[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 191 (Wednesday, December 16, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H14985]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                  JOBS

  (Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today for 
American working men and women who want to work but can't find a job. 
The Nation's unemployment rate stands at 10 percent, with my home State 
of California ranking third worst in the country.
  While I support a stronger safety net to help families survive, in 
the end, Americans don't want unemployment checks. They want to work.
  That's why I'm proud to support the Jobs for Main Street Act which 
will put Americans back to work in the most direct way possible: by 
hiring them. This bill makes overdue investments in America's rails, 
roads and schools and in well-paying Davis-Bacon-covered jobs for our 
workers.
  The benefits for our economy of encouraging unionized jobs cannot be 
overstated. As the great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said, ``Everyone 
knows that the labor movement did not diminish the strength of the 
Nation, but enlarged it. By raising the living standards of millions, 
labor miraculously created a market for industry and lifted the whole 
Nation to undreamed of levels of production.''
  May this bill continue in that tradition.

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