[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 2, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H3609-H3610]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              JOB TRAINING

  (Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, since President Bush 
took office, 2.2 million Americans have lost their jobs. Americans are 
suffering through the longest unemployment period in 20 years and the 
most dismal job picture in almost 40 years.
  And what is the Republican leadership doing about it? Having the 
House vote on tired proposals for job-training vouchers that do not 
actually create jobs for the millions of Americans who are out of work. 
Unemployed Americans need jobs and benefits immediately so that they 
can provide for

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their families. They do not need training vouchers for jobs that do no 
exist.
  Democrats have offered proposals that will create real solutions for 
Americans. We have proposed a highway bill that would create 1.8 
million good-paying jobs more than the Republican bill. Democrats have 
also proposed enacting tax bills that will keep manufacturing jobs here 
in the U.S. and end incentives for shipping jobs overseas.
  Americans also need Congress to extend tax cuts for the middle class, 
such as a child tax credit, without adding to the deficit. These are 
real solutions that create new jobs for out-of-work Americans and keep 
existing jobs at home.
  We should be voting to pass these meaningful solutions to 
unemployment in this country and not wasting our time on gimmicks.

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