Floor Statements

Mr. Speaker, with all of this talk about the CR and where money is being spent and where taxpayer dollars should be spent, I want to remind Americans that there are 1.4 million Americans on active duty in our U.S. military. Another 718,000 civilian personnel support our men and women in uniform, and 1.1 million are in the Reserves or in the National Guard.

The military is our Nation's largest employer, and it is honorable work. Our fighting men and women are the best and the brightest, the bravest and the most battle-tested. They serve with distinction whether they are on bases here at home or in combat abroad, whether they are in the infantry or in military information technology.

But once our soldiers, airmen, sailors, and marines leave the service, shouldn't they be assured of jobs right here in America? Is that too much to ask of Congress? Is it too much to ask of America? Shouldn't their families know that they will have roofs over their heads, food on their tables, and clothes on their backs? That's the least we can do for our veterans, but for too many veterans, unemployment and economic insecurity is what they are finding in civilian life.

Recently, I asked unemployed veterans to send me their resumes and their stories so that I can submit them for the Congressional Record, to put their struggles front and center before our government. I heard from a number of veterans who sent their resumes to me at Resumes From Veterans @mail. house. gov.

I heard from Charles Diver of Plantation, Florida, who served for 4 years in the U.S. Coast Guard. He wrote that, ``In addition to being unemployed, many of us feel the government has been less than forthcoming about the scope of the problem.''

I couldn't agree more. Mr. Diver has been unemployed since June of 2009. I think we owe him more than that for the service that he's given to our country.

Vincent Torrez of Las Vegas, Nevada, told me, ``It has been a year since I have been discharged from the Army, and it has virtually been impossible for me to find work that matches my skill-set in the civilian market. I believe within the next few years unemployed veterans will be a bigger problem than it is now with the wars coming to a close.''

Mr. Torrez last served in the Army's 1st Airborne Division, 509th Infantry Regiment Opposing Force. We should see to it that veterans like him can find meaningful work when they're back at home.

I heard from Mr. Jay Magan of Taylorsville, Kentucky, who wrote simply and poignantly, ``Out of work for 1\1/2\ years. Desperate for a job.'' He signed that short e-mail, ``Respectfully, Jay G. Magan.''

We owe him more respect than unemployment for his 20 years of service in the United States Navy.

I heard from Evelyn Thomas. She is a veteran of the Army National Guard and the Marine Corps and lives in Carlsbad, California. She enlisted in the military on the Montgomery G.I. Bill in order to earn money for college. She then obtained a master's degree in teaching, learning, and leadership. She told me, ``We need to create jobs. We need to provide avenues and opportunities for manufacturing and production companies to exist in this global economy. Now I am at a crossroads, in which I must utilize my activism work to create a job. I must work to support my family. I want to work. Surely, there is a position for a honorably discharged veteran with a master's degree.''

Indeed, there should be.

But then, Mr. Speaker, I received what I think is the most striking e-mail. It was from Tonya Batson, the wife of a 12-year Navy veteran named Billy Batson. She didn't write much, just that Mr. Batson had been out of work since December of 2009, over a year, after his military service ended. But imagine the anguish that Mr. and Mrs. Batson must be feeling. Imagine the uncertainty. I refuse to accept that any military spouse should feel that. No husband or wife, who after supporting their partner through military service, deployment, travel, and battle, should feel like they have to fight another battle right here at home to find a job, to provide for their family, to be financially secure.

Mr. Speaker, we can do better. We can create an economy that employs all of our veterans. We need a jobs program that will put Americans back to work doing productive things for society--teachers aides in classrooms across the country, health clinic workers, home energy technicians, food pantry workers. We can create jobs that pay benefits to workers and the country without the kind of overhead of infrastructure and other projects.

But, Mr. Speaker, we can do even better than creating jobs. We can eliminate unemployment as a factor in American life. In order to do that, I need to hear more stories like those of Mr. Diver, Mr. Torrez, Mr. Magan, Ms. Thomas, and Mr. and Mrs. Batson. I know they are out there, so I'm calling on unemployed veterans to send me their resumes and stories to Resumes From Veterans @mail. house. gov.

As I've said before, sending me your resume will not get you a job, or put you into consideration for a job. But it can help keep the unemployed problem front and center here in Washington.

We need to do something, Mr. Speaker, so that all Americans, veterans and nonveterans alike, have work. We can do so much better.

Veteran's Resume for the Congressional Record

From: Chuck Diver [[email protected]]

Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 8:25 AM

To: Veterans, Resumes from

Dear Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.: Thank you for your work.

Providing veterans with recognition is an important

contribution, because in addition to being unemployed, many

of us feel the government has been less than forthcoming

about the scope of the problem. I served four years in the

U.S. Coast Guard.

Respectfully, Charles E. Diver.

Charles E. Diver

Aircraft Dispatcher

Nine years experience dispatching aircraft under Part 121

and Part 135 operations both domestically and

internationally, of which the last one and one half years

were as the manager of the flight control department.

Professional Strengths

Use of aviation software programs; attention to detail

while multitasking; composure in stressful situations;

excellent communications skills; respectful of cultural

diversity; ability to prioritize dynamically; ability to

teach and supervise; management experience; private pilot

(SEL).

Key Achievements

Los prevention by audit control of APIS and E-APIS reports

and required passenger travel documentation.

Designated as dispatch ground instructor.

Contributed to and assisted with GOM and OPSPEC revisions.

Poit of contact for U.S. Customs, Immigration, TSA and FAA

Inspectors.

Professional Experience

Manager of Flight Control Lynx Air International--11-2007

to 6-2009

Disatched company aircraft on charters and scheduled

domestic and international flights.

Responsible for all dispatch operations, reporting directly

to the DO and the President of Administration.

Adjusted master crew schedule as necessary for operational

requirements.

Coordinated operational requirements for charter, cargo,

and passenger service departments.

Managed logistical considerations for all flights including

over-flight permits and fuel cost and availability.

Interviewed, hired and trained new dispatch personnel,

including recurrent training.

Maintained records archives and updated all dispatch

records and required manuals, including operational expense

reports, aircraft and crew flight times, maintenance status

of aircraft and Twelve-five security protocol documents.

Aircraft Dispatcher Lynx Air International--8-2005 to 11-

2007

Dispatched Fairchild Metroliner III (SA227-AC) on charters

and to the Bahamas, Haiti and Guantanamo (GITMO) Cuba using

Flitesoft Commercial Flight Calculator and Flight View. All

releases done manually for each flight and filed or updated

all flight plans.

Assisted the flight control manager as possible in the

completion of his responsibilities.

Interacted with cargo department, reservations and ticket

counter personnel for each flight as necessary.

Assisted other departments as circumstances required when

not the dispatcher on duty.

Flight Follower, Custom Air Transport 2-2005 to 8-2005

Monitored scheduled and on demand cargo flights of Boeing

727-200 aircraft domestically and internationally using

Navtech flight planning software and Flight Explorer for

flight following.

Interacted with company supervisors and customer service

representatives, especially during delayed flights or IROPS.

Aircraft Dispatcher Lynx Air International--12-2003 to 2-

2005

Dispatched Fairchild Metroliner III (SA227-AC) on charters

and to the Bahamas, Haiti and Guantanamo (GITMO) Cuba using

Flitesoft Commercial Flight Calculator and Flight View. All

releases done manually for each flight and filed or updated

all flight plans.

Assisted the flight control manager as possible in the

completion of his responsibilities.

Interacted with cargo department, reservations and ticket

counter personnel for each flight as necessary.

Assisted other departments as circumstances required when

not the dispatcher on duty.

Aircraft Dispatcher Atlantic Southeast Airlines--11-2000 to

9-2002

Dispatched CRJ's, ATR-72's and E-120's domestically and

internationally using Eagle Dispatch Monitor, Flight

Explorer, Flight Trac Plot, Storm Century PC and the ``Delta

Term'' system of flight information management.

Aircraft Dispatcher Chalks Ocean Airways--8-2000 to 11-2000

Dispatched Grumman Mallard seaplanes to the Bahamas.

Interacted with station agents to coordinate passenger

services.

Health Care Educator Behavioral Medicine and Biofeedback

Consultants--3-1993 to 12-1999

Taught behavior modification under the supervision of a

licensed psychologist in his private practice and at North

Broward Medical Center (NBMC), utilizing biofeedback assisted

stress management and relaxation techniques to patients with

stress symptoms and work related injuries. Provided classroom

instruction and public lectures at NBMC for the management of

diabetes, and conducted group sessions for the use of

behavioral strategies to improve coping skills for diabetes,

pain control and related conditions for stroke survivors.

Education

Sheffield School of Aeronautics--Aircraft Dispatcher

Certification (Certificate Number 2636673); Graduated 8-2000.

Sea School--U.S. Merchant Marine Officer License (Serial

Number 605571); Graduated 6-1984.

University of North Florida--Master of Science in Allied

Health Services (GPA 4.00); Graduated 3-1979.

University of North Florida--Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

(GPA 3.30); Graduated 12-1977.

Military

U.S. Coast Guard--Rate/Rank: Quartermaster / E-5; Enlisted

8-31-1970.

National Defense Service Medal; Small Boat Coxswain

Insignia; Secret Clearance, Honorable Discharge 8-30-1974.

Will the gentleman yield?

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I just wanted to ask the gentleman a question.

Has the gentleman given any consideration as to what the impact of this Federal cut is on State programs and as to the likelihood that States are to follow suit after the enactment of his proposed amendment?

I thank the gentleman.

Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.

Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the

Lowey amendment, I rise in strong opposition to the Flake amendment, and I want to begin by saying that my friend, Mr. Flake from Arizona, is a very nice man. He's a decent man. He's just dead wrong on this. He's just wrong, wrong, wrong. Before I get into the specifics of the amendment, I want to highlight the deep cuts my friends on the other side of the aisle want to make to the accounts in the Labor-Health and Human Services and Education bill.

This subcommittee not only funds the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, but programs that make vital investments in people. That's why the Labor-H bill is often referred to as ``the people's bill.'' It provides resources that train people for jobs; offers educational opportunities in early, secondary, and higher education; and expands social safety net programs to millions of Americans that need temporary assistance.

While some of my colleagues will argue that with our growing budget deficit and growing levels of spending that we need to make some cuts-- and we must, by targeting wasteful and unnecessary spending--the legislation that has been brought to the floor by my colleagues from the other side of the aisle seeks to weaken some of the critical social safety nets for the most vulnerable amongst us: for working families, for children, for seniors, and for the poor.

Mr. Chairman, I've been listening to this debate for a couple of hours now, and as we get later and later into the night, I'd just like to take a moment to remind my friends that these cuts are not just about dollar amounts and percentage cuts over the last fiscal year, but cuts to real people. I think some of us often forget that. So the way this works is the Federal Government cuts these programs. Without matching funds available from the Federal Government, States then in turn cut the exact same programs, and suddenly, millions of Americans wake up without the Federal Government or without the State government providing them with any assistance. This isn't just about the Federal deficit and the Federal budget. The ramifications of this cut spiral, trickle all the way down to the States, and the ramifications for States' indebtedness continues to grow.

Under the Department of Labor, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle propose a $2.5 billion cut to programs to support job training opportunities for dislocated workers, the unemployed, and young Americans at a time when the unemployment rate remains at a historic 9 percent. That's nearly 14 million Americans. By some estimates, this number is even higher. This is a 40 percent cut to programs that help unemployed people get out of the unemployment office and get their feet in the door.

From Health and Human Services, this legislation cuts $1 billion for 1,250 community health centers. That does not include the ramifications of States that are not likely to fund the exact same health centers and even more. These health centers serve nearly 20 million low-income individuals by providing access to primary, dental, and preventative care.

The $1.8 billion cut from the Head Start program will threaten jobs of thousands of teachers and teachers' aides and will cut off access to an estimated 200,000 low-income children across this country.

And $694 million will be cut for grants to schools that serve disadvantaged students. Teachers, tutors, and teachers' aides are likely to lose their jobs, and after-school and supplemental programs will be cut. And the students that need the help the most will suffer. Nearly $558 million will be cut from special education programs that serve children with disabilities.

As the cost of tuition, textbooks, and living expenses continues to rise, the 8 million students in community colleges and universities that benefit from Pell grants will no longer be able to receive the current maximum award of $5,550 per year. My colleagues across the aisle believe that $4,705 is adequate.

I could go on and on, Mr. Chairman, with the detrimental cuts my colleagues plan to make to these social safety net programs. But the fact is that the legislation in front of us provides cuts to people in this country that can least afford it. These devastating cuts to health care, to education, to energy assistance, and other programs means the most vulnerable Americans will be left to fend for themselves, in the midst of the worst economy of our lifetime.

Mr. Chairman, I recommend my colleagues vote against any amendments that further cut any of these vital programs for Americans. I strongly urge my colleagues to vote against this irresponsible continuing resolution.

Will the gentleman yield?

I would be happy to.

General Petraeus has written a letter indicating that the Institute of Peace is an integral part of resolving conflict and mediation on the ground.

I hope the gentleman will comment on that.

Madam Chair, I move to strike the last word.

Madam Chair, the U.S. Government simply must have options for solving international conflict other than military action or international diplomacy. USIP is the only independent U.S. Government actor that is dedicated solely to conflict mediation and resolution.

For example, in both Afghanistan and Iraq, USIP has been on the ground since the beginning of these conflicts, actively bringing together parties to the conflict and building an agenda for the resolution of these conflicts, resulting in less need for American troops and paving the way for stabilization efforts. General Petraeus called USIP's reconciliation work in Iraq ``a striking success.''

Here are several examples of what the Department of Defense, the Regional Combatant Commands and other components of the military have asked USIP to do, just in the past year, to help them deal with challenges:

A joint program with the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center in Fort Leavenworth to convene multiple U.S. agencies and extract key lessons from the U.S. military to civilian transition in Iraq to help those confronting another massive handoff in Afghanistan.

Comprehensive training for the U.S. Department of Defense's Ministry of Advisors Program, MoDA, going out to serve in Afghanistan for Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell, IV, commander of NATO Training Command Afghanistan.

USIP, Madam Chair, is a small, agile center of innovation in support of America's national security. Funding for it, obviously, should not be eliminated today.

I want to draw from a letter that General Petraeus, the General of the United States Army Commanding Forces in Afghanistan, most recently wrote to Rob Goldberg, the Director of International Affairs at NSP.

He says--and I extrapolate--``USIP's experience working closely with the U.S. military will be a great asset in developing stronger unity of effort between civilian and military elements of government. In fact, I hope soon to see U.S. military officers training alongside civilian governmental and nongovernmental counterparts in USIP's headquarters at 23rd and Constitution,'' the wonderful building that my colleague Mr. Weiner, one of the foremost leaders of this institution, pointed out to us just moments ago.

``Their facility is not just an important symbol of our Nation's commitment to peace; it is also home to a wonderful training center that we hope to leverage to increase understanding and unity of effort in today's complex operations.''

The USIP is across the street, or just across the river, from the Pentagon, therefore giving access to our military leaders who are fighting abroad.

I yield to the gentleman from New York.

I am aware of that.

That notwithstanding, the fact of the matter is this money is not wasted money. This money is designed to provide our military officers and civilian sectors of various combatant war zones in both Afghanistan and Iraq with an opportunity to interact.

This is not the responsibility of the Pentagon. This is not what the Pentagon does. So, with our military personnel on the ground, either as combatants or as noncombatants, having access to civilian sectors in society and helping them transition to peaceful forms of government and having conflict resolution at the local level are critical parts of our long-going mission in Afghanistan.

I would be happy to continue to yield to the gentleman from New York.

In reclaiming the balance of my time, let me say that, while I recognize the importance of the other think tanks and the work that they do in achieving and working towards peace, the United States Government also has an obligation to work directly with civilian sectors in various combatant zones.

What is the United States Government's commitment to peace? Well, that commitment to peace manifests itself through the United States Institute for Peace, USIP, not through other foundations or through other means by which peace may be maintained.

I thank the gentleman for engaging in the debate.

United States Central Command,

Office of the Commander,

MacDill Air Force Base, FL, Feb. 11, 2009.

Mr. Rob Goldberg,

Director, International Affairs Division, National Security

Programs, The Office of Management and Budget,

Washington, DC.

Dear Mr. Goldberg, I would like to underscore the

importance of the US Institute for Peace (USIP) to the

missions the United States is currently pursuing in Iraq and

Afghanistan. While I have long been an avid reader of USIP's

analytical products, which are second to none in tracking the

challenges we face in both countries and in outlining policy

options, I have more recently been impressed with USIP's on-

the-ground peacebuilding efforts.

In Iraq, the Institute stepped up to the plate beginning in

August 2007 to assist the 10th Mountain Division in a

reconciliation effort in Mahmoudiya, a community on the

southern edge of Baghdad that was once known as the

``Triangle of Death.'' Since then, General Odierno and I have

often cited Mahmoudiya as a striking success story. USIP's

continuing reconciliation efforts at the community level,

especially in Diyala and Ninewa, as well as at the national

level in Baghdad, hold great promise for the future.

In Afghanistan, USIP's work on the informal justice system

has been invaluable as we work toward improving the rule of

law at the provincial level. Their plans for reconciliation

efforts at the community level on the Afghanistan/Pakistan

border are likewise a potential key to success in the

enormous challenges we face.

USIP's experience working closely with the US military will

be a great asset in developing stronger unity of effort

between civilian and military elements of government. In

fact, I hope soon to see US military officers training

alongside civilian governmental and nongovernmental

counterparts in USIP's headquarters at 23rd and Constitution.

Their facility is not just an important symbol of our

nation's commitment to peace; it is also home to a wonderful

training center that we hope to leverage to increase

understanding and unity of effort in today's complex

operations.

We can be proud of what USIP has done in the past, and I

look forward with confidence to the contributions the

Institute will make in the future.

Sincerely,

David H. Petraeus,

General, United States Army, Commanding.

Will the gentleman yield?

I thank the gentleman for yielding.

There seems to be some confusion about the role of the State Department and the role of the Institute of Peace. We know that the State Department is responsible for diplomacy, and the Institute of Peace is the only institute that the United States of America has on the ground that advances peace in conflict areas, sustainable peace.

Would the gentleman please comment for us on the difference between diplomacy at the State Department and peace? Peace is not the responsibility of the State Department.

Diplomacy is the responsibility of the State Department.

Will the gentleman yield?

Once the conflict in Afghanistan is over, once the conflict in Iraq is over and we have an embassy in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is not the responsibility of the embassy in Afghanistan or Iraq to be responsible for conflict resolution in various provinces as a result of conflict.

The Institute of Peace has a very different role than that of the State Department in a combat zone. There's a very, very different role for the Institute of Peace.

Mr. Speaker, the book of Matthew says, ``For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.'' That is a prescription for judging the priorities of politicians. We've seen the President's heart in his budget proposal. We've seen it in the continuing resolution that my Republican colleagues have offered.

At a time when they're needed the most, vital safety-net programs are on the chopping block: funding to help low-income Americans with their heating bills, grants to States and cities for community development, Pell grants, and much, much more.

In the midst of the worst economy most of us have ever seen, we are cutting the legs of the unemployed, the underemployed, and the economically insecure right out from under them.

It is clear to me that the President's tax deal with Republicans did not consider the depths of the Nation's historic unemployment problem.

So I'm reissuing my call for unemployed Americans to send their resumes and stories to [email protected]. We must organize ourselves. The unemployed party is larger than the tea party.

No jobs are promised, but I will put your story in the Congressional Record so that our government that is supposed to be of, for, and by the people can begin to live up to the true meaning of its creed.

[email protected].

Mr. Speaker, let me first identify with the two previous speakers and offer my sincerest condolences and heartfelt feelings.

Mr. Speaker, there is no higher sacrifice in our Nation than military service. Our men and women in uniform serve honorably, whether they are stationed at a base here in the United States or serving in a combat zone far from home.

Some join the military out of patriotism. Some join in order to see the world. But for many, those motivations are coupled with another factor: the lack of jobs in our communities. Facing shaky prospects, many young people turn to military service as an honorable, good-paying career.

But too many veterans end up unemployed when they leave the military. After dodging bullets on the battlefield, they find themselves jobless in the marketplace.

In the last few weeks, I've issued a call for unemployed Americans to send me their resumes at [email protected] so that I may enter their stories into the Record as a way of dramatizing the shameful unemployment problem in this Nation. I've heard from thousands of Americans, including a number of veterans, who are struggling under the weight of unemployment.

Mushi Israel of San Diego, California, is a Navy veteran who served for 20 years. He's an information technology specialist who's been out of work for an entire year. As Mr. Israel said, ``There are a lot of great people who are out of work like myself who believe in the American Dream and society and just want to do an honest day's work for an honest day's pay.''

David Reinke of Burbank, California, was an Army lieutenant who received an honorable discharge in 1980. Although Lieutenant Reinke said in an email to me that his service was ``brief and undistinguished,'' I beg to differ. Anybody who puts on a uniform is distinguished and has the right to a good life right here in America.

David worked for an event staging company for over 20 years. As he put it, ``Unfortunately the economic downturn forced our company to lay off 50 percent of the staff in an attempt to remain economically viable. I was one of those casualties.''

So after serving our country, Lieutenant Reinke became an economic casualty. He lost his job in January of 2010 and has been substitute teaching, where he tries to make ends meet.

Andy Lang, a retired disabled veteran from Snow Hill, North Carolina, who's been out of work since last January, wrote, ``You don't know how scared I am, Congressman. Some days I don't eat. Americans need help and they need it now.''

Ms. Harmony Leonard of Bradford, Pennsylvania, wrote to me. She served in the U.S. Navy from 1975 to 1979 and was honorably discharged. Ms. Leonard has worked as a teacher, a grant coordinator, a development officer, a general manager of a restaurant. She's active in her community and said, ``I did everything I could to be a vital part of my community, and now that I have accumulated experience and education I seem to be invisible and of little use to society.''

She continues, ``My saving grace is that I am a veteran, so I have medical care should I need it. And I am not starving because my partner is working in the natural gas industry. But what about me? What about my self-esteem? What about the stigma attached to not working?''

Mr. Speaker, there's not a Member of this body who has a good answer for Ms. Leonard. How can we look our veterans in the eye, thank them for their service, and then tell them they are fresh out of luck when it comes to finding a job? How can we let them down like that?

I want to hear more stories like this because I know they're out there, and I know there are more veterans who serve our country with honor and dignity and now find themselves unemployed.

So I'm calling on unemployed and underemployed veterans to send me your resume and your story to [email protected]. I'll submit them for the Congressional Record so that the unemployment problem among our veterans can be put front and center before our government. Sending me your resume will not get you a job, but it can help force Washington to end the unemployment problem once and for all.

Again, veterans and servicemembers can send their resume to me at [email protected].

Mr. Speaker, service to our Nation is an honorable profession, and we should honor that service by seeing to that every veteran has a job when their service is over. When you risk your life for your country, we should make sure you have a life when you return. No veteran should be left questioning how they will feed their family, wondering about their self worth, or fretting about their financial future.

It's time, Mr. Speaker, we did something to end unemployment once and for all for everybody, especially our veterans.

Resume--Mushi Israel

Hello Resumes for America, after seeing Rev. Jesse Jackson

on CNN this morning in discussion about the state of

unemployment in the U.S., I decided to send in my resume. And

I hope this will bring light to the government as to the real

conditions of the country. There are lots of great people who

are out of work like myself who believe in the American dream

and society and just want to do an honest days work for an

honest days pay.

I am a Navy veteran who served 20 years for my country. I

have a BS degree in Information Technology, and my background

in Naval Telecommunication is my expertise. I'm currently

working on a Masters Degree in Information Technology Project

Management. I'm also working on Cisco Certification Network

Associate (CCNA), Cisco Information System Security

Professional (CISSP) courses.

I believe it's so unfair for people like myself to be out

of work when there are so many jobs that are outsourced to

third world countries just for the profits of companies. What

are we to do? I realize we are of a globalization for

products and services around the world, but to the expense of

US workers that help build this country and help to defend

for the rights and privileges for all.

Help.

Mushi Israel.

Mushi Israel,

PO Box 86714

San Diego, CA. 92138

Phone: (619) 843-2270

Email: [email protected]

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mushi-israel/a/72/85

Monday, January 17, 2011

Job Objective

Information Technology Project Management, Naval

Telecommunication Data Link Analyst, Crypto Logic Management

Technician, C4I System Integration, Acquisition Support,

Information Technology System Networking Test and Evaluation

Analyst, Fiber Optics Maintenance/Installation.

Summary

Exceptional professional with over 20 years experience of

service working with Naval Telecommunications equipment with

the US Navy.

Information Technology Project Manager.

Communications Data Link-Navy Systems Analyst.

Microsoft 2000 Server System Administrator.

Technical Control Supervisor US Navy Telecommunication

Systems.

Crypto, (EKMS) Electronic Keying Material Systems

Management.

Certified Fiber Optics Installer.

DELPHI Connection Systems.

Current Secret Security Clearance (SBI).

Experience

CDL-N System Analysts, SAIC, San Diego, CA, 10/2006 to 02/2010.

Performed as Project Program Management for tactical line

of sight radio networks and wireless wide area relay

networking systems.

Assisted in the development and research of Communications

Data Link (CDL-N) system, revised system design/test

procedures, and developed quality control standards.

Fiber Optic Installation and Test Certification on tactical

Navy terminals and cables.

Perform shipboard installation, testing, Casualty Report

(CASREP) activities, System Operational and Verification

Testing (SOVT) documentation.

Develop training materials and provided operator/

maintenance instruction. Performed Crypto operation/

maintenance, managed EKMS material inventories and

destructions.

Management Analyst, Telecom Network Team, San Diego, CA, 10/2004 to 10/

2006.

Assisted in system analyst in joint operational testing

with Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marine telecommunications

engineers.

Project Manager for Tactical Line of Sight Wireless Wide

Area Relay Network System; coordinated and organized research

and development, analyzed and gathered data, and developed

solutions.

Documented findings of study and prepared recommendations

for implementation of new system procedures according to

organizational policy.

Organized and assisted in development of test plans for

tactical communications systems in support of research and

analysis.

Communications System Analyst and Network Administrator, Information

System Support, INC., San Diego, CA, 05/2003 to 10/2004.

Naval Telecommunications Computer System Administrator

designed and implemented network architecture, configurations

including hardware and software technology for Network

Operating Center.

Utilized connectivity to include Frame Relay Devices, High

Speed Data, Bandwidth Efficiency Satellite Transmission

(BEST), INMARSAT, NERA-B terminal equipment and associated

peripherals to support communications for USNS ships and

support shore stations.

Help desk support with Naval Telecommunications messaging

service for the Network Operating Center supporting USNS

ships.

Education

BS Information Technology

Certified Fiber Optics Installer

Forklift Operator Qualified

National University

KITCO Fiber Optics

Naval Base

San Diego, CA

U.S. Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) Training

IT-2736 Information System Administration

IT-2306 Computer Based Training Technician

IT-2379 Transmission System Technician

IT-2318 Communication System Technician Control Operator

IT-2313 Communication System Manager

IT-2358 Super High Frequency/Satellite Communications

System Operator

IT-2346 Low-Level Keying Teletype Repair

IT-2342 MOD 28 Teletype Repair

IT-9710 Electronic Equipment Repair

IT-2782 Defense Message System Administrator

Additional Training Experience

Naval Aviation Logistics Database Administrator (NALCOMS)

Naval Global Positioning System Operator (GPS)

Communications Quality Monitoring System Operations

Common High Bandwidth Data Link (CHBDL) Terminal

Communication Data Link-Navy (CDL-N) Terminal

Video Integration Group (VIG) Terminal

Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)

AN/VRC-99A/B Radio Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Rave Computer and Sun Microsystems

Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW) Radio System

Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS)

UNIX Based Computer Operating System Administrator

Automated Digital Network System (ADNS)

Integrated Shipboard Network System (ISNS)

Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal (ANDVT)

Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA)

Global Command and Control System (GCCS)

Navy/Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) Gig (Global Information

Grid)

COMSEC Security Operator

Naval Acquisition System

Navy Data Environment (NDE)

Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.

Can any Member rise, Mr. Speaker, and move to suspend the rules and pass H. Res. 72 prior to the rule being called up?

Further parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.

If a resolution can pass with unanimous support, is there any provision in the House rules that would allow the House to bypass 9\1/2\ hours of debate proposed in House Resolution 73, agree to House Resolution 72, and begin to consider other legislation dealing with job creation?

Further parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.

Is there any provision in H. Res. 72 that will create jobs?

Further parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.

Is it in order to ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table H. Res. 72, ask for its immediate consideration, and for it to be adopted?

Further parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table H. Res. 72 and ask for its immediate consideration in the House, so that we can move on creating jobs.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table H. Res. 72 and ask for its immediate consideration in the House, so that we can move on creating jobs.

Isn't the appropriate response, Is there objection?

Madam Speaker, the unemployment rate last month dropped from 9.4 percent to 9 percent, but only 36,000 jobs were created. Wow, 36,000 jobs equals 0.4 percent.

How did the rate drop so much with only 36,000 new jobs? Madam Speaker, it's an illusion. If you are chronically unemployed and have given up looking for a job, you don't count as unemployed in America. You fall out of the statistics. So as more and more people are out of work for longer periods of time, they are literally left out of the system. Houdini couldn't have performed an illusion as clever as the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

But shouldn't the government of, for, and by the people care about its most vulnerable in this economic climate?

I want to remind the government of the urgency of our economic situation. Send me your resume and your story to [email protected]. I want to have your story entered into the Congressional Record to remind the Congress of the fierce urgency of ``now.''

Madam Speaker, stop the illusions. The American people need jobs, and they want to go to work. We have too many Americans who are chronically unemployed, and we don't even count them anymore. We need to do something about it, and we need to do something about it now.

Mr. Speaker, the President gave a great speech last night. In it he mentioned the word ``jobs'' 31 times; he used the word ``innovate'' 11 times. But he didn't mention the word ``unemployment'' a single time.

That's because creating jobs is different than ending unemployment. In America capitalism and entrepreneurship have created great things and great wealth. To name a few, the automobile, the personal computer, the airplane. It is my hope that the cure for cancer will come from an enterprising entrepreneur.

But there is one persistent problem that innovation has not solved: unemployment. As FDR said, ``Necessitous men are not free men.''

So I challenge our leading innovators to help find a way to eliminate unemployment, since Democrats and Republicans have run out of ideas.

Mr. Gates, Mr. Buffett, Mr. Zuckerman, Mr. Immelt, Mr. Mulally: Put your organizational genius, your job-creating skills to use so that our Nation can be free from the threat of unemployment. But don't give us ideas that have been tried before, because none of them have eliminated unemployment.

Our task as leaders should be to end the scourge of unemployment once and for all so that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness can really be available to all Americans.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to speak

for 1 minute, to revise and extend my remarks, to enter relevant materials into the Record at taxpayers' expense.

Mr. Speaker, on January 11, 1944, in his third term, President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the limitations of the Presidency and Congress in addressing the Nation's most serious problem: unemployment.

So he proposed changing the only vehicle capable of eliminating unemployment: the Constitution.

Roosevelt suggested that adding fundamental economic rights to the Constitution was the only way to truly address our unemployment problem.

Sixty-seven years later, to dramatize the shameful condition that our Nation and the marketplace tolerates, I have asked the Nation's unemployed, underemployed, and economically insecure to send their resumes to me at: [email protected]. I will then submit those records to the Congressional Record, on their behalf, as a means of protesting the unaddressed, shameful unemployment problem.

I am not promising anyone a job. I believe that the wealthiest Nation in the world should do something about the jobs loophole in our freedom construct.

Until Democrats and Republicans in this Congress and in the White House eliminate the fear of unemployment from our freedom and liberty construct, I will continue this peaceful demonstration at: [email protected].

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the H.R. 2 legislation that will repeal health care for nearly 32 million Americans. I have listened to my colleagues from the other side of the aisle in press conferences and throughout this debate state that the Affordable Care Act is ``job destroying'' and ``budget busting.'' We know from numerous reports that these statements are blatantly untrue.

Since President Obama signed this legislation into law in March, the Department of Labor reports nearly 1 million new jobs were created in the private sector, including over 200,000 in health care related fields. Furthermore the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, CBO, said that the Affordable Care Act will reduce the deficit over the next 10 years. In fact, on January 6 the CBO stated that the repeal would increase the deficit by $230 billion over the next 10 years.

As we prepare to vote on this legislation, I'd like to inform my constituents as I did for them at countless town hall presentations I hosted on the Affordable Care Act, what repeal means for the people of Illinois' Second District.

Health Care Repeal will rescind the vital Patient's Bill of Rights consumer protections provided under the Affordable Care Act for the 336,000 individuals in the Second Congressional District who have health insurance through their employer or the market for private insurance. Passage of repeal will lift the limitations placed on insurance companies for rate increases and out of pocket expenses. Repealing health care reform would eliminate the requirement that insurance companies limit administrative costs by spending a minimum of 80 percent of the premiums they collect on actual healthcare. Repealing the Affordable Care Act will allow insurance companies to drop or rescind coverage when people get sick, place annual and lifetime limits on coverage and charge you for cost-saving preventative services and screenings.

According to a report released by the Department of Health and Human Services, up to 129 million Americans under the age of 65 have some type of pre-existing condition and could be excluded from insurance plans if this health care repeal were signed into law. This would affect 263,000 individuals, including up to 40,000 children in the Second Congressional District who have a pre-existing condition.

Repeal would eliminate the requirement that health insurance plans allow young adults to remain on their parents' insurance policies up to the age of 26, cutting coverage to the estimated 2,000 young adults that are expected to take advantage of this benefit in the Second District.

Through the Affordable Care Act, middle class families with incomes up to $88,000 for a family of four and small businesses would be eligible for affordability tax credits. Repeal would cut access for 157,000 families and 14,200 small businesses in my district.

For Second District seniors, repeal will increase drug costs for the 6,700 seniors who fall into the Part D prescription drug ``donut hole'' this year and will deny access to free preventive services and health screenings to the 93,000 seniors on Medicare in the Second District.

Finally, under the Affordable Care Act, an estimated 94 percent of Americans would be provided access to health care through their employer, the Health Care Exchange or through Medicaid. With repeal, 61,000 of my constituents would lose this new coverage. Hospitals in my district spend nearly $40 million each year providing coverage to the uninsured which gets passed on to the consumer, and the average American family pays an additional $1,100 per year for covering the cost of uncompensated care for the unemployed.

Before the Affordable Care Act, skyrocketing health care costs were hurting families, forcing businesses to cut or drop health benefits, and straining state budgets. The people of Illinois' Second District and all Americans need and deserve better.

While some of my colleagues may be willing to pass legislation that (1) rescinds important consumer health care protections, (2) cuts tax credits for middle class families and small businesses, (3) forces our nation's seniors to pay more for prescription drugs and cost-saving preventative care and (4) passes the problem of steadily rising health care costs onto the next generation--I plan to vote for making health care affordable and accessible for up to 94 percent of Americans, not against it.

That's why I will vote no on Repeal.

Madam Speaker, as we enter 2011, we find ourselves in the same jobs situation as in 2010. In order to show the huge need for jobs, I will be collecting resumes from Americans who are unemployed or underemployed. I'll submit them for the Congressional Record. Unfortunately, submitting these resumes for the Record will not get anybody a job.

By collecting these resumes, I hope to dramatize the shameful condition of unemployment and compel Congress to do something about it. I hope to remind my colleagues every day that we work for those Americans who have been left behind but who want to work.

Today, I call on my fellow Americans to send me your resume and your story to [email protected]. [email protected]. If you are out of work, send me your resume and story so that I can use it to remind our government of the need to act.

Martin Luther King, Jr. once said: America has issued us a bad check. It has come back marked ``insufficient funds.'' But the vault of opportunity of this Nation is not bankrupt.

Madam Speaker, sending a resume to me will not put you first in line for any job, but it will put you up front and center to remind our government of the need to act.

Mr. Speaker, if I may ask unanimous consent to address Mr. Goodlatte.

I thank the gentleman for his kindness.

Let me first begin by saying that I think every Member of this body is approaching the reading of their Constitution with the most sacred possible spirit in what is clearly an unprecedented moment in the history of the Congress of the United States. And I don't take it lightly when my colleague or when others, before we begin the reading of our sacred document, are raising questions about what we would be specifically reading, what specifically will be redacted based upon amendments or based upon the recommendations of Libraries of Congress.

But I also want to be very clear, Mr. Speaker and Mr. Goodlatte, I recognize that this is a request, that in reading those redacted--and this is very emotional for me. This is very emotional, I know, for a number of Members, given the struggle--and I am not trying to give a shot at the process. Mr. Goodlatte knows me and he knows the spirit in which I'm approaching this--given the struggle of African Americans, given the struggle of women, given the struggles of others to create a more perfect document, while not perfect, a more perfect document, to hear that those elements of the Constitution that have been redacted by amendment are no less serious, no less part of our ongoing struggle to improve the country and to make the country better, and our sense in our struggle and whom we are at the Congress of the United States at this point in American history and our desire to continue to improve the Constitution, many of us don't want that to be lost upon the reading of our sacred document.

So with that said, I thank the gentleman for yielding. And I just wanted to indicate that this is done with sincerity. It is not done to take a shot at the idea of reading the Constitution. But certainly, when we were informed, for example, that the three-fifths clause would not be mentioned and that other elements of the Constitution which justify why some of us fight for programs in the Congress will not be written in the redacted version, it is of consequence to whom we are.

Mr. Speaker, our expectation was that the new Republican majority would read the Constitution as written and its subsequent amendments. There is a broad body of law and interpretation that has developed from 1787 until the adoption of the last Amendment in 1992 that has turned our Constitution into a living document, paid for by the blood, sweat and tears of millions of Americans from the Revolutionary War, through the Civil War to even our current conflicts.

The new Republican majority and their redacted Constitutional reading gives little deference to the long history of improving the Constitution and only seeks an interpretation of our Constitution based on the now, not the historic, broad body of law and struggle that it has taken to get there. It leaves out the need to continue to refine the Constitution so that we have a more perfect union.

The 10th Amendment remains the center of conservative ideology. It reads, ``The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.''

The 112th Congress' Republican majority is building its agenda around the 10th Amendment. It is determined to limit the scope of Congress' activity to legislation ``reserved'' to the United States. Then, all other rights are in the purview of the states. Under this historic logic, slavery was a state right protected by the Constitution and the 10th Amendment. But slavery by definition is not a human right, and therefore states rights cannot be human rights. That is why for the last five Congresses, I've introduced a series of Constitutional amendments that would improve the document for all Americans by guaranteeing essential rights.

Currently, the right to vote is a state right--subject to local interpretations of who should vote and how. That results in thousands of different systems, all with different rules and different regulations. It means education is a state right, which means a child's likelihood of success is based on where he or she is born and the quality of schools that happen to be there. It means health care is a right, and God help you if your state, county or city cannot provide access to high quality care.

I will soon reintroduce the following amendments, in the hopes of creating a more perfect union:

H.J. Res. 28--Guaranteeing the right to vote to all Americans

H.J. Res. 29--Guaranteeing the right to an education of equal high quality

H.J. Res. 30--Guaranteeing the right to health care of equal high quality

H.J. Res. 31--Guaranteeing the right to equality and to reproductive rights to women

H.J. Res. 32--Guaranteeing the right to high quality housing

H.J. Res. 33--Guaranteeing the right to a clean and safe environment

H.J. Res. 34--Guaranteeing progressive taxation

H.J. Res. 35--Guaranteeing the right to full employment and balanced growth

H.J. Res. 36--Abolishing the electoral college, and providing direct election of the President and Vice President

I hope my Republican and Democratic colleagues will join me in converting a reverence for the Constitution into a movement to improve it on behalf of all Americans.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to include extraneous materials and a statement entered into the Record directly after the reading of the Constitution.

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.

Mr. Speaker, parliamentary inquiry.

Mr. Speaker, are there two more votes before Members dash out of here tonight? There are two more votes.