[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 167 (Thursday, December 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H8523]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        WE MUST DO MORE FOR OUR NATIONAL ECONOMY AND JOB MARKET

  (Mr. TONKO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today proud to represent the third 
fastest growing high-tech job market in the country, that being Albany 
and the capital district of New York.
  According to a new Tech America Foundation report, Albany grew its 
high-tech positions last year by 1.6 percent. While this is good news, 
there is also bad news. Nationwide, the number of high-tech jobs shrank 
by 3.2 percent. Albany's success is at least partially due to the 
resources available at the University at Albany's College of Nanoscale 
Science and Engineering. These jobs were not created by a government 
handout to millionaires or massive estates. They were created by 
investing in the local infrastructure and economy to create jobs.
  While Albany added 900 high-tech jobs over the past couple of years, 
with an average wage nearing $80,000, we must do more to lay the 
groundwork for our national economy and job market to grow the high-
tech outcome. Those investments yield great returns and produce jobs.

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