american interests around the world. so, is it beyond the possibility to think that the president did or will reach out to some of these leaders for discussion and/or apology? well, if he does, i don t anticipate that it will be the kind of conve:รก=> okay. lastly, on detroit, this week, it s expected to come out the city is expected to come out of bankruptcy. what do you say about that, particularly as they are coming out of bankruptcy and still they have a debt into the billions of dollars? well, the city of the obama administration has worked closely with officials in the state of michigan and the city of detroit, as they have worked through the significant financial problems plaguing that city. we certainly are pleased that they appear to be nearing the end of their this bankruptcy period, but there is significant the administration will continue to work closely with offings in michigan and officials in the state of detroit city of detroit as they continue t
for a vote, i urge this committee to make sure that they also pull in the illegal work permits that will be granted by this administration before we re able to get around to preventing that action. and i thank you for your attention. yes, ma am. thank you very much. mr. king? thank you, mr. chairman. i do thank the committee. you put a lot of hours here in this committee. and i know that the public appreciates it well enough. i bring an amendment here to the appropriations bill, and some of the things that it does, it recognizes i supported this date of december 11th as the deadline for the cr because the president was promising that he was going to issue his i ll call them lawless edicts executive amnesty perhaps for the discussion of this committee he promised he was going to do that. it was one of the promises that he kept. i argued sometimes against my conserve conservative colleagues who wanted to do a cr that lasted until perhaps next march that we need to d
montanas we ve created over 200,000 jobs per months. that s the first time we ve had a streak of that with robust job creation since the 1990 s. the 321,000 jobs we created in november brings the total number of jobs created just this year to 2.65 million jobs. so with one month to go, we ve already created more jobs, get this, than any year since the 1990 s. now those are some of the statistics about the job numbers you might read in u.s.a. today. manufacturing is the lynch pin of our economy. adding 28,000 good-paying jobs just last month. for a total of nearly 3/4 of a million new jobs. wages as i mentioned have been stagnant. see a nice monthly gain of 0.4%. we have not had a month this year when wages have fallen and for the first time since 2008 we ve had four months where they ve grown at least 0.3%. the average workweek increased to 34.6 hours, meaning more workers are finding full-time employment instead of part-time jobs. according to the labor department we re se
others. we will miss you. mr. chairman, i will never forget the day the gentleman from iowa told me earlier this term that had he known that i would one day be on the rules committee, he would have been nicer to me for the last ten years. it was at that point, i appreciated the raw power that came with this appointment. but to the gentleman from texas, i want to thank you for bringing up the i think it was the case church amendment from 1973, the series of amendments ten years later. i mean, sometimes we think about defunding as some sort of exotic thing that people do. it has been a technique that has been employed by both sides of the dais in the past and sometimes it has changed the course of history.j&p so i thank youu%2zr for bringing your amendment here today and certainly appreciate the time that all of you have spent with us this evening. mr. chairman, i ll yield back. thank you very much. ms. bachmann, i want to add my hearty congratulations to you, and about the
he s a member s member, always available for counsel, always with an encouraging word. how many of us have benefited from hisess tute advice. this chamber his astute advice. this chamber says thank you to a man who knows how to negotiate, who knows how to legislate and who knows how to foster great change. he s a master of the art of compromise. his service has been honorable for over half a century. he s been indefat kabul. he s walked forth rightly in the shoes of his father before him and he served his nation nobly in this house and the people of michigan who re-elected him 30 times. his service has established an historical record 59 years long of consistent dedication to liberty and to the people of our country. his torecally he s assumed historically he s assumed his place as a strong timber, a mast of the rules and decorum that should attend to our privileged service here. he s a champion of the dignity of the house. generations to come would be well-advised to emu