[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 12, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H3316]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        THE AMERICA COMPETES ACT IS GOOD FOR OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, earlier this year, I was proud to cofound 
the Congressional Task Force on American Competitiveness. The reason we 
did that is while this Democratic Congress makes the kind of short-term 
required investments to keep our economy stable and to grow it from the 
depths of a recession that we have just emerged from, we still need to 
keep our eyes on the prize, and that is growing an economy, investing 
in an economy that will provide vibrant job growth opportunities for 
our children and grandchildren.
  This is why the task force strongly supports the reauthorization of 
the America COMPETES Act, a piece of legislation that will expand our 
growing commitment to science and technological education, to 
innovative research and also to utilizing our manufacturing base to 
grow the economies of the future. Yes, the America COMPETES Act will 
make the kind of long-term investment that will create the economy that 
will sustain our society for years to come and create the kind of 
futuristic jobs that we can all be proud of.
  I urge all of my colleagues to support the America COMPETES Act which 
will sustain this economy in the future.

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