thank you, mr. speaker. mickey and minnie, this is the bill we discussed yesterday. the republican controlled florida house passed the same bill the state senate did wednesday with a 70-38 vote. the bill eliminates the self-controlled tax district created for disney back in 1967. as part of the deal with the state to lure disney to florida to build disney world and bring millions of tourists from around the world. create tens of thousands of jobs and generate massive sales tax revenue. it approves and pays for all zoning, roads and emergency services within the 40 square miles. it all began with what critics call florida s don t say gay law which prohibits teaching topics concerning sexual orientation and gender identity to kids from kindergarten through third grade. disney vows to fight that law in the courts. their behavior has been at
[inaudible] yesterday. no surprises today in the republican controlled and dominated florida house. passing the same bill the state senate did yesterday which is exactly what governor antioxidants wanted. eliminate the special self-controlled tax district that was created for disney way back in 1967. as part of a deal with the state to lure disney to florida to build disney world and bring millions of tourists from around the world, create tens of thousands of jobs and generate massive sales tax revenue. it s called the ready creek improvement district which improves all zoning, roads and fire services. 40 square miles this all began with what critics say don t say gay law which prohibits teaching topics concerning sexual orientation or gender identity to kids k through 3rd grade. disney has vowed to fight that law in the courts. their behavior has been atrocious frankly as a guest in the state of florida. so, when you kick the hornet s
these days blasting his record at bain capital where he says he helped create tens of thousands of jobs. tonight, a closer look at that company. james rosen in d.c. tonight. james? we begin at the beginning, shep. bain capital is a privately owned investment firm in boston that employs 900 people worldwide. it handles public and private equity deals. that means basically buying existing companies and trying to increase their profits and market shares. bain also does venture capital deals investing in startups. bain has made private equity investment in some 450 companies. we see 240. we have updated this. it now manages 66 billion in assets. romney was bain capital s first ceo back in 1984. he stayed there about 15 years. under his guidance a 37-million-dollar investment fund returned 200 million to investors. and as late as 2006, romney was still earning up to 15 million a year from his
we helped create tens of thousands of jobs. i m proud of the private sector. there s no question but that speaker gingrich and much more significantly, the dnc and president obama are going to put free enterprise on trial. the recurring bain of mitt romney s campaign, bain capital. while romney says he helped to create tens of thousands of jobs as ceo of the private equity firms, others say that s not the case. the democratic national committee has flown in one of those dissenters to iowa this week. we ll talk to him in just a moment. full disclosure here. bain capital and nbc universal are part owners of the weather channel. how that impacts this segment, i have no idea. but it s stuck in all of our prompters whenever bain capital comes up now. in 1992, bain capital bought american pad and paper. by 2000, ampad was bankrupt. hundreds had lost their jobs and
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