lost $232 million, that the price of solar panels at that time had dropped 50%, and that the price of solar-grade silicone had plummeted. but solyndra wasn t using silicone, the chinese were, which made it almost impossible for them to compete. now, a woman who claims that she works for the firm that built the solyndra plant called in to the mark levin show. levin says she was vetted, she s legitimate, and here s what she said. play it. while we were out there, while we were building it because it is a half a billion dollar plant everyone already knew that china had developed a more inexpensive way to manufacture these solar panels. everyone knew that the plant wouldn t work, but they still did it, they still built it, and, um, basically, they stole that money. obama flew out and did an appearance out there and, actually, they re filing bankruptcy next week. reporter: a man who was just laid off by solyndra sold the san jose mercury news that solyndra was tossing ou
who serve and god bless the united states of america. semper fi. [ applause ] the president of the united states and the name of the congress takes pleasure in presenting the medal of honor to corporal meyer for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with marine embedded training team 2-8. command 3-7 in kunar province. corporal meyer maintained security at a patrol rally point while other members of his team moved on foot with two platoons of afghan national army and border police into the village for a predawn meeting with village elders. moving into the village, the patrol was ambushed by more than 50 enemy fires, firing rocket propelled grenades, mortars, machine guns, from fortified positions. hearing over the radio that four u.s. team members were cut off, corporal meyer seized the initiative. with a fellow marine driving, corporal meyer took exposed gunner position in a gun truck as they drove down the steeply te