[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 13, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H47]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               ONE HUNDRED WAYS TO A HEALTHIER JOB MARKET

  (Mrs. MALONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. MALONEY. Madam Speaker, the Joint Economic Committee, which I 
chair, has just launched a nonpartisan outreach looking for new and 
creative ideas to accelerate job creation in our struggling economy.
  The JEC is looking for ideas that come from outside the bubble of the 
Beltway and that may be outside the box of conventional thinking. We 
are surveying executives at Fortune 100 companies as well as at leading 
small businesses across America looking for their ideas and 
innovations.
  The administration has already identified some of the things we must 
do to create jobs, including the passage of health care reform.
  Under the status quo, the soaring costs of medical care serves as a 
hidden tax on employers in the form of higher health care premiums. But 
we are committed to doing more, and we are eager to hear the best ideas 
from the sharpest minds in the country, looking for innovative new ways 
to create jobs and produce an economy that is stronger, fairer, and 
brighter.

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