and it is just so important that everybody realize this connection between preserving tax relief , preventing a tax increase and preserving our jobs .  again , over 4 million new jobs created in this economy since we passed tax relief .  why would we want to go back ?  why would we want to take that tax relief away and pass a huge tax increase , because that affects real people all across america .  let me give you another example .  i talked earlier about the fact that we are enjoying the highest rate of homeownership in the history of the united states of america .  i mean , home ownership , part and parcel of the american dream .  well , somebody has to go out and help renovate those homes and build new homes .  and one of those gentleman is in my congressional district back in texas , a gentleman by the name of gil travers of travers and company .  he is a home builder .  prior to us passing the economic growth legislation with the tax relief , he had just a handful of workers ; but once we passed the tax relief , he had to hire extra workers .  he hired a lady named jan , who was unemployed , to help him clean up some of his job sites .  she got so busy that she had to hire two people who were unemployed to help her clean up the job site , a gentleman by the name of calvin and another lady by the name of christy , all because of tax relief .  and yet this week the democrats want to raise taxes on travers and company home builders .  they want to jeopardize the pay checks of jan and calvin and christy and replace them with welfare checks , and they call that compassion .  