[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1451]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           PASS THE HIRE ACT

  (Mr. CARDOZA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CARDOZA. Few regions in the Nation are suffering more from the 
recession than the San Joaquin Valley of California. The three biggest 
cities in my district--Merced, Stockton, and Modesto--have some of the 
highest foreclosure and unemployment rates in the country. As I've said 
before, my district has been economically ravaged at the level equal to 
the devastation that we have seen oftentimes in the aftermath of 
hurricanes.
  Twelve days ago, the Democratic Congress passed the HIRE Act to help 
create jobs, strengthen our economy, and to bring help to the 
communities like mine that need it. It provides tax incentives and 
credits for businesses to hire unemployed workers and to help small 
businesses invest and expand. This commonsense legislation will help 
countless unemployed Americans back onto company payrolls. It's high 
time for the Senate to finally pass this bill and send it to President 
Obama. Nowhere is this bill more necessary than in the San Joaquin 
Valley. We needed help last week, and we needed it a year ago. Economic 
relief for my constituents remain long overdue. It's time to stop 
playing political games and start providing it.

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