[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 29, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H4911]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      PUTTING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK

  (Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan. Madam Speaker, I rise to talk about the 
emergency that our country is in. Over 15 million Americans are 
unemployed, unemployed presently and unemployed in the last three 
years. Many more are long-term unemployed. We need an emergency bill 
that will put people back to work.
  In the 1970s and 1980s, President Reagan, President Carter started 
what was called the Comprehensive Employment Training Act, or CETA, put 
$50 million in it, and hired 20 million Americans across the country. 
We need such a jobs bill today.
  This Congress has done some things. The President has worked with us, 
and we've passed legislation and bills that helped small businesses to 
hire and to get tax incentives. But what America needs is to address 
the emergency now.
  Home sales are down. Foreclosures are up. Americans want to work. 
It's our responsibility that we help them do so.
  Today, let's pass a real jobs bill similar to the CETA Comprehensive 
Employment Training Act.
  Is it an emergency? Yes, it is. Should it be offset? Are the American 
people an emergency? I believe that they are.

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